NASA’s first moon spacecraft for astronauts in 50 years is coming together. The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, set to fly around the moon in 2024 with a crew of four, saw its crew and service modules joined at NASA on Oct. 19. Next will come a rigorous series of […]
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The only spacecraft to visit Neptune was the Voyager 2 probe, which spent just a few precious minutes in the vicinity of this mysterious world during its historic flyby tour of the outer solar system in the 1980s. It’s been over 40 years since that mission launched. And while space […]
Stunning images of Jupiter’s volcanic moon have been released by NASA. The space agency has had the Juno spacecraft orbiting the giant planet since 2016 and is now moving close to some of Jupiter’s incredible moons. In its most recent flyby, Juno moved to just 7,000 miles away from Io, […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration of a metal world. Scientists believe it may be the battered remains of an early planet’s […]
A NASA probe launched into space Friday on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a huge, metal-rich space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche spacecraft lifted off atop one of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rockets at 10:19 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The […]
[1/4]A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying a NASA spacecraft to investigate the Psyche asteroid from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., October 13, 2023. This is the first spacecraft to explore a metal-rich asteroid, which may be the leftover core of a protoplanet… Acquire Licensing […]
NASA will launch a spacecraft Friday to a metal asteroid in hopes of finding diamonds and rubies. The mysterious metal asteroid — known as 16 Psyche — is located between Mars and Jupiter and it will take the spacecraft seven years to reach the potentially lucrative rock. “I hope we […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Wednesday showed off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft — the most ever returned to Earth. Scientists and space agency leaders took part in the reveal at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The ancient black dust and chunks are […]