The spacecraft, called Blue Ghost, was built by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace. Launched on Jan. 15, it made a remarkably ...
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
In what might be a first in spaceflight history, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station has adopted a ...
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On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above ...
“Chickpeas are an underdog in the plant world. They’re hardy, tough and can survive in a wide range of environments. If we can grow them on the moon, they might be able to provide food and contribute ...
The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of them failing.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has landed, activating NASA’s cutting-edge instruments. These include a dust-clearing system, a revolutionary navigation experiment, and cameras studying lunar touchdown ...
NASA wants your ideas for a plush mascot that will fly with astronauts around the moon next year. The space agency is holding a contest for the “zero gravity indicator” that will be carried aboard the ...