On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more!
This Saturday (March 13), Space Chat will explore women in space.
China’s Long March 7A rocket launches on 1st successful flight
China’s new Long March 7A rocket successfully launched its first orbital mission after its first attempt one year ago ended with a failure.
SEAKR wins $60 million DARPA contract to demonstrate autonomous satellite operations
SEAKR, based in Centennial, Colorado, is developing the artificial brain of DARPA’s Blackjack satellite network.
China’s Long March 7A rocket launches on 1st successful flight
China’s new Long March 7A rocket successfully launched its first orbital mission after its first attempt one year ago ended with a failure.
Watch live Saturday: Space station astronauts are taking a spacewalk
Two astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Saturday (March 13), and you can watch all the action live online.
A Planet Lost Its Atmosphere, So Its Volcanoes Made It a New One
A red-dwarf star called Gliese 1132 or GJ 1132 for short (astronomers and their fun nicknames!) smolders on some 41 light-years from the sun in the southern constellation Vela, just a few degrees away from the southern cross. In 2015, astronomers using the MEarth South telescope array at Cerro Tololo […]
Trump’s Moon program survived a transfer of power, so what’s next?
The Trump administration’s Moon-to-Mars program has already dodged the fate of many past presidential space programs: cancellation under new leadership. Last month, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the Biden administration’s support for Artemis, NASA’s flagship lunar agenda.
On This Day in Space! March 12, 2015: NASA launches Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
On March 12, 2015, NASA launched four satellites on a mission to study a weird phenomenon in Earth’s magnetic field called magnetic reconnection.