NASA's ICON mission gathered valuable data as it orbited the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere, about 55 miles to 360 miles into space in the ionosphere, and provided critical breakthroughs on ...

NASA’s coverage for the ICON launch will get underway at 9:15PM ET. Weather is looking relatively good for the mission, as there’s a 70 percent chance that conditions will be favorable.

NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission has not communicated with ground stations since November 25 due to some sort of glitch the space agency is yet to identify, NASA wrote in a ...

NASA has delayed the ICON satellite's planned June 14 launch due to rocket issues. (Image credit: NASA) Until about a decade ago, scientists thought the sun caused most of the changes in the ...

NASA's ICON ionosphere research satellite will begin its trip to space atop a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket dropped from the belly of the company's "Stargazer" carrier jet.

NASA reports that ICON's solar panels have successfully deployed, indicating that it has power, and all systems are operating. It will take about a month to commission the ICON satellite, and the ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --A Texas-based company has landed a five-year contract from NASA to build landing pads, roads and shelter on the moon and on Mars.ICON, which is known for its 3D-printed homes and ...

Icon, the Austin-based construction company that uses giant 3D printers to build houses and other construction projects, has been awarded $57.2 million by NASA for the development of a ...

Through a $57 million contract with NASA, ICON, a company out of Austin, is working to do just that. ICON wants to put a broad spectrum of infrastructure on the moon, which isn’t the easiest ...