Designed and built by Northrop Grumman, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is part of NASA’s fleet of “Great Observatories,” allowing scientists from around…
Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer sunshield of NASA’s fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope successfully…
The Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s holidays are typically joyful events spent with family and friends. Astronauts and cosmonauts who…
Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant…
NASA and the European Space Agency have selected three astronauts to serve as crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission…
The Hubble Space Telescope turned 30 this year, and for the occasion, it’s sharing a present with you. NASA has…
NASA and Boeing now are targeting March 29 for the launch of Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to the International…
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base, both in Florida, were formally re-designated Dec. 9, 2020, as…
SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on…
NASA and Boeing have completed Starliner’s last parachute balloon drop test ending a reliability campaign that will help strengthen the…
Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine program continues its testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This week, the program accomplished the…
A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon Dec. 1 to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time…
Affixed to the top of Orion for the Artemis I mission is the shiny, newly installed forward bay cover. This critical piece of hardware…
