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NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why.
Once at a space conference I attended in Colorado Springs, NASA astronaut Victor Glover — the pilot of NASA’s upcoming Artemis 2 mission to the moon — said something that
Lightning on Jupiter is 100 times more powerful than Earth’s
View larger/full image. | Artist’s illustration of lightning on Jupiter, based on data from the Juno spacecraft. Lightning bolts in Jupiter’s storms can be 100 times more powerful than those
Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the moon when they get there?
Artemis 2 is an ambitious mission, sending four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the moon and back to Earth. But it’s not too ambitious: The quartet won’t touch down
Seven missions launched to test optimised data transfer from space
Applications 31/03/2026 170 views 10 likes Eight CubeSats and one payload supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) reached orbit, where they will demonstrate various applications aimed at improving how
Eight more satellites added to IRIDE space programme
Applications 31/03/2026 282 views 11 likes Eight satellites have been added to Italy’s IRIDE Earth observation programme, following launch on board a Falcon-9 rocket. The successful launch brings the total
Artemis 2 countdown underway
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The two-day countdown for the Artemis 2 mission around the moon started March 30 with NASA officials reporting no major issues for the launch. The
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Blue Origin has introduced a new initiative called NEO Hunter, aimed at safeguarding Earth from potentially dangerous near-Earth objects (NEOs) using a combination of innovative deflection techniques. This concept was
An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a complex planetary nebula known as NGC 6302. The observations, detailed in a paper published
Every planet with a magnetic field has a radiation belt, a region of space where charged particles get trapped and flung around at extraordinary speeds. Earth has two of them,
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (right) speaks with Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith (left) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to discuss the Artemis program and other agency initiatives. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight
SAN FRANCISCO – Northern California startup iMetalX Inc. emerged from stealth to announce a collaboration with Psionic, a Hampton, Virginia, company focused on autonomous navigation in GPS-denied environments. Pairing Psionic’s
Dragonfly integration and testing—the activities involved in assembling the mission’s rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors of launch and extreme conditions of space—is officially underway in clean rooms
2 min read Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and
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