Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole after Russia’s attempt…
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NASA and SpaceX re-attempt launch of four crew to ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
Satellite built as low-cost way to reduce space junk reenters atmosphere years early
SBUDNIC, a bread-loaf-sized cube satellite with a drag sail made from Kapton polyimide film, designed and built by students at Brown reentered Earth’s atmosphere five years ahead of schedule. Image…
Long wait nearly over for Psyche asteroid probe’s Space Coast launch
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Just off a tree-covered side road past businesses selling boats and fishing gear sits a fenced-off building that’s home to a $700 million satellite nearly ready…
India’s historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown
An Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off on July 14, 2023. India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the…
Chicago stargazers find more light pollution and wildfires are obscuring the skies
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some of Drew Carhart’s earliest memories remind him of his love of nature. Not just trees, flowers or birds—but the stars, planets and galaxies visible in…
Scientists introduce the design and application prospect of China’s Tiangong space station
Configuration diagram of Tiangong space station. Credit: Space: Science & Technology China’s manned space project was approved in 1992 with a three-step strategic plan, and building a space station is…
One giant step: Moon race heats up
Only Russia, the US and China have landed safely on the Moon’s surface. The crash landing on the Moon of Russia’s Luna-25 probe is the latest twist in an international…
Image: Hubble captures cosmic cluster
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling. The massive cluster Abell 3322 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in which the galaxy 2MASX J05101744-4519179 basks in…
