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She was the human computer who helped land humans on the moon.

Northrop Grumman announced it completed a static fire test of the second stage of its OmegA rocket in Promontory, Utah. SpaceNews.com

Manel Perucho, professor of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Valencia has proposed an explanation for the origin of the deceleration of plasma jets (loss of speed along the matter and ene...

SpaceLogistics LLC has achieved a first: it’s docked it’s maintenance satellite, called MEV-1, with another satellite in order to extend the life of the satellite. The docked pair will perform some check-ups, and if ...

Betelgeuse has been the center of significant media attention lately. The red supergiant is nearing the end of its life, and when a star over 10 times the mass of the Sun dies, it goes out in spectacular fashion. With it...

A new paper by two Harvard professors explores the idea of using supernova as a means of high-speed interstellar travel - something advanced alien species could be doing right now! The post Riding the Wave of a Supernova...

Astronaut food has drastically improved over the decades, but the monotony of the menu remains a challenge for long-term spaceflight.

After Boeing's CST-100 Starliner failed to reach the International Space Station in an uncrewed test flight in December, NASA has raised some serious questions about the company's ability to safely launch astronauts into...

NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency's Psyche mission. The Psyche mission currently is targeted to launch in July 2022 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex ...

In September 2019, NASA started the second half of an epic game of Marco Polo; early this month the agency declared it over for good.

Relativity Space, which aims to revolutionize spaceflight with its 3D-printed rockets, will soon be based out of a 120,000-square-foot (11,150 square meters) space in Long Beach, California, company representatives annou...

Far-flung Uranus and Neptune--the ice giants of our solar system--are as mysterious as they are distant. Soon after its launch in 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will change that by unlocking secrets of the atmos...

‘Orion’s shoulder’ had reached unprecedented dimness in mid-February, leaving astronomers befuddled --

Chuck Yeager broke the "sound barrier" here. Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 here. Space Shuttles landed here 54 times. Now, Armstrong Flight Research Center is working on an electric airplane and hosting a flying astronomi...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Feb. 28 voted to auction a large portion of C-band in December under a plan that includes $9.7 billion in incentives to expedite relocating satellite operators out of the spe...

NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Friday, March 6, to discuss the outcome of the joint independent review team investigation into the primary issues detected during the company's uncrewed Or...

Itokawa would normally be a fairly average near-Earth asteroid--a rocky mass measuring only a few hundred metres in diameter, which orbits the sun amid countless other celestial bodies and repeatedly crosses the orbit of...

Relativity Space, a startup using 3-D printing to manufacture small launch vehicles, will move its headquarters to Long Beach, joining several other launch vehicle companies in that Southern California city. SpaceNews.co...

Want to look inside a deep, dark pit on Mars? The scientists and engineers from the NASA's HiRISE Camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have done just that.

A gigantic embryonic star is still getting bigger, even though it propels vast plumes of hot gas away from itself, RIKEN astronomers have found. The discovery could help to solve an enduring mystery about how massive sta...

China will launch Beidou navigation satellites in March and May, completing a constellation designed for an array of civil and military applications. SpaceNews.com

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