Instructions for Aliens
The golden records placed aboard Voyager 1 and 2 each have a cover with special etchings, seen here in this…
Month: October 2024
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey…
Beverly Lynds, creator of landmark catalog of dark nebulae, dies at 95
Back to Article List In addition to creating invaluable maps, Lynds worked to promote education and equality in astronomy for…
Why are we going back to this asteroid?
Video: 00:11:35 Hera, ESA’s first planetary defence mission, is headed to space. Hera will fly to a unique target among…
Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission
Updated 4:15 p.m. Eastern with post-launch comment. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Falcon 9 successfully launched a European asteroid mission…
Scrubbed spacewalks, Starliner stay-overs and more: NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson discusses her eventful 6 months in orbit
Out of the 184 days that NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson logged on her most recent mission on board the…
In Orbit Aerospace explores hypersonics under AFWERX contract
SAN FRANCISCO — In Orbit Aerospace won a $1.8 million AFWERX contract to employ artificial intelligence to detect and manage…
How long will Saturn’s rings last before they disappear?
Back to Article List From the October 2024 issue Saturn’s rings are not more than a few hundred million years…
Commercial Space Transformers Video Series
The SpaceNews Commercial Space Transformer video series will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the people and companies driving the…
Live coverage: ESA’s Hera spacecraft aims to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida
An artist’s rendering of the Hera spacecraft along with CubeSats Milani and Juventas around the asteroid, Dimorphous. Graphic: ESA The…