In 2009, NASA fired a 5,000-pound rocket stage into a lunar crater, and found water in Moon dust |
NASA deliberately sent a spent rocket stage crashing into the Moon on October 9, 2009, with the target…
In 1976, NASA fed Martian soil a radioactive “meal”; one Viking experiment produced a signal that initially looked like life |
Artist impression of a Viking orbiter releasing a lander descent capsule/Proof test article of the Viking lander |…
In 2010, NASA’s asteroid probe touched Bennu for seconds, sank almost 20 inches into loose rock and blasted roughly six tons of debris away |
This mosaic of Bennu was assembled from observations gathered by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that orbited the asteroid for…
SpaceX Targets September 28 For Starship’s First Orbital Flight
It will also be the first time the company is adding V3 satellites to the Starlink constellation.
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg – Spaceflight Now
File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead…
DLR’s Suborbital MAPHEUS-17 Mission to Launch as Early as 1 October
Credit: DLR /. SSC Space The German aerospace agency DLR’s MAPHEUS-17 suborbital research mission is slated to launch…
The fall equinox doesn’t really bring equal day and night — here’s why
The first day of fall in 2026 arrives Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 8:05 p.m. EDT (1205 GMT on…
5 amazing lunar sights to explore on International Observe the Moon Night tonight!
International Observe the Moon Night is upon us! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of 5 breathtaking…
International Observe the Moon Night 2026 shines tonight — Here’s how to join in
Moon lovers rejoice! International Observe the Moon Night returns tonight (Sept. 19). Here’s everything you need to know…
On this day in space! Sept. 19, 1996: NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis docks at Russia’s Mir space station on STS-79
On Sept. 19, 1996, the space shuttle Atlantis rendezvoused with Russia’s Mir space station to deliver supplies and…
A giant crater may reveal the origin of Mars’ doomed moon
Mars’ innermost moon, Phobos, has puzzled planetary scientists for decades. One of the biggest unanswered questions is where…
NASA awards SpaceX $946 million for 3 more astronaut missions to the ISS
SpaceX will continue launching astronauts for NASA for at least another four years. The agency just awarded Elon…