The debut mission of Northrop Grumman’s new jumbo cargo spacecraft didn’t go off without a hitch. The company’s first “Cygnus XL” freighter suffered a thruster issue in orbit early Tuesday
The debut mission of Northrop Grumman’s new jumbo cargo spacecraft didn’t go off without a hitch. The company’s first “Cygnus XL” freighter suffered a thruster issue in orbit early Tuesday
File (Aug. 6, 2024) — Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured awaiting its capture by the Canadarm2 robotic arm commanded by Expedition
Blue Origin’s breakthrough in-space resource utilization system aims to turn lunar regolith into solar arrays, metals, and breathable and propellant-grade oxygen, enabling sustainable robotic and human Moon missions and future
Here we fly through Gaia’s new 3D map of stellar nurseries. This new map includes 3D-views of the Gum Nebula, the North American Nebula, the California Nebula, and the Orion-Eridanus
Earth has a new co-moving neighbour. It’s a new member of the group of asteroids that follow Earth-like orbits and are called quasi-satellites. Together, they constitute an asteroid belt.
As NASA prepares to put astronauts on the moon in the next few years, the agency is thinking about “how to live and operate away from the Earth, on other
TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon is preparing to double the size of its Project Kuiper constellation to over 200 satellites this year with three more launches, supporting broadband services in the
WASHINGTON — Defense technology company Anduril and space transportation startup Impulse Space are preparing to demonstrate one of the most complex operations in space: autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations in
Betelgeuse may have competition for the most exciting star about to go nova near Earth. Astronomers have discovered the secret of a strange star system that has baffled them for
Aurora chasers around the world were treated to dazzling shows after a “secret” island within a coronal hole triggered an unexpected strong (G3) level geomagnetic storm overnight on Sunday (Sept.




