• Live coverage: SpaceX launch from California set for today

    Updated: 2023-01-31 15:15:06
    SpaceX teams in California are counting down to launch this morning of a Falcon 9 rocket with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for the Italian company D-Orbit. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. PST (11:15 a.m. EST; 1615 GMT) after delays over the last two days to allow SpaceX to complete pre-launch preparations on the vehicle.

  • China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility

    Updated: 2023-01-31 14:09:53
    , Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search China†s CAS Space outlines rocket series , inaugurates manufacturing facility by Andrew Jones January 31, 2023 The planned Lijian PR rocket series presented in January 2023. Credit : CAS Space HELSINKI — A Chinese space launch company has outlined its plans for a series of solid and reusable rockets for launch services and space tourism and opened a new industrial . base CAS Space held an opening ceremony Jan . 10 for the first phase of its CAS Space Industrial Base rocket

  • Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat

    Updated: 2023-01-31 14:00:56
    Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat by Sandra Erwin January 31, 2023 Rendering of Xplore's multi-sensor Xcraft satellite . Credit : Xplore The company plans to launch its first Xcraft small satellite in late 2023 on a SpaceX rideshare WASHINGTON — Xplore , a startup based in Redmond , Washington , announced Jan . 31 it was granted a remote-sensing license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA for the company’s first mission to low Earth .

  • Faraway blue star cluster shines in Hubble Space Telescope photo

    Updated: 2023-01-31 14:00:34
    Stars can come in an array of shapes, sizes, ages and colors. But in the case of NGC 2031, the context doesn't quite match the colors.

  • Capella Space establishes new business unit focused on U.S. defense market

    Updated: 2023-01-31 14:00:32
    . Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search Capella Space establishes new business unit focused on U.S . defense market by Sandra Erwin January 31, 2023 Satellite imagery captured by Capella Space shows traffic near Belgorod , Russia , near the border with Ukraine , the day before Russian forces invaded . Credit : ArmsControlWonk Capella Federal will provide synthetic capture radar imagery exclusively to government customers WASHINGTON — Capella Space has formed a new business unit , Capella Federal , focused on the defense

  • NASA hits limits of space station utilization

    Updated: 2023-01-31 13:12:08
    Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search NASA hits limits of space station utilization by Jeff Foust January 31, 2023 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio working on the International Space Station . A NASA official said Jan . 30 that the agency has maxed out its utilization of the station given crew time and cargo limitations . Credit : NASA WASHINGTON — NASA has effectively reached full utilization of the International Space Station given limitations on crew time and the ability to get cargo to and from the station , an agency

  • Could we use antimatter-based propulsion to visit alien worlds?

    Updated: 2023-01-31 13:00:51
    Antimatter-based propulsion offers a unique opportunity for missions to exoplanets.

  • Watch 2 pioneering former NASA astronauts receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor today

    Updated: 2023-01-31 11:00:40
    Two trailblazing former NASA astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Tuesday (Jan. 31), and you can watch the ceremony live.

  • Lockheed Martin to launch first demo of new mid-size bus

    Updated: 2023-01-31 11:00:31
    Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search Lockheed Martin to launch first demo of new mid-size bus by Sandra Erwin January 31, 2023 Lockheed Martin†s first LM 400 mid-sized satellite bus is being assembled in Denver , Colorado . Credit : Lockheed Martin The company is not yet announcing which launch provider will fly the LM 400 demonstration missions WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin plans to launch the first demonstration mission of its new LM 400 mid-sized satellite bus in 2023, the company announced Jan . 31 The first

  • Space diet rich in veggies and fish could boost astronaut health

    Updated: 2023-01-31 11:00:14
    An enhanced in-space diet augmented with fruits, vegetables and fish could help boost astronaut health and performance, a new study finds.

  • Lego fan renders Vulcan Centaur ahead of ULA rocket's debut flight

    Updated: 2023-01-30 23:00:11
    A Lego fan rendered ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket in brick form to celebrate its expected debut launch in the first quarter of 2023.

  • Watch a green comet make its first Earth approach in 50,000 years with this free webcast

    Updated: 2023-01-30 22:00:42
    Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is making its closest approach to Earth, and you can watch it pass by without even stepping outside, thanks to a free livestream.

  • Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite completes three-day trip to SpaceX launch site

    Updated: 2023-01-30 21:30:15
    Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite completes three-day trip to SpaceX launch site by Jason Rainbow January 30, 2023 The Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 F2 has landed in Florida ahead of its SpaceX launch . Credit : Airbus TAMPA , Fla . — Inmarsat†s latest geostationary telecoms satellite has arrived at its Florida launch site after a three-day journey from Airbus†testing facilities in . France An Airbus Beluga plane carrying the 5,500-kilogram Inmarsat-6 F2 I-6 F2 satellite landed at the Kennedy

  • Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first missions this year

    Updated: 2023-01-30 00:46:20
    Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first missions this year by Jeff Foust January 30, 2023 AstroForge's second mission , Brokkr-2, is set to launch in October to fly by an undisclosed near Earth asteroid that could host platinum-group metals . Credit : OrbAstro WASHINGTON — A startup with plans to mine asteroids for metals says it will launch its first two missions this year , including one that will fly by a near Earth . asteroid AstroForge announced Jan . 24 that it will

  • NASA meeting works to define exploration architecture

    Updated: 2023-01-30 00:38:43
    Home News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored x close News Opinion Launch Civil Commercial Military Policy Politics Sponsored facebook twitter youtube rss feed About Advertise Magazine Subscription Info Newsletters Events Privacy Policy Reprints Newsletter Sign Up search Search NASA meeting works to define exploration architecture by Jeff Foust January 29, 2023 NASA officials said a meeting last week helped them develop an exploration architecture to achieve their objectives for the moon and Mars , but offered few details about the architecture's contents or when it will be released . Credit : NASA WASHINGTON — NASA officials met last week to review its overall exploration architecture , although it was unclear exactly what they agreed to and when they will

  • PROPULSION SYSTEMS(a)

    Updated: 2023-01-28 23:39:06
    Solar electric propulsion makes NASA’s Psyche spacecraft go by et Propulsion Laboratory

  • Impulse Space announced first mission to LEO

    Updated: 2023-01-28 09:46:41
    Impulse Space, Inc. announced early in January that they were preparing for their first mission to o

  • SpaceX launches heaviest payload on Falcon 9 rocket

    Updated: 2023-01-26 02:32:18
    A Falcon 9 rocket thundered off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral before dawn Thursday with another batch of 56 Starlink satellites, setting a record for the heaviest payload ever launched on a SpaceX rocket at more than 38,000 pounds.

  • PIA25664: NASA's Psyche: Picking up Launch Prep for 2023

    Updated: 2023-01-25 01:57:26
    PIA25664 : NASA's Psyche : Picking up Launch Prep for 2023 Target Name : thinsp Asteroid Mission : thinsp Psyche Spacecraft : thinsp Psyche Product Size : thinsp 1920 x 1280 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp NASA Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25664.tif 5.686 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25664.jpg 262.1 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec . 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida . The spacecraft was powered on and connected to ground support equipment , enabling engineers and technicians to prepare it for launch in 2023. Teams working at Astrotech and at NASA's

  • Rocket Lab primed for busy year after first launch from Virginia

    Updated: 2023-01-24 23:51:44
    Rocket Lab’s first mission from a launch pad in Virginia delivered three small commercial satellites into orbit Tuesday night, starting what the company hopes will be a banner year with at least 15 flights from the new U.S. launch site and a spaceport in New Zealand.

  • Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches first mission from Virginia

    Updated: 2023-01-24 21:08:19
    Rocket Lab launched its first mission from a new launch site in Virginia Tuesday. The company's small satellite launcher took off from Virginia's Eastern Shore at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT), carrying three small commercial satellites into orbit for HawkEye 360.

  • Another countdown begins for Rocket Lab’s first launch from Virginia

    Updated: 2023-01-23 23:18:36
    Rocket Lab is set to fill up its small Electron launcher with propellant fire it into space from Virginia Tuesday evening with three commercial satellites, the company's second try to launch its first mission from U.S. soil after bad weather thwarted attempts last month.

  • Astronauts complete spacewalk to prep for new ISS solar arrays

    Updated: 2023-01-20 14:45:14
    Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann suited up and floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to prepare the lab for arrival of another pair of new solar arrays later this year.

