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Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...
Many in the media used the term “stranded” to describe the pair while they lived and worked on the ISS as part of Expedition ...
The first time a physicist told me they wanted to get rid of space-time, on a cold January morning earlier this year, I stopped typing my interview notes and clutched my New Scientist mug of tea.
The shuttle will stop at the Seattle Center/Space Needle, Pier 69, Pier 62, Pier 56, Pioneer Square and King Street Station in the International District. Waterfront officials said the route will ...
The RS-25s are refurbished engines left over from the Space Shuttle program. During that era, technicians swapped out main engines several times when the shuttle was on the launch pad. NASA ...
The first 27 satellites in Amazon’s effort to create a space-based internet network have finally made it to orbit, paving the way for the company to attempt to compete with Elon Musk’s well ...
The Orbital Carrier provides defense against space attacks from China and Russia A development launch could be ready by 2026 The vehicle is reportedly designed to hold more than 22K pounds of ...
On April 29, 1985, the European Space Agency's Spacelab launched on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. This was the second time the Spacelab went to space and the first time it flew ...
Fast forwarding to what we call act two, which was the space shuttle and International Space Station era, it’s kind of ’70s and beyond. The goals changed remarkably. Space flight was too ...
The U.S. Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as the cosmic equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Appropriately known as an "orbital carrier," the ...
To make those cuts happen — a total of $3.6 billion — NASA would have to close the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and cancel the mission that will bring back samples of Mars ...
After years of hesitation, the national security space community is finally boarding the commercial space train, one that many of us have been pushing for since the early 2000’s. The momentum is ...