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Much of the shuttle’s storied history was written in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. But today, Discovery rests ...
According to a news release from Cornyn's office, Space Shuttle Discovery is owned by the federal government. It is currently in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ...
A Nasa spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. Nasa released the pictures on Friday, two weeks after ispace’s lander slammed into the moon.
Radio signals sent between two Mars orbiters—rather than between an orbiter and an Earth-based receiver—capture new insights into atmospheric dynamics.
Before there was R2, however, there was Robonaut 1A, R2’s older sibling. Unlike R2, Robonaut 1A has no legs, but with its ...
The European Space Agency's so-called Juice mission is scheduled to fly by Venus on Aug. 31, though exact times and distances will be determined closer to the event. "Juice" is a wonky acronym for ...
The Space Shuttle's return to Earth was one of the most dangerous parts of its mission. With temperatures exceeding 1650°C ...
Once in orbit, the Space Shuttle orbiter transformed into a sophisticated mobile outpost. It featured 44 thrusters for ultra-precise maneuvering, a powerful robotic arm capable of fine movements in ...
A flight will be launched on June 10 - using the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket - from NASA's Kennedy Space ...
As Group Captain Shukla gears up for the ISS, dive into these stellar reads—from Gagarin’s leap to ISRO’s lunar triumphs.
Spacetech startup EtherealX claims to have learned from SpaceX's Falcon 9 failures and built its own technology to make ...
To mark the 60th anniversary since the first U.S. spacewalk, we’ve compiled a collection of 10 awesome images captured during the first-ever U.S walk, as well as subsequent walks that have taken place ...