  • SpaceX orbits 51 more Starlink satellites in year’s first launch from Vandenberg

    Updated: 2023-01-19 20:19:16
    SpaceX's first launch of the year from California, and fourth mission overall in 2023, added 51 more satellites to the Starlink internet constellation, keeping pace with the company's goal of 100 Falcon rocket launches this year.

  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites from California

    Updated: 2023-01-19 13:58:59
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 7:43 a.m. PST (10:43 a.m. EST; 1543 GMT) Thursday with 51 more Starlink internet satellites. The mission was delayed more than a week due to bad weather.

  • Lunar Flashlight possibly having issues with propulsion system

    Updated: 2023-01-19 08:35:19
    NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission seems to be having a slight issue with the spacecraft’s

  • SpaceX delivers GPS satellite to 12,000-mile-high orbit

    Updated: 2023-01-18 23:20:24
    SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket just after sunrise Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, hauling a GPS navigation satellite into orbit to replace an aging 16-year-old spacecraft in the global positioning network trusted to guide everything from military weapons to civilian commuters.

  • GPS navigation satellite set for launch on SpaceX rocket

    Updated: 2023-01-17 22:25:06
    SpaceX's second launch for the U.S. military in three days is set to blast off from Florida and deliver a GPS navigation satellite into orbit Wednesday, reinforcing the global positioning and timing network as four more GPS spacecraft are in storage at a Lockheed Martin factory in Colorado to be launched as needed over the next few years.

  • 16 Jan : Humans transferred in space

    Updated: 2023-01-15 18:46:00
    Do you remember the film ‘Martian’. It has a reel life story of real life incident. Today in 1969, S

  • HAKUTO-R Mission 1 reaches Milestone 5

    Updated: 2023-01-13 08:23:20
    Japanese company ispace’s Mission 1 continues on its journey to the Moon, passing it’s 5

  • PIA25258: Lunar Flashlight's Trajectory Correction Maneuver (Illustration)

    Updated: 2023-01-13 00:49:16
    PIA25258 : Lunar Flashlight's Trajectory Correction Maneuver Illustration Target Name : thinsp Moon Mission : thinsp Lunar Flashlight Spacecraft : thinsp SmallSat Product Size : thinsp 2012 x 1134 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25258.tif 572.4 kB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25258.jpg 72.68 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : This illustration shows NASA's Lunar Flashlight carrying out a trajectory correction maneuver with the Moon and Earth in the background . Powered by the small satellite's four thrusters , the maneuver is needed to reach lunar . orbit Lunar Flashlight launched Nov . 30, 2022, and will take about four months to reach its

  • The US Military's X-37B: A Closer Look at the Secretive Nuclear-Capable Spy Program

    Updated: 2023-01-11 22:49:37
    Welcome to our analysis of one of the most enigmatic spacecraft in existence – the US Departme

  • HAKUTO-R Mission 1 makes second orbital control maneuver

    Updated: 2023-01-03 08:09:41
    Japanese company ispace announced on January 2 that their HAKUTO-R Mission 1 spacecraft made the its

  • Virgin Orbit receives first UK orbital launch license

    Updated: 2022-12-29 11:01:55
    Late last month, the UK Civil Aviation Authority issued a launch and range control license to Virgin

  • PIA25257: NASA's Lunar Flashlight Spotted From Earth on Its Way to the Moon

    Updated: 2022-12-23 19:28:14
    PIA25257 : NASA's Lunar Flashlight Spotted From Earth on Its Way to the Moon Target Name : thinsp Moon Mission : thinsp Lunar Flashlight Spacecraft : thinsp Lunar Flashlight Product Size : thinsp 4096 x 1773 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp University of Arizona Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25257.tif 9.384 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25257.jpg 755.8 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : Figure A click on image for animation These images show two observations of NASA's Lunar Flashlight and the private ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 as the two spacecraft , seen as a pair of dots , journey to the Moon . In Figure A , the images have been joined sequentially to create an animated

  • PIA25256: Lunar Trailblazer's HVM³ Imaging Spectrometer Before Spacecraft Integration

    Updated: 2022-12-23 02:10:57
    PIA25256 : Lunar Trailblazer's HVM B3 Imaging Spectrometer Before Spacecraft Integration Mission : thinsp Lunar Trailblazer Instrument : thinsp High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper HVM B3 Product Size : thinsp 2801 x 2065 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25256.tif 16.98 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25256.jpg 826.3 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : The High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper HVM B3 sits in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in early December 2022. The JPL-built instrument was later shipped to Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton , Colorado , to be integrated with

