6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An antenna sticks out like whiskers from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in this artist’s concept of the spacecraft, which
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An antenna sticks out like whiskers from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in this artist’s concept of the spacecraft, which
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab continues to push for a first launch of its Neutron rocket before the end of the year, but company executives acknowledge that schedule has no margin
The McDonough Meteorite is likely over 4.56 billion years old. (Photo by Cade Massey) A mysterious extraterrestrial visitor now has a permanent home and identity, thanks to University of Georgia
Lisa Kaltenegger Credit: Ryan Young/Cornell University Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2025 Carl Sagan Medal
The TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission will help scientists understand an explosive process called magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: University of Iowa/Andy
This week SpaceNews is at the SmallSat Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Todd Master, Chief Operating
RAIR spectra (top) and difference spectra (bottom) for irradiation of the (a) CO:PHP mixed ice and (b) CO/PHP layered ice, focusing on the region around the CO stretching mode. The
A viral claim making the rounds online and on social media claims “the world to go dark for six minutes” on Aug. 2, intimating that it won’t happen again for
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies
After months of work in the NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) challenge, more than 100 students from 12 universities across the United States traveled to NASA’s Johnson






