The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
NASA’s SWOT Satellite Just Revealed Thousands of Hidden Mountains Beneath the Ocean
We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...
Elon Musk’s mission to take over Nasa—and Mars
The billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX.
SpaceX is set to launch 4 people on a first-of-its-kind mission around Earth’s poles. Here’s what to know
A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...
Orbiting Earth's Poles: SpaceX astronaut mission, Fram2, to launch Monday night from KSC
A SpaceX astronaut mission like no other will lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Monday night. Here's what to know.
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SpaceX rolls out rocket for historic Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles (photos)
On Saturday (March 29), SpaceX posted photos on X of the Fram2 mission's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule rolling out ...
Spectrum, the first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe, crashed seconds after blast-off
Before this launch on Sunday, Isar Space had stated that it had little hope of reaching orbit on its first attempt.
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Earth's sea ice hits all-time low, NASA satellites reveal
To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...