Juno Spacecraft Gears Up for Closest Look at Jupiter's Tormented MoonThe NASA mission is making its closest flyby of Io on December 30 to investigate the source of its volcanic activity.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 27, 2023
Iconic SpaceX Booster Falls and Breaks in the OceanThe first Falcon 9 rocket booster to transport astronauts to orbit met a devastating fate during its latest recovery.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 27, 2023
Firefly's Alpha Rocket Put a Satellite in the Wrong OrbitA Lockheed Martin satellite never reached its destination after an anomaly during last week's mission.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 26, 2023
NASA Astronauts Test Out Moon Elevator for 2025 Landing MissionThe elevator is designed to transport the Artemis crew from SpaceX's Starship to the lunar surface.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 26, 2023
NASA's Detonation Engine Revs Up for 4 Minutes in Breakthrough TestThe new propulsion system is powered by supersonic technology and can be used for spacecraft journeying from the…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 22, 2023
Jupiter 3 Satellite Pushes SpaceX Rival Closer to Starlink Internet SpeedsHughesNet is now offering 100 Mbps speeds to its internet customers following the launch of its latest geostationary…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 21, 2023
How a Balloon Over Antarctica Will Help NASA Study the Mysterious Space Between StarsThe GUSTO experiment will map a large area of the Milky Way where new stars are born.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 20, 2023
NASA's Moon-Bound Astronauts Prepare for Emergency Ahead of 2024 LaunchThe Artemis 2 crew went through emergency drills as part of preparation for the mission to the Moon and back.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 20, 2023
Adorable Cat Video Reaches Earth After 19-Million-Mile Journey from Deep SpaceThe 15-second video marked a new technological feat, in which NASA beamed a video from a record breaking distance…ByPassant RabieUpdatedDecember 20, 2023
Blue Origin Rebounds With New Shepard's Successful Launch After Previous Mission FailureThe NS-24 mission carried 33 payloads to suborbital heights during an uncrewed flight on Monday.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 19, 2023
NASA's Asteroid-Hunting Telescope Is Being Dragged Down by the SunAfter discovering more than 200 near-Earth objects over the past 10 years, NEOWISE's remarkable record in infrared…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 19, 2023
Upcoming SpaceX Launch to Include First Direct-to-Cell Starlink SatellitesThe company is in an industry race to provide service in remote areas with veritable cellphone towers in space.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 18, 2023
We Finally Saw That Missing Space Tomato and Wish We Hadn'tNASA astronaut Frank Rubio spent upwards of 20 hours searching for a wayward tomato on the International Space…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 15, 2023
It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Sample Container?The space agency is having to develop new tools to crack open the canister containing bits from asteroid Bennu.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 15, 2023
Key Ingredient for Life Spotted on Saturn’s Ocean MoonData gathered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft has confirmed evidence of hydrogen cyanide on Enceladus—a molecule tied…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 14, 2023
How to Watch Rocket Lab’s Next Launch as It Seeks to Recover From a Scary SetbackSpaceX rival Rocket Lab is ready for its latest Electron mission, targeting a launch window opening on Thursday,…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 14, 2023
NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Is Speaking GibberishThe famous spacecraft started transmitting a repeated pattern of ones and zeroes, and engineers are scrambling to…ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 13, 2023
Blue Origin Finally Ready to Launch New Shepard Rocket After Last Year's Fiery AnomalyJeff Bezos' space company is targeting a Monday launch window for a cargo mission.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 13, 2023
Asteroid Mining Startup Runs Into Trouble in First MissionAstroForge is in a race against time to take control of its demo spacecraft after a series of setbacks.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 12, 2023
NASA Asteroid Probe Snaps First Image, Revealing a Field of StarsThe Psyche mission will examine a metal-rich asteroid believed to have once been a planetary building block.ByPassant RabiePublishedDecember 11, 2023