NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...
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SpaceX to launch water-hunting moon probe 'Lunar Trailblazer' on Feb. 26
A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the location of ice or liquid water trapped in rocks on the moon's ...
NASA's Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter's icy moon shares first images of stars from space
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, using star trackers to navigate and ensure a ...
A ‘city-killer’ asteroid might hit Earth – how worried should we be?
According to scientists, there is a 1.6 per cent chance the asteroid will strike Earth on Dec 22, 2032. Read more at ...
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NASA Is In Tatters
The future of NASA is as uncertain as ever. The chaotic start of president Donald Trump's second term has raised plenty of unanswered questions regarding the space agency's fate. Amid a leadership ...
Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and much more
Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies. Exploring Mars. All are there, alongside the more humdrum (if ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...
Martian lava rocks shed light on critical period of red planet's history
No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.
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International Team Readies the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe for Launch
Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...