NASA’s pioneering Dragonfly mission has cleared a key hurdle, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to Saturn’s huge moon Titan. Dragonfly, a car-sized, nuclear-powered rotorcraft designed to investigate
NASA’s pioneering Dragonfly mission has cleared a key hurdle, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to Saturn’s huge moon Titan. Dragonfly, a car-sized, nuclear-powered rotorcraft designed to investigate
In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Kurosawa says: “We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the
WASHINGTON — A leading Democratic member of the House Science Committee says the proposed steep cuts in NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal show that the administration does not appreciate
Detections and non-detections of pure rotational line emission of water. The continuum subtracted spectra are shown in black and the water slab models in blue. The slab model parameters are
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 35th anniversary in space today, but even as a senior citizen in the spacecraft population, it is showing no sign of slowing down.
The Hubble Space Telescope is seen being released into Earth orbit by the STS-31 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery in April 1990. (Image credit: NASA) Now the most well-recognized and
Updated 2:15 p.m. Eastern with confirmation of launch failure. WASHINGTON — A Firefly Alpha rocket malfunctioned during an April 29 launch, preventing a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite on board
Latitude differences between the 1979 planetodetic and the 2000 planetocentric Mars description, in minute — astro-ph.IM Different research communities are involved in planetary coordinate standardization. Geologists and Remote Sensing specialists
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Nemanja Jovanovic, lead instrument scientist at Caltech, presents at the Emerging Technologies for Astrophysics workshop, held at NASA’s Ames
3 Min Read NASA Invests in Future STEM Workforce Through Space Grant Awards NASA is awarding up to $870,000 annually to 52 institutions across the United States, the District of