NASA selects SpaceX for rideshare launch of smallsat mission September 30, 2023NASA selects SpaceX for rideshare launch of smallsat mission By Jeff Foust NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of smallsats to st...Read More
Let the Robot Take the Wheel. Autonomous Navigation in Space September 30, 2023Let the Robot Take the Wheel. Autonomous Navigation in Space By Andy Tomaswick Tracking spacecraft as they traverse deep space isn’t easy...Read More
The Milky Way's Mass is Much Lower Than We Thought September 30, 2023The Milky Way's Mass is Much Lower Than We Thought By Brian Koberlein How massive is the Milky Way? It’s an easy question to ask, but...Read More
Since Aliens Obey the Laws of Physics, Can We Guess What They Look Like? September 29, 2023Since Aliens Obey the Laws of Physics, Can We Guess What They Look Like? By Laurence Tognetti Since time immemorial, humans have gazed up...Read More
NASA to extend New Horizons mission through late 2020s September 29, 2023NASA to extend New Horizons mission through late 2020s By Jeff Foust NASA has agreed to extend operations of its New Horizons spacecraf...Read More
A New Planet-Hunting Instrument Has Been Installed on the Very Large Telescope September 29, 2023A New Planet-Hunting Instrument Has Been Installed on the Very Large Telescope By Matt Williams Exoplanet studies have come a long way in...Read More
Space Development Agency funds demonstration of satellite laser links in ‘degraded’ environments September 29, 2023Space Development Agency funds demonstration of satellite laser links in ‘degraded’ environments By Sandra Erwin The Space Development ...Read More
Want to Safely Watch the Sun With a Large Group? Get a Disco Ball September 29, 2023Want to Safely Watch the Sun With a Large Group? Get a Disco Ball By Nancy Atkinson The upcoming solar eclipses and the current high sun...Read More
Ispace revises design of lunar lander for NASA CLPS mission September 29, 2023Ispace revises design of lunar lander for NASA CLPS mission By Jeff Foust The American subsidiary of Japanese company ispace has revise...Read More
Colliding Moons Might Have Created Saturn’s Rings September 28, 2023Colliding Moons Might Have Created Saturn’s Rings By Evan Gough If we could wind the clock back billions of years, we’d see our Solar Sys...Read More
Rogers to continue to challenge decision to keep Space Command in Colorado September 28, 2023Rogers to continue to challenge decision to keep Space Command in Colorado By Sandra Erwin he chairman of the House Armed Services Comm...Read More
Astroscale inspector satellite ready for launch September 28, 2023Astroscale inspector satellite ready for launch By Jeff Foust Astroscale says a mission to inspect an upper stage abandoned in low Eart...Read More
Is it Life, or is it Volcanoes? September 28, 2023Is it Life, or is it Volcanoes? By Evan Gough Astronomers are working hard to understand biosignatures and how they indicate life’s prese...Read More
If Earth is Average, We Should Find Extraterrestrial Life Within 60 Light-Years September 28, 2023If Earth is Average, We Should Find Extraterrestrial Life Within 60 Light-Years By Matt Williams In 1960, while preparing for the first m...Read More
Eutelsat completes multi-orbit OneWeb merger after shareholder vote September 28, 2023Eutelsat completes multi-orbit OneWeb merger after shareholder vote By Jason Rainbow Eutelsat has combined its geostationary satellite ...Read More
NASA Opens the Lid on OSIRIS-REx's Sample Capsule September 27, 2023NASA Opens the Lid on OSIRIS-REx's Sample Capsule By Matt Williams On Sunday, September 23rd, the Sample Retrieval Capsule (SRC) from...Read More
FAA closes New Shepard mishap investigation September 27, 2023FAA closes New Shepard mishap investigation By Jeff Foust The Federal Aviation Administration announced Sept. 26 it had closed the mish...Read More
Rogue Space Systems gets US Air Force funds to advance in-orbit servicing tech September 27, 2023Rogue Space Systems gets US Air Force funds to advance in-orbit servicing tech By Jason Rainbow Rogue Space Systems, a three-year-old s...Read More
Day Has Returned, but India’s Lander and Rover have Failed to Wake Up September 27, 2023Day Has Returned, but India’s Lander and Rover have Failed to Wake Up By Evan Gough It looks like India’s Chandrayaan-3 succumbed to the ...Read More
It’s Official. No More Astronomy at Arecibo September 27, 2023It’s Official. No More Astronomy at Arecibo By Nancy Atkinson Even though the National Science Foundation announced last year that it wo...Read More