NASA Sends the 2026 World Cup Ball Into Zero-G to Study Its Secrets
The official ball of the 2026 FIFA World Cup has completed an unusual warm‑up: a test session in…
On 5 March 1982, the Soviet Venera 14 lander reached the surface of Venus, ejected the protective cap from its camera lens, photographed the surrounding terrain — and then lowered its mechanical soil-testing arm directly onto the discarded lens cap, returning a clean measurement of the compressibility of Soviet plastic instead of Venusian rock.
The Soviet Union launched Venera 13 and Venera 14 in late 1981 with the objective of surviving long…
NASA’s Soon-to-Launch Telescope Is Expected to Unveil Distant Worlds, ‘Millions’ of Stars’ and ‘Billions of Galaxies’
NEED TO KNOW NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center…
Trionda World Cup Ball in Space: NASA, ISS Test 2026 FIFA Match Ball Physics in Microgravity
The official match ball for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Trionda, has reached space, with astronauts aboard the…
NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars
Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, was picked to launch NASA’s Aeolus…
Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher
During a recent field test in the Colorado desert, a four-wheeled rover traveled across 16 miles (25 kilometers)…
NASA’s new prototype rover navigates 16-miles in extreme terrain
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has developed a 4-foot-long, four-wheeled prototype designed for high-speed, long-distance autonomous exploration on…
A Vintage, Last-of-Its-Kind Aircraft Will Launch NASA’s Swift Rescue Mission
A space telescope is falling to Earth, but NASA has a bold plan to rescue it before it’s…
NASA awards contract for commercial satellite data acquisition
NASA has selected eight new companies and will acquire new data products from six existing Commercial Satellite Data…
NASA Flyby Reveals Violent Origin of Weird Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
On April 20, 2025, the Lucy spacecraft swooped by an odd-looking asteroid, capturing close-up views of its peanut-shaped…
Man vs machine: Who will walk on Mars first?
NEXT STOP, SPACE 🚀: Artemis II is roaring into space on a mission to make history after liftoff…
The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
Using a few mirrors, solar panels and a microwave transmitter, Fan Guanheng and his team can send power…