SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites
WASHINGTON — SpaceX on July 21 launched a Northrop Grumman robotic spacecraft designed to extend the lives of…
NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29,…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown straight through the Sun’s outer atmosphere at more than 690,000 kilometres per hour—the fastest any object built by human hands has ever moved, quick enough to cross from New York to Tokyo in under a minute.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 28th close approach to the Sun on 8 June 2026, once again…
Astronomers Catch a “Dark Comet” Red-Handed
Our ability to track and visualize small rocks in space is still improving. And occasionally we’ll find a…
Establishing Crew Exposure Limits of Martian Dust
Human exploration of Mars will expose crews to a persistent, fine particulate environment whose physicochemical properties and health…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Starlink satellites to orbit a day after rare launch abort
Twenty-four Starlink satellites reached low Earth orbit on Tuesday (July 21), a day later than originally scheduled due…
800 Million Years Ago, a Catastrophic Asteroid Breakup Rained Fire on the Inner Solar System
On Earth, it’s hard to track events that reshape its surface, as the surface itself is being reshaped…
Artemis III astronauts will beam 4k video from Orion to Earth using SpaceX Starlink lasers
Orion is getting an upgrade on Artemis III, and the astronauts aboard are getting WiFi (sort of). NASA…
China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
The Moon has been exposed to the solar wind for billions of years. However, new evidence shows that…
Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions
Artur Davoyan University of California, Los Angeles The goal of the proposed program is to enable the next…
China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
The Moon has been exposed to the solar wind for billions of years. However, new evidence shows that…
James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time 4.4 billion years photo of the day for July 21, 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. (Image credit: ESA/Webb,…