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The companys Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites were built with buses provided by Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary The post Lockheed Martin delivers 21 satellites for next launch of U.S. military Transport ...

NASA has announced that the properties of a rock in Jezero Crater qualify as a potential biosignature. The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap defines a biosignature as an object, substance, and/or pattern whose origin specificall...

New simulations suggest sub-Neptune planets may be drier than thought, challenging the "water world" hypothesis and reshaping the search for life beyond Earth.

NASA announced its newest class of astronauts Sept. 22 as agency leaders and lawmakers emphasized their intent to return humans to the moon before China. The post NASA selects new astronaut class appeared first on SpaceN...

A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific - and NASAs experimental detection system tracked the event in real time by monitoring the atmosp...

The launch of NROL-48 marked the eleventh launch in the NROs growing proliferated architecture The post Falcon 9 launch pushes NRO satellite fleet past 200 in orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.

Test your knowledge of the Artemis program-from cutting-edge tech and lunar missions to the astronauts leading the way.

Lettuce Find Healthy Space Food! Citizen Scientists Study Space Salads Missions to the Moon and Mars pose nutritional challenges for astronauts. Now, a new paper on space-grown food iMissions to the Moon and Mars pose nu...

SpaceX launched the latest set of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Sept. 22), sending them up from California's central coast.

Data from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASAs James Webb Space Telescope combine to reveal an otherworldly view of the star-forming region IC 348. In this image released on July 23, 2025, X-rays from Chandra are re...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA's ambitious IMAP mission and two other space weather probes early Tuesday morning (Sept. 23), and you can watch the action live.

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic core-accounting for about 70% of its mass-and a relatively small rocky mantle. Until now, the mo...

Read this press release in Englishhere. Diez nuevos candidatos a astronauta de la NASA fueron presentados el lunes tras un competitivo proceso de selección en el que participaron más de 8.000 aspirantes de todo Estados...

In a first-of-its kind operation, the United States repositioned one of its spacecraft to inspect an ally's satellite.

NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.

Advanced space travel relies on a fundamental understanding of the restricted three-body problem (RTBP), in which one of the three bodies-typically a spacecraft-is so small that its gravity doesn't affect the other t...

East Aurora, NY - Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems announces the groundbreaking [] T...

Space company Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA's Perseverance rover samples back from Mars.

Newly discovered comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) will soon be gracing our evening sky. Here's how to see it and what to expect.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new details in Messier 82 (M82), home to brilliant stars whose light is shaded by sculptural clouds made of clumps and streaks of dust and gas. This image features the s...

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New evidence confirms that it was caused by an asteroid or comet impact about 43-46 million years ago...

Let's say you're in charge of a Mars mission. Okay boss, where do we land? The total surface area of Mars is roughly equal to the land area of Earth. Nobody's ever built a settlement there (heck, nobody's...