China launches final pair of backup Beidou satellites
HELSINKI — China launched the last pair of backup satellites for its Beidou navigation system late Wednesday, with an eye on a future, upgraded system. A Long March 3B rocket…
Actually, Ceres Might Have Formed in the Asteroid Belt After All
Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest planetary body in the Asteroid Belt. For a long time, scientists thought it was born in the outer solar system and then migrated to…
Metal Part 3D Printed in Space for the First Time
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has had a profound impact on the way we do business. There is scarcely any industry that has not been affected by the…
NASA Watches a Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Drift Past Earth
Peanuts! Get your peanuts here! The Solar System has been passing out peanuts lately in the form of two different oddly shaped asteroids that recently passed by Earth, and both…
SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut launch delayed to Sept. 25
Nick Hague, an active US Space Force Guardian, will lead the next ISS mission in his role as a NASA astronaut. The mission is targeting a Sept. 25 liftoff, a…
Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeeping
5 Min Read Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeeping The Optical Atomic Strontium Ion Clock is a higher-precision atomic clock that is small enough to fit on…
Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclipse delights skywatchers worldwide (photos)
Check out these incredible Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclipse photos from around the world. September’s full moon did not disappoint.
NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar communications and navigation services
Intuitive Machines has won a NASA contract worth up to $4.8 billion to provide communications and navigation services at the moon to support the Artemis lunar exploration campaign. The post…
ESA seeks better coordination of European space spending
PARIS — The head of the European Space Agency wants better coordination of overall public spending on space in Europe, echoing the recommendations of a recent report. Speaking at the…
Watch Rocket Lab launch 5 ‘Internet of Things’ satellites today
Rocket Lab plans to boost a French company’s ‘Internet of Things’ constellation with a five-satellite launch today (Sept. 18). Watch the event live.