Topline NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Tuesday it solved a computer problem that was causing the Voyager 1 spacecraft to send garbled information about its status, which engineers don̵...
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NASA postpones Artemis 1 rocket launch due to issues during countdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA postponed its Artemis I launch Monday after issues emerged during countdown, delaying the debut of its towering rocket and its long-awaited mission to the moon. The agen...
Hurricane Season Is Suddenly Alive
5-day tropical weather outlook NOAA I suppose Mother Nature decided that she did not want to be upstaged by NASA sending a very large rocket to the Moon. Like many science-attentive folks, my attentio...
NASA Starts Countdown To Historic Artemis Launch
Topline NASA started its countdown clock Saturday for the launch of Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight around the moon that is a first step in an ambitious program to bring humans back to the moon for...
Some For Semiconductors, All To Enhance Washington’s Control
Integrated Circuit (Photo by Mediacolors/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images) Getty Images After a long period of frustration, Washington has advanced quite a bit of legislation. One notable ...
The Biggest Lesson From James Webb That No One Is Talking About
The Biggest Lesson From James Webb Telescope That No One is Talking About Shutterstock | Muratart For those of us who waited with bated breath to see the first images from the James Webb Space Telesco...
Varda signs NASA partnerships for space factory demo flight next year
Varda co-founders Varda Space Industries Early stage Varda Space Industries has signed a pair of agreements with NASA, the company announced Friday, securing access to key technologies the company wil...
Masten files for bankruptcy after NASA moon contract struggle
Lunar-focused company Masten Space Systems filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, with the venture winnowed down to a handful of people after layoffs and furloughs. The space company ...
Why Is Lake Mead Shrinking? Climate Change Is A Major Reason
I clearly stated in a social media post earlier this week that water usage, natural variability, and climate change explained stunning images of Lake Mead released by NASA. However, a comment on one o...
This Jacket Worn By Buzz Aldrin To The Moon And Back Could Sell For $2 Million At Auction
Topline Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon and the only surviving crew member of the historic Apollo 11 mission, will auction off artifacts and mementos tied to the 1969 moon landing and ...
Russia Ousts Anti-West Space Chief And Announces New Ride-Sharing Deal With NASA To Space Station
Topline The Kremlin announced Friday the ouster of Dmitry Rogozin, the controversial, anti-West head of its Roscosmos space agency, on the same day Roscosmos struck a partnership with NASA enabling as...
James Webb Space Telescope – Are They Pictures Or Images?
It is likely that you have witnessed the amazing capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by now. This scientific and technical marvel means as much to humanity as it is does to the scien...
NASA Releases Vivid First Image Of Space From James Webb Telescope
Topline NASA released what it described as the highest-resolution infrared image of the universe ever taken on Monday, offering a vivid glimpse at some of the first galaxies captured by the $10 billio...
NASA Regains Communications With Moon-Orbiting Satellite
Topline NASA reestablished contact Thursday with a satellite on its way to study the moon’s orbit, two days after losing contact with the spacecraft – a critical project as the agency seeks to launch ...
NASA Loses Communications With Moon-Orbiting Satellite
Topline NASA lost contact Tuesday with a satellite on its way to study the moon’s orbit—a critical project as the agency seeks to launch its first crewed moon landing in over five decades—but scientis...
Rocket Lab launch of CAPSTONE begins NASA return to the moon
The company’s Electron rocket carrying the CAPSTONE mission lifts off from New Zealand on June 28, 2022. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launched a small spacecraft bound for the moon from its New Zealand...
Cyber Threats Beyond Earth: Securing In-Space Manufacturing
Our global society is heavily dependent on space-based technologies. Most of us are aware that space positioning, weather and communications systems are critical to our transportation activities. I’m ...
Astra’s stock drops after rocket failed to deliver NASA mission to orbit
The company’s LV0010 rocket stands on the launchpad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral ahead of the NASA TROPICS-1 mission. Astra Shares of rocket-builder Astra fell sharply in trading on Monday ...
The First TROPICS Launch Failed
I have been quietly excited about today. The TROPICS-1 Cubesat mission was set to launch this weekend. This is a mission that was leveraging the cost and flexibility of small cubesats to provide nearl...
NASA Launches Study On UFOs
Topline The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has assembled a team to study unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) – popularly described as UFOs, or unidentified flying objects – the agency ...
Russian Space Ship Docks On International Space Station Despite Russia’s Threats
Topline An unmanned Russian cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on a supply mission Friday at 9:02 a.m., a typically routine mission that carried weighty significance amid Russia’s o...
Boeing Starliner Reaches Orbit In Test Launch After Years Of Struggles
Topline An uncrewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft reached Earth’s orbit Thursday evening and is now en route to the International Space Station, marking what could become the capsule’s first successful ...
SpaceX NASA Crew-3 mission, 6th astronaut flight, splashes down
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endurance splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida on May 6, 2022. NASA TV SpaceX returned the astronauts of NASA’s Crew-3 mission t...
SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts To The International Space Station In One Of The Most Diverse Missions Ever
Topline SpaceX successfully launched four astronauts towards the International Space Station early Wednesday in a mission that features one of the most diverse crews sent to space. A SpaceX Falcon 9 r...