1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (360+ words) "NASA's award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria mandated by Congress." Rocket Lab still holds out hope that it can build NASA's next Mars orbiter. The agency picked Blue Origin for that job earlier this month, awarding…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (286+ words) The Roman Space Telescope began its cosmic journey on Aug. 30. Then, its taxi returned to our planet. On Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket — then, after completing its job, the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (477+ words) Blue Origin must deliver the telecommunications orbiter to NASA by Dec. 31, 2028. Blue Origin will build NASA's next Mars orbiter. The agency announced on Tuesday (Sept. 1) that it has selected Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company to develop the $700 million Mars Telecommunications Network…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (186+ words) 27 Merlin engines generate some serious thrust. Falcon Heavy sent Roman to a gravitationally stable parking spot known as Lagrange Point 2, located 1 million miles away (1.5 million kilometers) between Earth and Mars, where the gravitational pulls of the sun and Earth equal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (456+ words) Sophie Adenot and Jessica Meir were outside the ISS for six hours and 49 minutes on the sixth-ever all-female extravehicular activity. Two astronauts replaced a spacecraft docking aid and a video camera during a successful spacewalk outside of the International Space…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (143+ words) Brett is curious about emerging aerospace technologies, alternative launch concepts, military space developments and uncrewed aircraft systems. Brett's work has appeared on Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery and more. Brett has degrees from…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (321+ words) Coverage will begin at 7:00 a.m. ET today (Sept. 1). Two astronauts will conduct history's sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live. NASA's Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency will venture outside the International Space…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) Space.com's Josh Dinner caught an amazing shot of NASA's Roman Space Telescope crossing the sun on a SpaceX rocket. But why was he at Hobby Lobby? CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Standing in the parking lot of the Titusville Hobby Lobby…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (339+ words) "You're the hottest in space, and we have the hottest country anywhere in the world." CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —President Trump interrupted a NASA press conference today (Aug. 30) to congratulate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team on a successful launch....

2+ week, 36+ min ago   (624+ words) The new Roman Space Telescope will take images of the universe so vast, there's not a 4K TV on Earth capable of showing it all, NASA has said. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new era of astronomy is about to begin after…...