NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New Details
3 min read NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New Details This is an animated before-and-after view of the crater formed after a Falcon 9 upper stage…
NASA Student Aviation Challenge Focuses on Nation’s Infrastructure
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Credit: National Institute of Aerospace NASA’s next Gateways to Blue Skies competition invites collegiate teams to imagine innovative new…
Astronomers Finally See the Twisted Magnetic Fields That Drive Protostar Jets
For decades, scientists have theorized that young protostar jets are shaped and driven by complex, twisted magnetic fields. But they couldn’t detect them. Now, thanks to ALMA, they’ve found them…
Starship lives! SpaceX craft arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal
The seas have been kind, or at least kinder than expected, to SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, as it’s been tugged through the Indian Ocean to friendlier tides. Ship 40, the upper…
Watch SpaceX launch its 100th mission of the year tonight
SpaceX is about to hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base…
JWST Peeks at Callisto’s Ancient Scars
Of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Callisto is the one that gets the least attention. Io is constantly being resurfaced by volcanoes. Europa has a giant liquid water ocean. And Ganymede…
NASA’s B777 Gets New Coat of Paint
NASA’s Boeing 777 returns to the agency’s Langley Research Center after receiving a new paint scheme. NASA/James Blair NASA’s Boeing 777 shows off a new paint job in this Aug.…
A Quantum Trick for Spotting Gravitational Waves
Gravitational wave astronomy has seen plenty of improvements since the original signal was captured in 2015. Despite that, it remains an engineering challenge to actually create the detectors needed for…
NASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight Research
William “Bill” Swann, one of the first-generation pilots at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (predecessor to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland), prepares to board…
New report takes closer look at the Space Force spending surge
Aerospace Corp. analysis finds most growth concentrated in classified programs, target tracking, missile warning and command and control The post New report takes closer look at the Space Force spending…
