The sixth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is officially a failure. The two-stage, 96.7-foot-tall (29.6 meters) Alpha lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning (April 29),
The sixth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is officially a failure. The two-stage, 96.7-foot-tall (29.6 meters) Alpha lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning (April 29),
This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright, hot, young stars carve out cavities in surrounding
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A Minotaur 4 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex-8 Thursday, April 22, 2010. Image: Vandenberg Space Force Base Northrop Grumman is preparing for its first flight of a Minotaur rocket
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases
A southward-looking panorama combining images from both cameras of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover shows diverse geological textures on Mount Sharp. This work examines the
Applications 24/04/2025 684 views 10 likes ESA’s Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the third in its series of mid-inclination dedicated rideshare missions April 21, but with very few rideshare payloads on board. A Falcon 9 lifted off from
ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).
Africa has taken a giant leap into the global space arena with the official inauguration of the African Space Agency (AfSA), signaling the continent’s commitment to space exploration and technological




