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Spacesuits that NASA astronauts will need to walk on the moon won't be ready in time to meet a 2024 lunar landing goal, NASA's inspector general concluded. SpaceNews

The Northrop Grumman rocket and spacecraft are packed with more than 4 tons of supplies.

A year after discontinuing the development of its OmegA rocket, Northrop Grumman is not completely ruling out a future attempt to get back in the national security launch market. SpaceNews

If the possibility of an asteroid called Bennu slamming into Earth a lifetime from now was keeping you up at night, NASA scientists think you can rest a little easier.

According to a new study, humanity could become an interplanetary species in this century, interstellar by the 23rd, and intragalactic by the 24th. The post Avoiding the Great Filter. How Long Until We’re Living Across...

Satellite insurers are bracing for a $45 million claim from Malaysian operator Measat, which plans to de-orbit Measat-3 after failing to return it to service. SpaceNews

An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within half the distance of the Earth to the Moon in the year 2135 but the probability of an impact with our planet in the coming centuries is very slight, scientists said Wednesday.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently completed its 11th flight at the Red Planet, snapping multiple photographs during its trip....

Nigeria has sponsored or co-sponsored six satellites, of which only two are currently operational.

The first cubesats designed to study the moon are scheduled to launch late this year, with more in development in the next few years. SpaceNews

"There are only two natural disasters that could impact the entire U.S.," according to Gabor Toth, professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan. "One is a pandemic and the other i...

In a study released Wednesday, NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft to better under...

Sensors in space that can detect and track hypersonic missiles should be at the top of DoD's wish list, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten said Aug. 11. SpaceNews

Astronomers have found a young star that is very similar to our Sun, and it could tell us about the origin of life on Earth. The post Astronomers Find a Nearby Star That a Spitting Image of a Young Sun appeared first on ...

Mercury-bound spacecraft BepiColombo has zoomed past Venus at a distance of only 340 miles, taking a bunch of selfies and a lot of scientific measurements of the planet's atmosphere.

In a study released Wednesday, NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft to better under...

The number of small launch vehicle projects continues to grow despite the pandemic and the widespread belief of there is a significant oversupply of such vehicles, but that growth may be showing signs of slowing. SpaceNe...

NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, significantly reducing uncertainties related to its future...

It's aurora season on the International Space Station and astronauts living and working in orbit are sharing some of their finest views of the stunning phenomenon with those of us on the ground.

India will send a new Earth observation satellite to space tonight (Aug. 11) to keep an eye on natural disasters, agriculture and forestry regions.

The rare tetraquark is one of dozens of non-elementary particles discovered at the accelerator, and could help test theories about the strong nuclear force --

Ground station providers anticipate a new era of collaboration after coming together to support Astroscale, the startup months away from conducting the world's first privately funded debris-removal demonstration. SpaceNe...