  • PIA25255: A Closer View of NASA Lunar Trailblazer's HVM³ Imaging Spectrometer

    Updated: 2022-12-23 02:10:56
    PIA25255 : A Closer View of NASA Lunar Trailblazer's HVM B3 Imaging Spectrometer Mission : thinsp Lunar Trailblazer Instrument : thinsp High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper HVM B3 Product Size : thinsp 3000 x 1996 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp Lockheed Martin Space Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25255.tif 12.28 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25255.jpg 500.9 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : An engineer works on the High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper HVM B3 for NASA's Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton , Colorado , shortly after the instrument delivered in December 2022. HVM B3 is an imaging

  • PIA25254: Engineers Work on Lunar Trailblazer's HVM³ Imaging Spectrometer

    Updated: 2022-12-23 02:10:56
    PIA25254 : Engineers Work on Lunar Trailblazer's HVM B3 Imaging Spectrometer Mission : thinsp Lunar Trailblazer Instrument : thinsp High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper HVM B3 Product Size : thinsp 3000 x 1996 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp Lockheed Martin Space Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25254.tif 16.67 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25254.jpg 896.2 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : Engineers work on the High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper HVM B3 for NASA's Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton , Colorado , shortly after the instrument was delivered there in December 2022. The large silver

  • PIA25253: NEO Surveyor in an Infrared Starfield Filled With Asteroids (Illustration)

    Updated: 2022-12-22 16:58:45
    PIA25253 : NEO Surveyor in an Infrared Starfield Filled With Asteroids Illustration Target Name : thinsp Asteroid Mission : thinsp NEO Surveyor Spacecraft : thinsp NEO Surveyor Product Size : thinsp 3000 x 1787 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp University of Arizona Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25253.tif 16.09 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25253.jpg 1.326 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : In this illustration showing NEO Surveyor , NASA's next-generation near-Earth object hunter , the spacecraft floats in an infrared starfield containing stars , star clusters , gas , and dust . More than 100 asteroids can be seen as red dots , with some of them visible in a track that

  • PIA25563: Deployment of SWOT's Solar Arrays

    Updated: 2022-12-22 08:42:53
     nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Mission:  Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES

  • PIA25677: OPTIMISM Sticks the Landing

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:27
     nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  • PIA25676: Testing a Sample Drop in the Mars Yard

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:26
     nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  • PIA25439: Roman Coronagraph Optical Bench Assembly

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:26
    PIA25439 : Roman Coronagraph Optical Bench Assembly Mission : thinsp Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Instrument : thinsp Roman Coronagraph Product Size : thinsp 2062 x 1249 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25439.tif 5.959 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25439.jpg 323.2 kB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : Engineer Jordan Rupp is shown at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in September 2022 with the optical bench for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space . Telescope Light from the telescope is directed to the optical bench and passes through series of lenses , filters , and other components that ultimately suppress light

  • PIA25438: Roman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:25
    PIA25438 : Roman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask Mission : thinsp Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Instrument : thinsp Roman Coronagraph Product Size : thinsp 8256 x 5504 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25438.tif 86.06 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25438.jpg 4.248 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : The focal plane mask for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope , shown here , is one of the components used to suppress starlight and reveal planets orbiting a star . Each circular section contains multiple masks carefully engineered , opaque obstructions designed to block starlight . Some masks are about the

  • PIA25437: Roman Coronagraph Fast Steering Mirror

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:25
    PIA25437 : Roman Coronagraph Fast Steering Mirror Mission : thinsp Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Instrument : thinsp Roman Coronagraph Product Size : thinsp 8256 x 5504 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25437.tif 86.65 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25437.jpg 4.567 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : An engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is shown here with the fast steering mirror , a component of the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope . The mirror can make small movements that correct for slight wobbling of the observatory . The incoming image needs to be perfectly sharp in order for the

  • PIA25436: Roman Coronagraph Instrument Color Filter Assembly

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:24
    PIA25436 : Roman Coronagraph Instrument Color Filter Assembly Mission : thinsp Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Instrument : thinsp Roman Coronagraph Product Size : thinsp 8256 x 5504 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25436.tif 96.87 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25436.jpg 4.869 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : This image shows a series of color filters on the Color Filter Assembly for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope . Each filter blocks all but a specific color , or wavelength , of light . Many of the filters appear dark in this photo because they block all visible light the range of wavelengths

