NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, the agency’s first all-electric X-plane and first crewed X-planed in two decades, is delivered to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in its Mod II configuration. NASACars aren’t the only type of transpor…
This image was taken by NAV_RIGHT_B onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2580 NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA’s Curiosity rover is continuing its lonely exploration of Mars, and has captured these beautiful but haunting views of the deserted Martian landsca…
11 December 1972 — Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 CommanderOne challenge of lunar…
[embedded content]NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is roving toward completion. Having recently stood on its own six wheels for the first time and practiced its descent separation from the craft that will transport it to the red planet, the rover has now undergo…
Boeing submitted a proposal to NASA for a human lander concept that would deliver astronauts to the moon in the fewest steps possible.
The proposal, which was announced on Tuesday, November 5, is part of NASA’s Artemis program to land astronaut…
[embedded content]Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule, which could soon be transporting astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), took flight for the first time on Monday.
The event tested Starliner’s launch abort system, which is designed to pr…
An image of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer installed on the International Space Station, taken on May 3, 2012. NASAScientists are still struggling to understand the puzzle of dark matter, a theoretical type of matter which holds galaxies together and …
You know those photochromic lenses that turn regular glasses into sunglasses on sunny days? Wellness company Narbis just developed a unique twist on that idea — with a new pair of smart glasses intended to encourage concentration and discourage distrac…
U.S. Air ForceThe U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane returned to terra firma on Sunday after spending 780 days in low-Earth orbit.It was the unmanned spacecraft’s longest mission to date, beating its previous record, set in 2017, by 63 days.
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An artist’s concept illustrating a catastrophic collision between two rocky exoplanets in the BD +20 307 system, turning both into dusty debris. NASA / SOFIA / Lynette CookNASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has seen more ev…
