WASHINGTON — NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is on its way to the moon after a successful maneuver April 2. The Orion spacecraft Integrity fired its main engine at 7:49 p.m.
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Lego's educational space sets are a stellar way to teach kids about the basic physics of collisions and impacts
Considering it’s ostensibly a children’s toy company, Lego sure has been targeting the grown-up market for the past few years. And who can blame them? Targeting the wallets of millennials
NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby
WASHINGTON — As Artemis 2 approaches the moon, a NASA science team is finalizing plans for the observations they want the astronauts to perform during their flyby. At an April
If Life Exists in Venus' Atmosphere, It Could Have Come From Earth
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Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites
WASHINGTON — An Atlas 5 launched the latest set of satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation April 4 as the company seeks to accelerate deployment of its spacecraft. An Atlas 5
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NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows on Saturday, April 4, 2026, looking back at Earth, as the
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In a groundbreaking achievement that has been over five decades in the making, NASA’s Orion spacecraft named Integrity has successfully executed its trans-lunar injection (TLI) burn, officially embarking on its
In a striking showcase of innovation, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has provided a unique perspective of the Moon, Earth’s solitary natural satellite. By cleverly rolling one of its satellites sideways,
WASHINGTON — NASA modified operations of an astrophysics spacecraft in a decaying orbit to buy more time for a mission later this year that will attempt to raise its orbit.
At 06:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 p.m. PDT) on April 1st, the Artemis II mission lifted off from the historic Launch Pad-39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission
For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the moon, but to live and work there for weeks, months—and eventually years.
It’s humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two years.
New research suggests that neutrinos in the early universe may have transformed into a previously unknown form of radiation. A study from Washington University in St. Louis offers a new
During the Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing away
WASHINGTON — Tom Vice, the former chief executive of Sierra Space, has been named CEO of Astrion, a Huntsville, Alabama-based defense contractor looking to expand its space business. The company
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