Day: July 13, 2022

Europe’s first Vega-C rocket launched at 9:13 a.m. EDT (1313 GMT) Wednesday from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The rocket debuted upgraded solid-fueled motors and a larger payload compartment to haul bigger satellites to space. The maiden Vega-C flight carried seven small spacecraft into orbit.

A black hole on a list of the best deep-sky targets? That sounds like an oxymoron! But for the observer who likes to track down the unusual, this is an ideal target. In a telescope, Cygnus X-1 looks like another faint star among many — and to be honest, this […]

For the 10th consecutive year, the Partnership for Public Service has ranked NASA the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government among large agencies.

Swoop in soon to save $18 off the iconic space symbol that houses our generation’s space explorers.