  • PIA25435: Engineers Assemble Electronics Layer on Roman Coronagraph Instrument

    Updated: 2022-12-21 23:49:24
    PIA25435 : Engineers Assemble Electronics Layer on Roman Coronagraph Instrument Mission : thinsp Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Instrument : thinsp Roman Coronagraph Product Size : thinsp 8018 x 6010 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25435.tif 136.7 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25435.jpg 6.332 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : Figure A Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from left , Brandon Creager , Juan Gloria , Joshua Nachtigal , and Sonny Gutierrez are shown assembling the electronics palette for the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Roman Space Telescope in December 2022. One of two main sections of the instrument , this

  • Arianespace Vega C Flight VV22 suffers anomaly after launch

    Updated: 2022-12-21 10:33:06
    On December 20, Arianespace launched the 2nd ever flight of the Vega C class rocket. The rocket, an

  • Here's a reminder that space is still risky #NASA #ISS #Space

    Updated: 2022-12-19 19:05:00
    Last week, the Soyuz capsule docked at the International Space Station sprung a coolant leak. The ca

  • HAKUTO-R Mission 1 update

    Updated: 2022-12-17 10:03:45
    HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the commercial lander headed to the Moon, has accomplished more of the milestone

  • Pictures from space! Our image of the day

    Updated: 2022-12-16 19:35:20
    Three enormous galaxy clusters are caught in the middle of a collision in this image consisting of observations made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton.

  • Update on the Soyuz MS-22 leak

    Updated: 2022-12-16 07:17:32
    NASA provided an update on a leak detected on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. The leak was detec

  • PIA25653: Perseverance's Cameras, Tallies of Their Images

    Updated: 2022-12-16 01:35:56
     nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  • Soyuz coolant leak cancels Russian spacewalk

    Updated: 2022-12-15 11:34:53
    Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were sch

  • PIA25320: Sample Recovery Helicopter Model Gets a Test

    Updated: 2022-12-14 22:48:27
     nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/AeroVironment

  • PIA25661: Model of Proposed Mars Science Helicopter

    Updated: 2022-12-14 22:48:26
     nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Mission:  Mars Science Helicopter Image Credit: NASA

  • PIA25595: SWOT in Orbit (Illustration)

    Updated: 2022-12-14 22:48:26
    PIA25595 : SWOT in Orbit Illustration Mission : thinsp Surface Water and Ocean Topography SWOT Spacecraft : thinsp SWOT Instrument : thinsp Ka-band Radar Interferometer KaRIn Product Size : thinsp 6871 x 3946 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25595.tif 67.6 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25595.jpg 3.206 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography SWOT satellite is shown in orbit over Earth in this illustration , with sunlight glinting off one of its solar arrays and both antennas of its Ka-band Radar Interferometer KaRIn instrument extended . The mission is a collaborative effort between NASA and

  • PIA25594: SWOT KaRIn Antenna Test

    Updated: 2022-12-14 22:48:25
    PIA25594 : SWOT KaRIn Antenna Test Mission : thinsp Surface Water and Ocean Topography SWOT Spacecraft : thinsp SWOT Instrument : thinsp Ka-band Radar Interferometer KaRIn Product Size : thinsp 8256 x 5504 pixels w x h Produced By : thinsp JPL Full-Res TIFF : thinsp PIA25594.tif 118.4 MB Full-Res JPEG : thinsp PIA25594.jpg 8.21 MB Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format possibly reduced in size from original Original Caption Released with Image : Members of the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography SWOT mission test one of the antennas for the Ka-band Radar Interferometer KaRIn instrument in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California . The mission is a collaborative effort between NASA and the French space agency

  • Artemis I ends with successful Orion splashdown

    Updated: 2022-12-12 06:39:43
    December 11 saw the end of the Artemis I mission with the successful splashdown of the Orion Capsule

  • SpaceX successfully launches 40 OneWeb satellites

    Updated: 2022-12-10 07:37:30
    On December 8, OneWeb confirmed the successful deployment of 40 of their satellites into Low Earth O

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