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Russia has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for building its newest space station and associated ground infrastructure, with the first modules expected to launch within three years.

Retired U.S. Marine Angel Smith replaces Steve Nixon as head of the small satellite industry group The post SmallSat Alliance names new executive director appeared first on SpaceNews.

Scientists from around the world are gathering this week in California to take stock of the state of science from Mars and discuss goals for the next steps in exploration of the Red Planet. In the spirit of Mars 10, form...

The U.S. just suffered its second-hottest June in 130 years. The month also featured four new billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

When designing a new spacecraft or exploration vehicle, there is intense focus on its technical performance. Do its systems perform as expected? What kind of power does it need? Will it safely reach its destination? Equa...

The field of extrasolar planet studies has grown exponentially in the past twenty years. Thanks to missions like Kepler, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and other dedicated observatories, astronomers ha...

The agreement comes as demand for solid rocket motors has surged due to conflicts such as the war in Ukraine The post Raytheon partners with Italy’s Avio to boost solid rocket motor production appeared first on SpaceNe...

Astronomers have detected 21 rare systems with widely separated neutron stars and sun-like stars. These binaries are "one in a million" and challenge dead star binary formation models.

On May 30th, the Mars Curiosity rover was just minding its own business exploring Gediz Vallis when it ran over a rock. Its wheel cracked the rock and voila! Pure elemental sulfur spilled out. The rover took a picture of...

It's still covered up in what looks like the world's largest PEZ dispenser, but the core stage booster for NASA's Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II moon mission arrived by barge to Florida on Tuesday.

This spring, NASA published a document overviewing almost 200 technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs - and asked the aerospace community to rate their ...

Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space ...

Described as "high-speed internet on the go," SpaceX's Starlink Mini is now available from coast to coast, bringing users a world-wide connection from space.

SpaceX has won a $113 million contract to launch NOAA's JPSS-4 climate and weather satellite. Liftoff is targeted for 2027.

As part of NASA's commitment to foster responsible exploration of the universe for the benefit of humanity, the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is funding space sustainability research proposals from fi...

Astronaut Eileen Collins, STS-93 commander, looks through a checklist on the space shuttle Columbia's middeck in this July 1999 image. Collins was the first female shuttle commander. Collins graduated in 1979 from Air Fo...

Why July 2024 is a prime time to see distant Pluto before it fades from view. The post Astro-Challenge: Catching Pluto at Opposition 2024 appeared first on Universe Today.

The JWST's infrared vision has seen deep into the stormy atmosphere of two brown dwarfs that form the third closest system to the sun.

Thanks to Earth's atmosphere, solar flares can appear as beautiful aurorae.

NASA's LEGS can do more than help Earthlings move about the planet. Three Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, or LEGS, will enhance the Near Space Network's communications services and support of NASA's Artemis campaign.

By Rick Smith "The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners," said NASA thermal analyst Jodi Turk. In the case of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, marking its 25th anniversary in space this year...

A missing link black hole that sits in the mass gap between stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes is "parked" right by the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*.