Tag: Spacecraft

These test flights demonstrate how SpaceX’s development style differs from NASA’s, Forczyk says: While NASA tested every component to perfection ...

“So far today has been incredibly successful, even with the RUD of the Super Heavy booster,” said Kate Tice, SpaceX’s ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft blasted off this morning at 10:20 am Eastern time and is now en route to its namesake ...

It looks like Bennu was indeed the right target for NASA's first-ever asteroid sample-return mission. That mission, OSIRIS-REx, delivered pieces of ...

Following him, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta showed four more finely detailed images of the sample, all taken by an ...

On some nights, one of the brightest objects in the sky is neither a planet nor a star. It is ...

The NASA recovery team began by taking samples of the desert ground and atmosphere where the capsule landed. Then they ...

As the dust settled following SpaceX’s brief, explosive test launch of Starship in April, both the company and the Federal ...

Nearly one year ago, NASA flung the DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour. It was ...

And nations should avoid cluttering those spots with mechanical detritus, which could complicate future missions. Like campers heading into the ...