The privately built Athena spacecraft is beaming data back to NASA scientists on Earth, it was announced Thursday. But the craft didn't land exactly as expected, and scientists aren't sure of its exact location. This is already the second ship…
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have preserved the power reserves of the record-breaking Voyager 1 and 2 space probes nearly 50 years after their launch to extend their lifespan. In 1977, NASA began launching probes that used a decaying…
Japanese lunar exploration company iSpace said Tuesday it plans to place a lander on the moon on June 6. The company's founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada held a press conference on Monday to share details of its second lunar mission,…
SpaceX on Monday suspended the eighth test flight of its largest and most powerful rocket. After a brief pause 40 seconds before the scheduled liftoff, the Starship mission was postponed. The fuel was then removed from the booster and spacecraft.…
On Sunday evening, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites from the Florida coast. The launch took place on schedule at 9:24 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, although backup options were available until 12:21…
A Texas-based space company has successfully completed its first commercial lunar landing: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost landed on the lunar surface and began its mission on Sunday. “You're all stuck landing. We're on the moon,” Blue Ghost chief engineer Will…