Where Will Rocket Lab Be in 10 Years?
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock has posted big valuation gains over the last year, rising roughly 178% as…
Making satellite communications more resilient
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Kymeta’s Ryan Stevenson. They discuss the benefits and…
A Colossal Moon Impact May Have Left Ancient Secrets Near Future Artemis Landing Sites
Scientists from the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution, a virtual NASA organization led by Southwest Research Institute,…
An Extended Barrage of Asteroid Impacts Made Earth Too Hot to Form Continents
The formation of continents was an important step in Earth’s history. Continents and plate tectonics are connected to…
A rare meteorite found in the Sahara may be a surviving shard of a lost Moon-sized world — one that formed beside the young Sun, followed a path unlike Earth or Mars, and was smashed apart while the planets were still being built.
A rock about the size of a fist, found lying in the Sahara, may be a surviving shard…
NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation
More than 50 years after humanity’s last trip to the Moon, NASA is preparing for its triumphant return…
In November, a spacecraft that has spent eight years falling toward the Sun will finally settle into orbit around Mercury, a planet we have seen up close fewer times than almost any other in the solar system.
In November, a spacecraft called BepiColombo, after nearly eight years looping through the inner solar system, will finally…
SpaceX fires up all 6 of Starship’s engines ahead of 13th test flight (video)
Less than a week after its last test, SpaceX’s latest Starship spacecraft went back to the stand for…
NASA’s Artemis II Breaks Agency Streaming Record
NASA’s live coverage of the Artemis II mission mission drew unprecedented public interest – including more than 149.4 million views of the launch, lunar flyby, splashdown on NASA-owned platforms, including…
Astronaut Captures Dazzling Aurora Dancing Above Earth
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (@soph_astro) was recently treated to incredible, dazzling aurora displays in space while aboard the…
Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an…
Giant asteroids could require a very different defense strategy
Scientists believe a giant asteroid helped wipe out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, and smaller impacts…