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From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with Artemis 2 and beyond.

Commercial space tracking data shows U.S. satellites coordinating maneuvers to maintain proximity and continuous observation of a pair of Chinese spacecraft in geostationary orbit. The post U.S. GSSAP satellites execute ...

A team led by Professor Mian Long from the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, investigated the effects of space microgravity on cultured liver cells aboard the China Space Station.

The new headquarters building is expected to be completed by 2031 The post Space Command begins phased move to Alabama appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA is once again shooting for the moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft, c...

As the number of exoplanet detections has breached 6,000 and continues to grow, scientists are finding a wide variety of different solar system architectures. Critical to understanding how these architectures take shape ...

Mercury shines at its brightest for the year, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks, and a bright new comet makes an appearance in Aprils night sky.

Se invita a los medios de comunicación el martes 21 de abril al Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la NASA en Greenbelt, Maryland, para conocer el telescopio espacial Nancy Grace Roman de la agencia, cuya construcción...

While government agencies are increasingly turning to commercial contracting mechanisms for space capabilities, that does not necessarily translate to additional business opportunities for the companies offering them. Th...

Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II mission around the Moon, the launch team at NASAs Kennedy Space Ce...

The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far beneath the visible surface.

As a member of theCrew and Thermal Systems Division,Aaron Rose supports critical cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station.In this role, he works with payload developers to safely transporttemperature-co...

While the space economy is expanding across multiple fronts, questions remain about how some of its most promising opportunities could translate growing demand into sustainable profits. The post Turning growth into profi...

The company is scaling up production as it looks to build a 258-satellite network to provide positioning, navigation and timing services The post Xona raises $170 million for satellite navigation network appeared first o...

Juno observations show that Jupiter's lightning, already known to be powerful, is far more energetic than thought. Lightning triggered by a stealth superstorm in 2021-22 could be up to one million times more powerful...

China conducted a pair of launches in recent days, adding new satellites to the SuperView and CentiSpace low Earth orbit infrastructure constellations. The post China sends radar mapping and GNSS augmentation sats into o...

For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached 5.52 million square...

The moon will sweep past the 1,000-strong stellar beehive overnight on March 27-28.

NASAs IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, seen here in an image released on March 24, 2026. This observation helps fill in a fuller picture of what other ...

Saturday, March 28, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1.

Sunday, March 29, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1.

Friday, March 27, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1.