Waxing Gibbous Moon over Minnesota
NASA, ESA/Matthias Maurer An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this picture of the Moon as the station orbited 265 miles above the U.S. state of Minnesota on Dec.…
SpaceX Super Heavy rocket gets supersonic wind tunnel test for NASA’s Artemis moon missions (photos)
A 1.2% scale model of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket underwent NASA wind tunnel testing, during which high-speed forced air simulated varying flight conditions.
NASA’s Lunar Challenge Participants to Showcase Innovations During Awards
The Sun rises above the Flight Research Building at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Credit: NASA Editor’s note: This media advisory was updated Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, with a…
Sols 4302-4303: West Side of Upper Gediz Vallis, From Tungsten Hills to the Next Rocky Waypoint
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars…
Telesat secures $1.9 billion government funding for Lightspeed
Telesat has secured government funds covering more than half the $3.5 billion cost of its proposed low Earth orbit Lightspeed broadband constellation, the Canadian geostationary operator announced Sept. 13. The…
Growing pains in U.S. military’s satellite revolution
In the high-stakes arena of military space technology, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency is attempting to rewrite the rulebook with a mesh network of interconnected satellites in low-Earth…
Juno Sees a Brand New Volcano on Io
Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanic body in the Solar System. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been getting closer and closer to Io in the last couple of years, giving…
High Resolution Images Show Bubbling Gas on the Surface of Another Star
Although stars are enormous, they’re extremely far away, and appear as point sources in telescopes. Usually, you never get to see more than a pixel. Now astronomers have used the…
Space industry execs urge DoD to expand commercial funding in defense programs
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U.S. Space Force budget falls short, officials warn
Officials say current funding levels are not enough to fill demands from military forces for satellite services and simultaneously modernize the entire military space architecture. The post U.S. Space Force…