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.…
NASA JPL Scientists, Engineers Collaborate With Artists for Exhibition
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist David Bowen works on “tele-present wind,” featuring grass stalks that move in response to Martian wind data previously…
NASA’s Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step toward its Oct. 10 launch
NASA’s Europa Clipper astrobiology probe passed a major technical review today (Sept. 9), keeping the highly anticipated mission on track for its planned Oct. 10 launch.
The True Size of Galaxies is Much Larger Than We Thought
Ask most people what a galaxy is made up of, and they’ll say it’s made of stars. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, hosts between about 100 to 300 billion…
Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing’s Starliner during landing, NASA says
With Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.
Lynk Global shakes up leadership amid ongoing funding talks
Lynk Global has revamped its leadership team as efforts to raise the capital needed to expand its direct-to-smartphone constellation drag on. The post Lynk Global shakes up leadership amid ongoing…
NASA Astronauts to Discuss Mission from Space Station
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare orbital hardware for installation inside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Media are invited to hear from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and…
U.S. GPS modernization faces delays, technical challenges: GAO report
The annual assessment is part of the GAO’s mandate from Congress to evaluate the cost, schedule and performance of GPS acquisition programs. The post U.S. GPS modernization faces delays, technical…
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belt
SpaceX’s trailblazing Polaris Dawn mission will make a daring trek into Earth orbit, one that will ferry the crew through belts of radiation wrapped around our planet.