Three astronauts on China's new space station have performed the country's first spacewalk and are busy configuring the module for future crews.
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How Time Flies: Perseverance and Ingenuity Have Been on Mars for a Year
A sophisticated telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed while in space has launched.
OSIRIS-Rex got to Know Bennu Really Well. Apparently, There’s now a 1-in-1,750 Chance That it’ll hit Earth by 2300
An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off Friday from a launch pad in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron
A European Ariane 5 rocket launched from French Guiana Friday, succeeding on its first flight in nearly a year to deploy a pair of geostationary communications satellites for commercial operators in Brazil and France.
Stunning image shows dark tendrils masking giant galaxy near Earth
See photos of Boeing's Orbital Flight Test 2 mission, the second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner astronaut taxi.
Photos: Inspiration4 launches from Kennedy Space Center
Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket roared back into action today (July 30) after nearly a year-long hiatus, launching two telecommunications satellites to orbit.
Ariane 5 launches pioneering reprogrammable telecommunications satellite
Europe’s Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum into their planned transfer orbits.
Eutelsat Quantum liftoff
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The first flight of Ariane 5 in 2021 delivers two satellites including the ESA-backed telecommunications satellite Eutelsat Quantum into space.
Blue Origin protest of NASA moon lander choice nixed by government agency
Blue Origin's protest against NASA's decision to not hire the company to build its next human moon lander has been shut down by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket set to launch two geostationary comsats
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
InSight has Mapped out the Interior of Mars, Revealing the Sizes of its Crust, Mantle, and Core
In May of 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) landed on the Martian surface. This mission is the first of its kind, as all previous orbiters, landers, and rovers focused on studying the surface and atmosphere of Mars. In contrast, InSight was tasked with characterizing Mars’ interior structure and measuring the core, mantle, and crust by reading its seismic activity (aka. “marsquakes”).
Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls away from pad after launch delay (photos)
Boeing's Starliner capsule has left the launch pad, just 24 hours after it got there.
"Liquid Water" Below Martian Surface Might Be Clay
Mysterious spots that scientists thought were subsurface lakes beneath the Martian south pole may instead be ancient clay deposits.
1 year after launch, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to collect 1st sample on Mars
It's been quite an eventful year for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
Russia says 'software failure' caused thruster misfire at space station
Yesterday's unexpected tilting of the International Space Station was caused by a software glitch, according to Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Bad News. Those Underground Lakes on Mars? They’re Probably Just Frozen Clay
If you were planning an ice-fishing trip to the Martian south pole and its sub-surface lakes observed by radar in 2018, don’t pack your parka or ice auger just yet. In a research letter published earlier this month in Geophysical Research Letters by I.B. Smith et al., it seems that the Martian lakes may be nothing more smectite, that is, a kind of clay. Should the findings of the paper, titled A Solid Interpretation of Bright Radar Reflectors Under the Mars South Polar Ice (a solid title if you ask me), turn out to be correct, it would be a significant setback for those hoping to find life on the red planet. So why were these supposed lakes so critical for the search for life on Mars? How were they discovered in the first place? Why have our dreams of Martian ice-fishing turned to dust (or, more correctly, clay)?
The truth is still out there: why the current UFO craze may be a problem of intelligence failings
It's safe to say that UFOs, now branded UAPs, are back.
Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity explore intriguing Raised Ridges in new video
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter explores the "intriguing" Raised Ridges during its latest and most complex flight to date.
Webb’s Mirror Now Fully Unfolded. Prepare to Witness the Power This Unprecedented Space Telescope
The planned launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) has been pushed back to Tuesday, August 3 after a mishap involving a newly docked Russian module. Originally, Starliner’s flight was to take place today, July 30, 2021 but NASA and Boeing officials agreed to delay the flight following a “spacecraft emergency” on the space station after inadvertent thruster firings on the new Nauka module caused a loss of attitude control on the ISS.
China's Zhurong Mars rover scopes out dunes on journey south
China's Zhurong rover has quietly clocked up 1,900 feet (585 meters) of driving on Mars and has been using its science instruments to check out nearby geologic features in Utopia Planitia.
Elon Musk shows off wild plumbing for 29-engine Super Heavy booster (photo)
SpaceX chief Elon Musk just gave us an inside look at the engine section of a Super Heavy rocket that's coming together at the company's South Texas site. There's a lot of plumbing involved.
