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The lander’s failure prevented it from properly pointing its solar panels toward the sun to charge its onboard batteries. Despite eventually repositioning the craft to face…
Peregrine photo showing disturbance of insulation in the foreground astrobotic Things look grim for Astrobotic's Peregrine spacecraft. The Vulcan rocket launched toward the moon on January…
Astrobotic said the cause of the failure was likely a propulsion failure, adding that a further update would be issued once more data is acquired and…
Christina Koch has a job that kids dream about. Starting in 2019, on her first mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut She spent…
On January 8th, a Vulcan rocket carrying a lander bound for the moon will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Greg Newton/AFP via Getty Images NASA's first…
The moon mission, although a private effort, is sponsored by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program, which is a vital part of NASA’s initiatives to return…
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket prepares to launch from Cape Canaveral, FloridaUPI / Alamy Stock Photo Credit: Alamy Live The series of missions to the moon…
Venus rotates in the opposite direction to the other planets in the solar systemNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology Venus rotates in the opposite direction to the other…
This image of Io was taken by the Juno spacecraft.NASA/SwRI/MSSS Thanks to NASA's Juno spacecraft, which passed the moon on December 30, we had the closest…
Artist impression of Intuitive Machines' Lunar Module Nova-CNASA In 2024, space agencies around the world are aiming to photograph the moon. More than a dozen missions…
As we end 2023, what does 2024 have in store for us? As a wise person new scientist As our readers know, the division of time…
In the relatively short period of space exploration history, the moon has experienced significant changes as a result of human activity. From the historical significance of…
A phenomenon appeared in the sky in November 2023, captivating this country. A ghostly, ethereal ring surrounded the moon, and people were talking about it. What…
Did you notice the almost full moon while enjoying your Christmas roast yesterday afternoon? This is the cold moon, the last full moon of the year…
International astronauts will join U.S. astronauts on the moon by the end of this decade under an agreement announced Wednesday by NASA and the White House.…
This could be the first impact crater discovered on Io NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Kevin M. Gill, CC BY 2.0 Amateur astronomers may have discovered the first…
NASA’s Artemis II mission is making final preparations for its SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center. The Orion stage adapter, a critical component that connects Orion…
Illustration of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The plumes of water vapor spewing from Enceladus’ surface appear…
ESA’s PAVER project aimed to create paved surfaces on the lunar surface using melted lunar regolith. They conducted ground-based tests using a carbon dioxide laser and…
