James Webb Telescope Launch Scheduled for October 21, 2021
NASA has announced that the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed. The delay is the latest for a program that...
NASA Are Preparing to Start in Fire Inside a Spacecraft
NASA is preparing to conduct its fourth Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (Saffire) aboard the SS Robert H. Lawrence.
In order to study how a...
Hubble Captures Cosmic Light Show as Comet ATLAS Disintegrates
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular cosmic event. The celebrated telescope observed comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) disintegrating approximately 146 million kilometers (91...
Researchers Observe Super-Heated Exoplanet Where it Rains Iron
Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have observed a super-heated exoplanet where they suspect it rains liquid iron.
With the use of the...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured a 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama of Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has released a 1.8-billion-pixel panoramic image of the surface of Mars. The image was captured by the agency’s Curiosity rover...
NASA Awards $170 Million Psyche Launch Contact to SpaceX
NASA has selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to carry the agency’s Psyche mission. The mission will explore an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars...
NASA Discovers Moons Orbiting Neptune Locked in an Orbital Ballet
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have discovered two small moons around Neptune perform a “dance of avoidance” as they orbit the planet.
Naiad...
InSight Lander’s “Mole” Probe Resumes Drilling into Martian Surface
NASA has revealed that the Mars InSight lander’s Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package probe is once again operational. The probe is designed to...
Italian Air Force Award Research Flight Contract to Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic has secured a contract with the Italian Air Force to support a “human tended” research flight aboard the company’s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.
The flight...
NASA Celebrate the Discovery of the 4,000th Exoplanet
NASA has revealed that it surpassed 4,000 identified exoplanets in June. To celebrate, the agency has created a video that tracks the agency’s progress...
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Chinese lunar lander begins collecting sample after touchdown
The Chinese Chang'e 5 lunar lander has begun collecting samples from the surface of the Moon after a successful touchdown.
The Chang'e 5 mission was...
Chang’e 5 lander prepares for touchdown after entering lunar orbit
The Chang'e 5 lander and ascent assembly separated from the orbiter and return-vehicle assembly on November 29 in preparation for a soft landing on...
SpaceX hit new reusability milestone with 100th Falcon 9 flight
A flight-proven Falcon 9 booster became the first to be launched and recovered for a seventh time on November 24.
The Falcon 9 launched from...
China launches Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission
China launched a mission to the Moon on November 23 that promises to collect samples from the lunar surface and return them to Earth...
Rocket Lab CEO calls first Electron recovery attempt a complete success
The head of California-based launch provider Rocket Lab said November 23 that its first attempt to recover an Electron rocket stage had been a...