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…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (752+ words) Dive into this diverting sandbox adventure from Introversion before another microsecond lapses. I'm a pretty thrifty guy; no one will ever accuse me of being a hoarder or a bulk shopper. You won’t ever see me at a Costco lugging…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (236+ words) It was the 103rd Falcon 9 launch of the year. SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Sept. 6). The spacecraft rode to low Earth orbit (LEO) atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (341+ words) SpaceNASA Roman’s Planet Imager Has Powered On NASA Science (.gov)Opinion | Congressional Lawmakers Reach for the Stars WSJNASA’s latest mission to map the cosmos takes off The EconomistWhy it matters that President Trump just dialed in to a NASA news…...

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   (260+ words) Booster 1063 is just two flights shy of SpaceX's reuse record. The Starlink missions keep on coming. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 of the company's internet satellites to orbit this morning (Sept. 2), lifting off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at…...

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, 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, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) NASA caught a breathtaking image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope deploying into space shortly after launch. This image was captured just some 31 minutes after the Roman telescope took off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's…...