The UltraFlex solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unfold during a ground test at a Lockheed Martin test facility in Colorado. Credit: Lockheed Martin
Engineers have made progress in attempts to fully unfurl a solar array wing that snagged on NASA’s Lucy asteroid explorer shortly after launch last October, adding to optimism that the spacecraft can complete its 12-year mission as planned.
Momentus’ Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle. Credit: Niall David / Momentus
The first test flight of a commercial orbital transfer vehicle from Momentus is suffering from a problem with its solar panels after launching last month on a SpaceX rocket, and the company said Monday that its confidence in completing the spacecraft’s demonstrations has “substantially declined.”
Bethesda Game Studios has released the first gameplay video of its sci-fi magnum opus "Starfield."
If this episode represents a slight drop before the end of season build-up begins, then we're fine with that.
IDW is releasing a companion comic book miniseries "Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer" to the Paramount Plus Trek TV series.
Episode 2 of "The Orville" season 3 includes nods to "The Fly" and other sci-fi horror classics, with an epic music score.
Paramount Plus delivers a new trailer for "Beavis And Butt-head Do The Universe" which launches on June 23.
Chinese scientists have created the most detailed map of the Moon yet. It took them 10 years and involved hundreds of researchers. The new map will be a boon to lunar exploration and for anyone who just wants to study our natural satellite in more detail.
The first orbital test flight of the giant Starship vehicle could happen soon, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
A new high-resolution map of the moon captures lunar geologic features in incredible detail.
On Sunday (June 12), the car-sized Perseverance Mars rover snapped a photo that could be mistaken for a still from an "Indiana Jones" movie.
NASA's Lucy mission team is continuing efforts to correct the incomplete deployment of one of the spacecraft's solar arrays as it continues to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
Milankovitch cycles are periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives thus affecting its climate and habitability.
The media information session following the 308th ESA Council will be streamed on 15 June from 12:40 to 13:15 CEST at esawebtv.esa.int. Join us to hear more about the cooperation between ESA and NASA.
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' channels 'The Mandalorian', 'A New Hope' and 'Jedi: Fallen Order' in what should have been its best episode yet.
The crew for the first mission in the privately funded Polaris program is scaling new heights to prepare for their record-breaking SpaceX flight later this year.
France is the most recent signatory to the Artemis Accords, NASA's international agreement to establish best practices for ongoing cooperation on moon exploration.
At an event celebrating their past, the new inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, David Leestma, Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson, looked to the future for the promise of space exploration.
How does ESA enable the European space industry to prosper in the global market? People attending this week’s VivaTech show in Paris – which will showcase how innovation and technology can build a more sustainable and inclusive society – will discover how.
Comets, with their long, beautiful, bright tails of ice, are some of the most spectacular sightings in the night sky. This was most apparent when Comet NEOWISE passed by Earth in the summer of 2020, dazzling viewers from all over the planet while being mainly visible in the northern hemisphere. While the sky might look the same night after night, comets are a humble reminder that the universe is a very active and beautiful place.
The launch of SpaceX's next cargo mission to the Internationl Space Station has been pushed back at least two more weeks, to no earlier than July 11.
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