Armed with funding boost, SpaceSail accelerates China’s push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink
In a record funding round for China’s satellite internet sector, domestic start-up SpaceSail has raised around 7 billion…
NASA Tests Featherweight Radar Antenna For SkyFall Mars Helicopters
After the little Mars helicopter Ingenuity blew everyone away with its performance, it was clear that a future…
An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into…
Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can…
Why Elon Musk’s Mars timeline faces major orbital realities
Why Elon Musk’s Mars timeline faces major orbital realities – Futura-Sciences August 19, 2026 2 min Illustrative image…
Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
Two Photographers Spent a Year Planning the Perfect Eclipse Photo and Success Came Down to 30 Seconds
Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman and Texas-based bird photographer Tobias Yoder traveled together to Spain to try and pull…
Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula (NGC 3324), located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is one…
Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists…
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft…
World Photography Day: How NASA imagery has shaped our understanding of the Earth, the universe and existence
Since its inception in 1958, NASA has arguably played the most important role in furthering our knowledge of…
NASA Establishes State Hubs to Grow Technical Aerospace Workforce
NASA has awarded approximately $10.5 million to seven institutions to help strengthen and streamline state-based pathways for students…