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Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not only scientifically interesting but also pose less technical challenges for exploration in comparison with regions closer to the poles of the moon."

SpaceX's Starship vehicle suffered its second consecutive test flight failure March 6, tumbling in space before breakup up and reentering over the Caribbean. The post Starship destroyed on second consecutive test flight ...

SpaceX secured permission March 7 to provide direct-to-smartphone satellite services at higher power levels to improve connectivity beyond the reach of cell towers across the United States. The post FCC allows a power bo...

The decision cuts off Ukraine's access to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's (NGA) commercial satellite imagery platform. The post U.S. halts satellite imagery support to Ukraine in major policy shift appeared...

NASA's latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency's PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here's what to expect during launch and beyond. In a little over a day, NASA's SPHEREx space ...

Shortly after touching down inside a crater on the Moon, carrying NASA technology and science on its IM-2 mission, Intuitive Machines collected some data for the agency before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m...

Star Catcher Industries, a startup designing spacecraft to beam solar energy to other LEO satellites, has secured funding from Florida's economic development agency to demonstrate the technology at a former Space Shuttle...

If you own a Playstation 5 and you want a virtual reality experience, now is the time to cash in as the PSVR 2 is 28% off.

Before Rogue One, the Rebel Alliance turned to Kyle Katarn, mercenary for hire. 30 years later, Dark Forces is still a must-play Star Wars game.

For the second time in two years, a private Intuitive Machines lander fell over on the moon.

The X-37B spaceplane touched down at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 7. The post U.S. military spaceplane completes 7th mission, including advanced orbital maneuvers appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA is seeking design ideas from global creators for a zero gravity indicator that will fly aboard the agency's Artemis II test flight. Zero gravity indicators are small, plush items carried aboard spacecraft to provide...

High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483). Two actively forming stars are responsible for the shimmering ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days.

Intuitive Machines says its second lunar landing mission is over after concluding the toppled lander cannot generate sufficient power. The post IM-2 lunar lander mission ends appeared first on SpaceNews.

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 U.S. Space Force's dynamic unmanned space plane has successfully returned to Earth after a novel aerobraking maneuver during its 7th flight.

NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the moon's surfac...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a vibrant spiral galaxy called NGC 5042 resides about 48 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra (the water snake). The galaxy nicely fills the frame of thi...

Skeptics love to bring up one particular topic regarding long-term human space exploration--radiation. So far, all of the research completed on it has been relatively limited and has shown nothing but harmful effects. Lo...

A "classification" is when a volunteer or citizen scientist finishes marking up or sorting one image or other piece of data. Each classification done by volunteers for the Redshift Wrangler project tells us something abo...

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion...

A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024.