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NASA's new Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission was installed on the International Space Station in June 2017.

A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the moon got its mysterious "tattoos"--swirling patterns of light and dark found at more than 100...

Lithuanian nano-spacecraft equipment maker NanoAvionics has announced the company secured some 3.2 million euros (US$3.7 million) in funding to commercialize its Enabling Propulsion System for Small Satellites (EPSS), an...

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"We are seeking your input," said Kimberly Robinson, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's SLS secondary payloads manager. "We want to make flexible options and accommodate the type of cubesats you want to fly in the futur...

NASA has awarded a contract to ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide Earth and space science research and development at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

A team from Standford University's Space Rendezvous Laboratory have created a small-scale demonstrator of Starshade technology to help in the hunt for exoplanets. The post Standford Team Creates mDOT, a Mini-Starshade fo...

A California aerospace company says a rocket it launched from New Zealand last May did not reach orbit because a problem with ground equipment caused a loss of telemetry that forced range safety officials to terminate th...

The U.S. needs to move away from traditional satellite development, acquisition and deployment to keep up with the current and future threats, military space officials told attendees Aug. 8 at the annual Space and Missil...

For decades, NASA has released enormous scientific balloons into Earth's atmosphere, miles above the altitude of commercial flights. The Balloon Program is currently preparing new missions bearing sensitive instruments, ...

Just to get you in the mood for the upcoming total solar eclipse — now less than two weeks away — our Solar System put on a little eclipse display of the lunar kind on August 7. The full Moon passed through part of t...

In advance of the big solar eclipse of August 21st, author and journalist David Baron talks about his new book American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory... --

Small satellites need their own propulsion systems because most of the widely used chemical and electric propulsion technologies don't fit well on shoebox-size satellites and they are difficult to scale down. Natalya Bai...

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The fully staffed International Space Station stepped up its life science research today studying a host of space phenomena. Two cosmonauts are also preparing for the 202nd spacewalk at the station late next week....

Facing increasing pressure from both industry and Congress, the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said the federal government is taking steps to streamline the licensing process for commercial remote se...

A CBS-backed "Star Trek" Film Academy will allow fans to explore the Final Frontier by helping them make their own films, according to an announcement at the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention last weekend.

A short video from NASA provides basic skywatching tips and a packing list for first-time eclipse viewers.

Sun-like stars are thought to be the best targets in the search for habitable Earth-like planets due to their similarity to the sun. Unlike more common smaller stars, such as the red dwarf stars Proxima Centauri and Trap...

A solar eclipse is quite a show. As the moon crosses in front of the sun, various phenomena occur. Here's what to look for.

After conducting a cosmic inventory of sorts to calculate and categorize stellar-remnant black holes, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine have concluded that there are probably tens of millions of the e...

OneWeb’s satellite factory is quickly taking shape in Florida. The manufacturing plant, located just outside the gates of the Kennedy Space Center and near Blue Origin’s New Glenn factory, will be used to produce the...