NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on Purpose
The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth. ..
The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth. ..
Bad weather forced a third delay for the space agency’s SLS rocket plans—another setback for the uncrewed back-to-the-moon mission. ..
Virgin Orbit will launch satellites from the country for the first time, bringing orbital flight capability to Europe. ..
These are tantalizing hints that microbes might have lived on Mars billions of years ago, but scientists need to study the rocks back on Earth to be sure. ..
At a high-profile meeting in Geneva, international negotiators are moving closer toward developing rules for space actors in low Earth orbit and beyond. ..
The two probes made flybys of Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s. Today they’re still doing science way out beyond our solar system. ..
The uncrewed mission, the first major launch of the Artemis program, suffered a setback after a liquid hydrogen leak. ..
An engine problem caused the agency to postpone the launch that will kick off the Artemis program, the first major lunar mission since the Apollo era. ..
The US-led Artemis Accords attempt to update regulations for space exploration—but they raise questions about equity and resource use. ..
Ten tiny satellites will be hitching a ride en route to the moon, each with scientific objectives of their own. ..