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NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract for its third lunar lander mission, slated to launch in 2028. Announced on December 18, the $179.6 million task order is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and focuses on exploring the Gruithuisen Domes region
NASA is planning to fly another high-profile science mission using SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. Today (Nov. 25), the ESA said it has selected the Falcon Heavy to launch Dragonfly, a $3.35 billion mission that will explore Titan, Saturn’s massive moon, for habitability. Additionally, the
This week, space weather has continued to produce vivid displays of the Northern Lights, which are even more amazing from 250 miles above Earth, where astronauts live and work. At least five strong solar flares with coronal mass ejection throughout the course of the weekend
This incredible accomplishment highlights the probe’s sturdy construction and the careful preparation that went into its mission to discover the sun’s outer atmosphere. 2018 saw the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which is still pushing the envelope in solar exploration and supplying priceless data
At the International Space Station (ISS), two American astronauts are experiencing delays as engineers work to resolve issues with Boeing’s Starliner aircraft. NASA, the American space agency, and Boeing are working together on the Starliner project. On June 6, the capsule reached the ISS. It
According to Mark Robinson, the lead researcher of the keen-eyed camera system aboard LRO, the Chang’e 6 lander is surrounded by two craters that are approximately the same size as it and sits on the edge of a much more subdued crater that is roughly
Before the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth, NASA and Boeing plan to keep it aboard the International Space Station for a minimum of four more days to conduct additional testing of the commercial crew vehicle. NASA reported on June 14 that Starliner, carrying NASA
The two NASA astronauts’ planned spacewalk for today, June 13, has been rescheduled. Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 71 crew, will not be participating in an extravehicular activity (EVA) that was supposed to start this Thursday, June
A detailed inspection of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is ongoing during its inaugural astronaut trip. On June 5, Starliner lifted off, sending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a Crew Flight Test (CFT) shakeout voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). Originally scheduled to
Despite the fact that thousands of planets have been found orbiting other stars, not much is known about them. There are 126 strange, recently found worlds included in a NASA catalog with precise measurements that let us compare them to our own solar system. The