UAE’s space mission success: How technology is pushing the boundaries of space exploration
Since the dawn of the space age, human exploration beyond Earth's atmosphere has served as the definitive showcase for ...
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This Telescope Is So Badass It Could Answer Questions We Don't Know To Ask
The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has been imagined as a habitable planet hunter, but it could be so much ...
Space science is under threat from the anti-DEI purge
The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity could lead to more accidents in space missions, experts say.
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Breakup of SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
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Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Lands on the Moon
After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more commercial spacecraft ...
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What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX?
It has been an uncharacteristically messy start to the year for the world's leading spaceflight company, SpaceX. Let's start with the company's most recent delay. The latest launch date for a NASA ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission Makes Historic Touchdown on the Moon
Blue Ghost lands in Mare Crisium after a precise descent. The lander will conduct 10 experiments, studying lunar heat flow, dust behavior, magnetic fields, and more. Following Blue Ghost’s achievement ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission
The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...
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NASA completes SLS core stage stacking for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)
The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...