In June 2021, China announced it was partnering with Russia to launch a lunar exploration program that would rival NASA’s Artemis Program. This program would include robotic landers, orbiters, and crewed missions that would culminate with the creation of an outpost around the Moon’s southern polar region – the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). While the details are still scant, periodic updates have provided a “big-picture” idea of what this lunar outpost will look like.
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Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut mission again, targets July 21 liftoff
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi has been pushed back by several additional months, with liftoff now targeted for July 21 at the earliest.
The largest black hole ever discovered can fit 30 billion suns. We found it with gravity and bent light.
Astronomers have just discovered what may be the largest black hole known to date.
Galaxy cluster spied forming in early universe (photos, video)
Hot gas has been detected in a young proto-galaxy cluster in the early universe for the first time, shedding more light on how cluster components come together.
Microgravity in space can alter human cells. We now know how
Scientists have discovered how cells respond and adapt to exposure to microgravity, the near-weightless conditions experienced in space.
Artemis II is Literally Coming Together
In November 2024, NASA’s Artemis II mission will launch from Cape Canaveral, carrying a crew of four astronauts around the Moon before returning home. This will be the first crewed mission of the program, paving the way for Artemis III and the long-awaited return to the Moon in 2025. These missions will rely on the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) super-heavy launch vehicle. At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, teams of engineers have just finished integrating all five major structures that make up the core stage of the Artemis II rocket.
A tiny Eastern European cubesat measured the monster gamma-ray burst better than NASA. Here's how
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen blinded all of NASA's flagship gamma-ray missions last year. This tiny Eastern European cubesat, however, didn't get overwhelmed.
Pleasures of Lunar Pareidolia
Do you still see animal shapes in clouds? If so, you'll enjoy doing the same with the Moon, home to the Moon Maiden, a giant pair of scissors, and other fantastic specters of light and shadow.
'Baa'-ck from the moon, Shaun the Sheep to go on Artemis post-flight ESA tour
Europe's first lunar "lamb-assador" returned home as he prepares to be herded off on a post-flight tour. Shaun the Sheep arrived at Aardman Animations after splashing down from the moon.
China plans to use parachutes to control its rocket debris problem
China is finalizing testing of a parachute system to help control falling rocket debris downrange.
It's Time For Your Annual Weather Update for the Outer Solar System
A couple times a year, the Hubble Space Telescope turns its powerful gaze on the giant planets in the outer Solar System, studying their cloudtops and weather systems. With the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) Program, Hubble provides us with these views and also delivers weather reports on what’s happening. Here’s an updated report and some new images of the stormy surfaces of Jupiter and Uranus.
NASA human spaceflight chief Kathy Lueders to retire at end of April
Kathy Lueders will step down as associate administrator of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate at the end of April, the agency announced on Monday (March 27).
How to watch NASA's Artemis 2 moon crew reveal live online on April 3
On April 3, we'll learn the identities of the three Americans and one Canadian who will fly around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, and you can watch the big reveal live.
Hubble telescope spies mysterious celestial object that defies classification
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged celestial object Z-229-15, which is simultaneously classified as a Seyfert galaxy, an active galactic nucleus (AGN), and a quasar.
SpaceX to launch another bundle of Starlink internet satellites today
Watch our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-10 mission at 4:01 p.m. EDT (2001 GMT) on March 29 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter.
The Making of Juice – Episode 10.2
Video: 00:15:59
The Making of Juice series takes the viewer behind the scenes of the European space industry, space technology and planetary science communities around ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission.
Mysterious aurora-like phenomenon 'STEVE' appears during strongest solar storm for more than half a decade
The STEVE phenomenon was spotted across the U.S. and in parts of the U.K. after the most powerful solar storm to hit Earth for six years smashed into our planet.
Watch SpaceX launch 56 Starlink satellites, land rocket at sea today
SpaceX plans to launch 56 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit and land the returning rocket on a ship at sea today (March 29), and you can watch it live.
The Mandalorian season 3 episode 5 review: All Mandalorians can be heroes
The fifth chapter of The Mandalorian season 3 brings every plot thread together and puts the pedal to the metal with satisfying payoffs and big promises.
Webb telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations
The atmospheres of gas giant planets across the Milky Way galaxy can be very different from those in the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope has found.
Spot the half-lit moon between the Gemini twins Castor and Pollux tonight
On Wednesday (March 29), the gibbous moon will appear alongside the twin stars of the Gemini constellation, Castor and Pollux.
