NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket stands on pad 39B Sunday, moments after NASA scrubbed a planned cryogenic fueling test. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
NASA launch controllers called off plans to load super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the first fully-assembled Space Launch System moon rocket Sunday, giving time for ground teams to troubleshoot problems with fans used to ventilate the giant rocket’s mobile launch structure at the Kennedy Space Center.
Russia has once again threatened to end its cooperation with the West on the International Space Station program.
When it arrives on Mars, the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover will join a growing fleet of robotic rovers, landers, and orbiters dedicated to searching for life on Mars. As part of the Exomars program, this mission was a collaborative effort between the ESA and the Russian State Space Corporation (Roscosmos). Whereas the ESA would provide the rover, Roscosmos was to provide the launch services and the Kazachok lander that would deliver Rosalind Franklin to the surface.
NASA called off a critical fueling test of its Artemis 1 moon rocket Sunday due to safety concerns with ground equipment.
The timeline below covers major countdown activities planned during the NASA’s wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis 1 mission. The wet dress rehearsal will include loading of more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the Space Launch System moon rocket on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space-based solar power is one of the technologies to feature in the government's Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.
Lightning struck the launch pad home of NASA's giant Artemis 1 moon rocket several times on Saturday (April 2), but the rocket is in good health and on track for a critical test.
Learn about the spacecraft's interior and its key role in lunar missions during the 2020s, including planned moon landings.
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The first all-private mission to the International Space Station by Axiom Space will launch no earlier than April 6.
Observations from the Hayabusa2 mission have astronomers questioning the true origin of asteroid Ryugu, a new study shows.
Live coverage of the wet dress rehearsal for the Space Launch System on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
The Space Launch System (SLS) has just one more hurdle to clear before this summer’s historic launch. This is known as the Wet Dress Rehearsal, where the fully-stacked SLS and Orion spacecraft will conduct a series of operations at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This test follows the arrival of the SLS to Launch Complex 39B after making its big rollout on March 17th from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VLB).
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher streaks into the night sky over New Zealand with two BlackSky imaging satellites. Credit: Rocket Lab / Joseph Baxter
Two microsatellites for BlackSky launched Saturday from New Zealand, riding a Rocket Lab launch vehicle into orbit to join a fleet of commercial eyes supplying imagery to military and civilian users.
A Rocket Lab Electron launcher lifted off Saturday (April 2) from the company's New Zealand site, carrying two BlackSky Earth-observing satellites to orbit.
As the planets rise in April we're given stunning views, if you know where to look.
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. What would the same storm do today?
A red giant star in the final stages of its existence has been caught emitting strange smoke-like rings for the first time.
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1A on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying two small BlackSky Earth observation satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
On Wednesday, March 30, residents in Bloomington, Indiana, and surrounding counties were literally shaken to attention by the sound of an exploding meteor.
In our age, we’ve grown accustomed to pictures of astronauts inside the International Space Station, as they float in zero-G and tend their science experiments. We’re even getting used to images of spacewalking astronauts. But this is something new.
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