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Lori Garver has a new book out titled "Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age" which explains much of how space exploration and utilization is being done in the third decade of the 21st.....

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode 7 teases the return of an epic character in a nuanced episode that is great for additional viewing.

SpaceX is building another "Mechazilla" launch tower at Launch Complex-39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The post SpaceX is now Constructing the Starship Launch Tower at Cape Canaveral appeared first on Un...

OneWeb, the broadband megaconstellation company whose launch plans were disrupted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, expects to resume launches late this year, an executive said June 23. The post OneWeb to resume launches ...

The X Prize Foundation is considering a prize competition focused on removal of space debris to spur technological innovation in the field. The post X Prize Foundation studying active debris removal competition appeared ...

This new Mars image was snapped by Europe's Mars Express orbiter, which spied an unusually creepy crater.

As it turns out, attempting to sell moon dust that was extracted from the stomachs of cockroaches does indeed bug NASA. So much so, that the space agency requested RR Auction halt its sale.

Human research and space botany were the main research activities aboard the International Space Station today helping NASA and its international partners keep astronauts healthy on long-term missions....

Telespazio intends to play a key role in the future in-orbit servicing market, providing customers seeking satellite relocation, refueling, repair or removal with the necessary space and ground-based capabilities. The po...

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission will not launch this year as previously planned after the agency concluded there was not enough time to complete testing of the spacecraft's software before its launch window closes. The po...

Telesat has applied for a U.K. license to connect broadband terminals with Lightspeed satellites it plans to start deploying in 2025 to low Earth orbit. The post Telesat requests UK license to connect Lightspeed terminal...

NASA has awarded the Facilities Engineering Design and Inspection Services (FEDIS) II contract to Vanguard Pacific LLC of Foley, Alabama, to provide architect and engineering design services at the agency's Marshall Spac...

Samantha Cristoforetti channeled her inner Sandra Bullock in a space station nod to "Gravity."

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is facing an uncertain future after software testing issues forced an extended launch delay expected to last at least until July 2023.

The grave of a rocket body that slammed into the moon more than three months ago has been found.

The Orion Nebula is a well-known feature in the night sky and is visible in small backyard telescopes. Orion is a busy place. The region is known for active star formation and other phenomena. It’s one of the most scru...

The Space Force on June 24 established Space Delta 18, a unit that will run the National Space Intelligence Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base The post Space Force establishes intelligence unit to put sharper focu...

NASA announced Friday that the Psyche asteroid mission - the agency's first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid - will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt.

NASA managers say they have completed testing of the Space Launch System after a recent countdown rehearsal and are ready to move into preparations for a launch as soon as late August. The post NASA declares SLS countdow...

Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later spotting the resulting crater. Surprisingly the crater is actu...

Propulsion startup Orbion Space Technology will supply thrusters for a U.S. Space Force prototype weather satellite under a contract with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems. The post Orbion to supply propulsion for ...

The European Space Agency is upgrading software on its venerable Mars Express orbiter to enable it to see beneath the surface of Mars and its moon Phobos in greater detail than before.