U.S. military investing in reentry vehicles for space-to-Earth cargo delivery
Two California-based companies, Inversion Space and Outpost Space, have secured more than $100 million in defense and private investments under the Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program The post U.S. military…
Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap
5 min read Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap A model of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. The twin Voyagers have been flying since 1977 and are exploring the outer regions…
A Stellar Flyby Jumbled Up the Outer Solar System
An ancient passerby may have visited the Sun and inadvertently helped shape the Solar System into what it is today. It happened billions of years ago when a stellar drifter…
Legendary actor and ‘Star Wars” voice of Darth Vader, James Earl Jones dies at 93
An obituary for legendary actor James Earl Jones.
Interlune reveals details of quest to bring home lunar resources
SAN FRANCISCO – Without context, Interlune’s plan to extract Helium-3 from lunar regolith to fulfill terrestrial demand sounds improbable. Even Interlune co-founder and chief technology officer Gary Lai was skeptical…
Why space is the next frontier to accelerate medical research
Early Tuesday morning, Polaris Dawn flew through the atmosphere, taking its four crewmembers to the highest altitude humans have experienced since the Apollo era, where they will conduct the first…
Chang’e-6 orbiter turns up at Sun-Earth Lagrange point after moon sampling mission
HELSINKI — The orbiter for China’s Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return mission is now at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange as part of extended activities. The orbiter was a key…
Sols 4297-4299: This Way to Tungsten Hills
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…
BepiColombo’s New Images of Mercury are Cool
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft made another flyby of its eventual target, Mercury. This is one of a series of Mercury flybys, as the spacecraft completes a complex set of maneuvers…
Europa Clipper passes pre-launch review
A multibillion-dollar NASA mission to a potentially habitable moon of Jupiter has been cleared to begin final preparations for an October launch after resolving concerns about electronics on the spacecraft.…