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After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars

Instead, the agency turned to Russia to launch the orbiter and rover on two Proton rockets and provide the descent system to deliver the rover...

Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon

Slamming into the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, NASA’s Orion spacecraft blazed a trail over the Pacific Ocean on Friday,...

Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry, but will require redesign

NASA’s schedule currently puts the launch of Artemis III in 2027 and Artemis IV in 2028. Kshatriya said he was confident NASA, working the European...

The Moon is already on Google Maps—did Artemis II really tell us anything new?

“The only illumination source on the Moon will be Earthshine, which is a different spectrum,” Deutsch said in a presentation last month at the Lunar...

Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored

You can watch a replay of Glover’s message in the video embedded below. https://youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1uxBmis0&si=nao5MDI4xTSHR_92&start=20303 Out of view, Artemis II soared to the apogee,...

Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon

This is not a new idea. After the successful launch of the Artemis II mission this week, NASA will fly the SLS rocket at least...

Artemis II, NASA’s boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Three Americans and one Canadian launched into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on Wednesday, flying the most powerful rocket ridden by humans...

NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won’t be far behind

But observing objects in cislunar space from the Earth is not easy. First, the Moon is a quarter-million miles away, so spacecraft or debris will...

Here is NASA’s plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars

In addition to efficiency, a nuclear-electric propulsion system has the benefit of using conventional plasma thrusters. But instead of using solar power to energize the...

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

Over the course of 12 passes, Juno detected 613 microwave pulses from lightning, with power ranging from about the same as a lightning bolt on...

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