Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope plunged back to…
New Satellite Engine Could Use Earth’s Atmosphere as Fuel To Stay in Orbit Indefinitely
Fully Assembled RF Helicon-based Plasma Thruster. Credit: F. Romano A satellite engine that uses atmospheric gases as fuel…
War on Earth could spill over to the moon, Chinese space scientists warn
In a rare study, Chinese aerospace researchers have explored how a war could one day spill into the…
Private spacecraft gets close to doomed NASA telescope but won’t be able to save it
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private spacecraft that was supposed to supply a lifeline to NASA’s Swift…
The BepiColombo mission draws closer to Mercury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down…
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir set for 7th spacewalk
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir set for 7th spacewalk NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, a Caribou native, is scheduled to…
SpaceX recovers Starship from Indian Ocean a month after launch, shipping it to Texas
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has pulled off its biggest salvage operation yet,…
SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has pulled off its biggest salvage operation yet, recovering its most recently…
Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor
The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year received the nation’s highest space honor…
NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The Swift space observatory has been in operation since 2004. It specializes in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most…
Lunar legacy: U of A researchers building moon-bound camera
Even the smallest of shadows on the moon’s surface can harbor water ice and other chemical compounds, known…
NASA pulls off daring trick to keep Voyager 2 alive
Somewhere more than 13 billion miles from Earth, a nearly 50-year-old spacecraft is still doing its job. Voyager…