NASA’s mega-project of scooping up and transferring specimens of Mars to our planet is under intense scrutiny and has been put on pause. The plan, which never looked easy, called for a NASA ...

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On Wednesday, Space industry figures from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic reiterated calls for an extension to the “ learning period ” regarding the development of safety regulations ...

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President Dr. Alan Stern posits that the large, approximately 5-kilometer-long mounds that dominate ...

The SpaceX Starship sits on the Starbase launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas prior to its first test flight. Image credit: SpaceX. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) acting administrator ...

Nautilus Space Observatory unit telescopes are launched in a compact configuration and deployed in orbit. An inflatable structure deploys the 8.5m-diameter diffractive lenses to the front of the ...

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract ...

In less than a month, NASA is scheduled to embark upon a series of firsts: The first journey to an unknown metallic asteroid, Psyche. The first deep space use of Hall effect thrusters, a hyper ...

SpeQtral, a leading quantum communication technology company, has chosen Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) as the satellite bus provider for its upcoming SpeQtral-1 mission. The second partner ...

The image is gorgeous. A 360-degree view panorama showing the Perseverance Rover on a dry Martian plain full of rocks and dust with mountains in the distance. Overhead, a dramatic, oversaturated ...

Spire Global, Inc. today announced it was awarded a $6.5 million, 12-month contract renewal to continue participation in NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.

A European Alternative to SpaceX Emerges with HyPrSpace’s Innovative Hybrid Propulsion Technology and Orbital Baguette Class of Vehicles, Now Available on Precious Payload’s Launch.ctrl ...