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Science, Hardware Launches on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission

“Among the cargo headed to the International Space Station is an upgrade for NASA’s quantum physics facility, the Cold Atom Lab. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than …

Virgin Galactic launches 1st mother-daughter team and 1st Olympian to space on 2nd commercial flight

“Virgin Galactic just aced its second-ever commercial mission, setting a number of spaceflight records in the process. The company launched its “Galactic 02” flight today (Aug. 10), sending six people to suborbital space and back. Four of them were women …

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light

“A cutting-edge instrument called SHERLOC, which hunts for molecules potentially related to ancient life, played a key role in a recent study. In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of …

China beats rivals to successfully launch first methane-liquid rocket

“A private Chinese company launched into orbit on Wednesday the world’s first methane-liquid oxygen rocket, beating U.S. rivals in sending what could become the next generation of launch vehicles into space. The Zhuque-2 carrier rocket blasted off at …

NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Put Gateway Thruster System to the Test

“Engineers from NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are beginning qualification testing on the cutting-edge solar electric propulsion (SEP) thrusters that will change the in-space propulsion game. The culmination of this work will see these innovative thrusters fly on Gateway beginning in …

Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars

“NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the development and delivery of Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered …

ESA’s Euclid Mission Launches to Explore ‘Dark Universe’

“NASA is contributing to the European Space Agency mission, which will complement dark energy studies by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The ESA (European Space Agency) Euclid spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station …

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Phones Home

“The intrepid rotorcraft may head skyward again within the next couple of weeks. The 52nd flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is now in the official mission logbook as a success. The flight took place back on April 26 …

15 Years of Radio Data Reveals Evidence of Space-Time Murmur

“Scientists have found evidence of a universal background of gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space-time. The motion of black holes and other massive objects through space can create ripples in the fabric of the universe, called gravitational …

NASA to Provide Coverage for Launch of ESA ‘Dark Universe’ Mission

“The Euclid mission will focus on illuminating dark matter and dark energy. The ESA (European Space Agency) and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 11:11 a.m. EDT (8:11 a.m. PDT) Saturday, July 1, to launch the …