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“ Russia’s first lunar mission in decades has ended in failure with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface. The incident, a blow to Russia’s space ambitions, happened after communication with the robotic spacecraft was interrupted …
“Russia’s first moon mission since 1976 seems to be going well. For the first time in nearly half a century, Russia has made it to the moon. The nation’s Luna-25 mission — its first moon effort since Luna-24 in …
“The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was interrupted. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed its 54th flight on Aug. 3, the first flight since the helicopter cut its July …
“The spinning, solar-powered spacecraft will take another look of the fiery Jovian moon on July 30. When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on Sunday, July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach …
“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 …
News 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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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 …