Space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:17 p.m. EDT (0217 UTC on Oct. 22) carrying 23 Starlink satellites.

Sitting high on the dry Chilean Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to see its first light in 2025. However, the observatory is already showing its potential in detecting potentially hazardous asteroids. These objects are asteroids that aren’t currently a threat to our planet, but whose orbits bring […]

About the NASA Academy at Langley  Langley’s NASA Academy’s rigorous and diverse summer research program prioritizes collaboration, teamwork, leadership, innovation, and creativity.  Academy participants experience the challenges aerospace professionals face while conducting their research. Along with a team research project, the program includes:  What are the eligibility requirements?   Duration: The summer […]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida tonight (Oct. 21) on the company’s second mission of the day.

Comets have gotten a lot of press this year, but not all of it good. In particular, numerous headlines have popped up about a “Devil Comet” that’s bigger than Mount Everest on its way toward Earth — but what’s really going on? Let’s take a step back and dissect this […]

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 26, to discuss a laser communications system and new research to understand the interactions between weather on Earth and in space. The investigations are two of many research and technology experiments bound for the International Space Station next […]

A sneak peek at Insight Editions’ “Star Wars: The Secrets of the Wookiees,” a new all-ages book from Insight Editions available on Nov. 28.

Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic representatives all called for improvements to the regulatory framework that governs spaceflight operations during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

SAN ANTONIO — At times, today’s annular eclipse has been billed as an opening act for the headlining act of next April’s total eclipse. But the first annular to grace the U.S. in 12 years proved to be a spectacle with charms of its own. In the U.S., cloud cover […]

By Ray Osorio NASA recently built and tested an additively-manufactured – or 3D printed – rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum, making it lighter than conventional nozzles and setting the course for deep space flights that can carry more payloads. Under the agency’s Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity, engineers from NASA’s […]