1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (360+ words) "NASA's award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria mandated by Congress." Rocket Lab still holds out hope that it can build NASA's next Mars orbiter. The agency picked Blue Origin for that job earlier this month, awarding…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (649+ words) "When you look up at the night sky, most of those stars have planets." But while coronagraphs have been used many times before, the one that just launched toward the stars is unprecedented. "The Roman Space Telescope is carrying the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (368+ words) On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket was designed by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) and built from spare parts of other rockets. It was named after a type of covered…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (286+ words) The Roman Space Telescope began its cosmic journey on Aug. 30. Then, its taxi returned to our planet. On Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket — then, after completing its job, the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1256+ words) Observing Earth from orbit is an increasingly private affair. We are a planet-based species: With a few notable (astronaut) exceptions, everyone who has ever lived remained glued to our spinning Earth, which now houses 8.3 billion people. That's the gravity of…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (236+ words) It was the 103rd Falcon 9 launch of the year. SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Sept. 6). The spacecraft rode to low Earth orbit (LEO) atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (351+ words) The new antenna will boost capacity on NASA's increasingly strained deep-space communications network as Artemis and other missions drive up demand. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons,…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (494+ words) Liftoff is targeted for 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) today (Sept. 5). No rocket has ever reached orbit from European soil — but that could change today. The German company Isar Aerospace plans to launch its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Space Center in northern Norway…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (192+ words) Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier. Originally founded in 1999, Space.com is, and always has been, the passion of writers and editors who…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (457+ words) Voyager 1 launched to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Today, it's in interstellar space. On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Voyager 1 initially launched on a mission to explore the…...