Since the International Space Station (ISS) went into service in 2000, astronauts and cosmonauts have been on the planet continuously, flying around the Earth every 90 minutes. Throughout its existence, the floating laboratory has been a crucible for scientific experiments, long-term space exploration research and international collaboration. So far, 280 astronauts have traveled to the … Read more
June 25, 2024 marked a new “first” in spaceflight history. China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft brought back rock samples from a vast region on the moon called the South Pole-Aitken Basin. After Chang’e 6 landed on the “far side” of the moon, on the southern rim of the Apollo Crater, it returned with about 1.9 kilograms … Read more
An international research team, led by the Italian National Astrophysical Institute (INAF), has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to capture an extraordinary event in the distant Universe: the dramatic interaction between a quasar and two massive satellite galaxies in the PJ308-21 system. This remarkable discovery provides new insights into the growth of galaxies … Read more
Engineers are currently busy making the first parts of what will eventually become the Gateway Space Station. One day, if all goes according to plan, Gateway will serve as the first lunar orbiting space station, and the moon’s first true transportation hub. While not intended to be permanently inhabited, the station is being built to … Read more
June 25, 2024, marked a new “first” in spaceflight history. China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft brought back rock samples from a vast region of the moon called the South Pole-Aitken Basin. After landing on the moon’s “far side,” the southern rim of the Apollo Crater, Chang’e 6 returned with about 1.9 kg of rock and soil, … Read more
NASA has once again chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX for another project. TOPSHOT – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) weather satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, June 25, 2024. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} … Read more
The European Space Agency ESA has created its own version of a Lego brick that is 3D printed from meteorite dust. The organization is using it to investigate how buildings can be built in space. The “space bricks,” as Lego and the European Space Agency (ESA) call them, are made from the dust of a … Read more
From more than 15 billion miles away, NASA engineers began repairing a space probe headed toward the constellation Ophiucus in April, though it will take another 38,000 years to arrive. NASA launched Voyager 1 in 1977, and it has already exceeded expectations, but the space agency hopes to continue receiving data from the probe until … Read more
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of a downward pointing corner. The fuselage of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule (left) was designed to burn up upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Instead, it crashed in North Carolina. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni In May, a large piece of space debris crashed into the mountains of North Carolina. After investigating … Read more
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from Florida on June 25, 2024. NASA CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter delivers an inside look at the world of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and delivers breaking news, investor updates, and exclusive interviews on the most important companies … Read more