NASA unveils first Mercury topography maps from MESSENGER craft
…While it ran out of fuel and crash landed on the far side of the planet on April 30, 2015, NASA has spent the past year analyzing the data the probe returned…
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NASA Debuts 3D-Printed Space Chain Mail
When it comes to applied material science, it's hard to beat NASA. Their solid-state wizards have been working on multiple ambitious projects, including silicon dioxide wafers and about a dozen…
The ultimate remote admin: NASA will reformat Opportunity's dodgy flash memory from 125 million miles away
…The rover could reboot while NASA is sending the necessary preparatory commands. To mitigate this risk, NASA will command Opportunity to use a slower communications data rate -- the engineers think this might…
A tribute to GALEX: Amazing photos of the universe captured by NASA's galaxy finder
In just 10 Earth years of operation, NASA's Galactic Evolution Explorer, or GALEX, looked into more than 10 billion years of cosmic time. It saw hundreds of millions of galaxies, and…
Blue Origin Prepares to Snatch Away SpaceX's Biggest Project
…This week, NASA announced that a Blue Origin-designed Moon lander had completed critical testing in the agency's vacuum chamber, raising hopes that it could be the first to meet NASA…
Artemis 1 Captures Stunning Views of Earth as It Heads for the Moon
…NASA Plans Revised ‘Wet Dress’ for SLS Moon Rocket Following Valve Issues Former NASA Head Predicts Commercial Rockets Will Beat SLS NASA Identifies 13 Lunar Regions Where Artemis 3 Crew Could Land
This Week in Space: DART Spacecraft Crashed Successfully
…NASA, ESA, CSA, Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Cristina Thomas (Northern Arizona University), Ian Wong (NASA-GSFC); image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Webb, Hubble, and other observatories captured "plumes" or…
Titan, Dione, Tethys, and Saturn: A Christmas gift from Cassini
Just in time for Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Festivus, or...), NASA's Cassini probe has sent back some amazing photos of Titan, Dione, Tethys, and of Saturn herself. In the photo above…
New Glenn Explodes on Launchpad in Massive Setback For Blue Origin's Ambitions
…Just days earlier, Blue Origin had been awarded a contract to get a NASA rover to the Moon's surface by 2028 . It was also expected to launch a cargo mission to…
This Week in Space: A Quasar That's Redder Than Red
…NASA In a statement (Opens in a new window) , NASA said, "The team at JAXA discovered the error with the recorder and have been performing tests to investigate the cause and extent…