Exists life beyond Earth? It’s possible that a brand-new snake-like robot will find out. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) for a space mission to Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 83 moons with the whitest and most reflective surface in the solar system. It’s accepted that there is a…
The head of the US space agency said on Thursday that the names of the four astronauts who will fly around the Moon next year—three Americans and one Canadian—will be announced next month. The crew members of the mission known as Artemis 2 would be revealed on April 3, according to NASA administrator Bill Nelson.…
After OneWeb’s own launch plans were derailed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, SpaceX launched a large number of internet satellites for a megaconstellation competitor Thursday evening (Dec. 8). At 5:27 p.m. EST (2227 GMT), a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 40 OneWeb satellites launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, soaring into orbit in…
After a major malfunction shortly after liftoff, an Astra rocket carrying two small hurricane-tracking satellites for NASA failed to reach orbit Sunday (June 12). After taking off from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT, the Astra rocket, dubbed Launch Vehicle 0010 (LV0010), suffered a second-stage failure…
The Eta Aquarids, one of spring’s busiest meteor showers, will peak this weekend. Simply step outside and look to the southern night sky to see the “shooting stars.” The Eta Aquarids reached their peak on Friday morning (May 6), and they will continue to shine brightly in the coming days, with up to 30 meteors…
According to NASA officials, the Artemis I mega moon rocket is preparing for another attempt at its last prelaunch test in June. The Artemis I rocket stack, which includes the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft, will be rolled back to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida later this month by a…
Officials confirmed Tuesday that Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally ready to retry a critical test launch to the International Space Station on May 19. The uncrewed trip, dubbed OFT-2, is an important step toward certifying the spaceship for carrying passengers in the future, providing NASA a second taxi operator to complement SpaceX. Boeing, which was…
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts, including the first Black woman to join the crew of the International Space Station, docked with the station smoothly Wednesday evening, setting off a five-month mission. After a pre-dawn launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:52 a.m. ET, the astronauts had spent 16 hours circling aboard their…
This weekend, NASA will attempt another vital test of its Artemis 1 lunar mission. Last Friday (April 1), NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida began the Artemis 1 “wet dress rehearsal,” a practise run of the most crucial prelaunch tasks, including rocket fueling. Everything was scheduled to be finished in about 48 hours, but…
The final major test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was called off today due to pressurisation concerns that prohibited technicians from securely loading propellants into the rocket. NASA said on the Artemis I live blog that the test, known as a wet dress rehearsal, has been postponed until at least Monday, April 4th.…