A Nasa spacecraft ... Since the spacecraft launched in 2018, it has circled gradually closer to the sun – flying past Venus in order to use the planet’s gravity to move it into a tighter ...

Nasa did not have contact with the spacecraft during the historic feat ... flying past Venus and using its gravity to move into a tighter orbit. Its previous passes closer to the Sun helped ...

At sunrise on Oct. 1, 2024, SL-15 launched into a perfectly clear blue sky over the desert from Spaceport America, in Las ...

NASA released two amendments to the NASA Research Announcement Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024 (NNH24ZDA001N) to announce the E.9 Space Biology: Research Studies and E.

Space travel has always hit a wall with slow speeds and massive fuel needs. Gravitic propulsion systems offer a game-c ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jessica Yung and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the physics of hula hooping, why some ...

The very first exoplanet found—51 Pegasi b, discovered ... it will probe the formation of stars, galaxies, and solar systems that could support life. Photograph by Chris Gunn, NASA “I haven ...

In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II made history—and defied human instinct—by stepping into the vast void of space ...

Apollo 12 astronauts and their wives visiting former President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the LBJ Ranch ... completed a ...

The Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, takes you on a fascinating journey through aviation history with ...

Image credits: NASA. Before McCandless’ groundbreaking mission, every astronaut performing a spacewalk remained tethered to a spacecraft ... of space and zero gravity presented challenges.