The video conferencing tests are timed for two hours during the days when the team has access to the 70-meter dishes of the Deep Space Network. Those dishes provide the highest possible bandwidth ...
Thirty years later, one might ask if the science on the ISS has been worth the $100 billion and more that NASA and its ...
Sierra Space, a leading, pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in ...
On March 26, 1958, the United States launched its third satellite into space. Explorer 3 was almost identical to Explorer 1, the first satellite the U.S. ever launched. (opens in new tab) (opens ...
A NASA spacecraft exploring a key deep-space zone is in contingency. NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) experienced a flight computer reset Feb. 18, agency officials said in an update ...
NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 29, to provide an update on the Crew Flight ...
Space exploration takes tons of planning, technological expertise, and daring. And given the long timescales involved, they often require considerable patience. Many upcoming missions to deep ...
An international team of scientists have developed a “space salad” that can keep astronauts well-nourished on future missions into deep space. The salad consists of seven ingredients ...
The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) is scheduled for launch late next year. NASA's first robotic ...
The lack of Pu-238 severely limited the number of deep space and planetary missions that NASA was able to support. Thankfully, recent developments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL ...
