NASA's historic moon mission ending early as lander loses power, ability to communicate
NASA’s mission to the moon ended on Tuesday. The lander is running out of power, so communication from the moon to Earth won’t be possible.
Odysseus moon lander: More pictures sent back with only hours left until it dies
The toppled moon lander, Odysseus, managed to send back more images Tuesday. The lander is expected to die by early Wednesday.
Death Valley Dark Sky Festival 2024 slated for 1st weekend in March
The Death Valley Dark Sky Festival is free but some reservations may be required ahead of time for certain auditorium talks.
Balloon over US was likely hobbyist, officials says
The small balloon discovered flying over the U.S. Friday was likely a hobbyist balloon, officials said.
Odysseus lunar lander: Spacecraft on its side on moon's surface with some antennas covered
A private U.S. lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon's south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday.
SpaceX successfully launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral into orbit
SpaceX is now targeting Sunday for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.
Odysseus moon lander: Lunar lander successfully transmitting from moon's surface, NASA says
A lunar lander with a half-dozen NASA science experiments landed on the moon's south polar region Thursday evening – a week after it launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Kennedy Space Center.
Odysseus moon lander makes historic landing, transmits signal back
The first U.S. commercial moon lander, Odysseus – also known by its nickname “Odie" – has made the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.
Can a solar flare be to blame for the AT&T nationwide outage? Here's what the NOAA says
With AT&T having been victim to a solar flare back in 1972 – can the same issue happen again?
School bus-sized satellite fell to Earth somewhere over North Pacific Ocean
The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite captured data on Earth's land, oceans and polar caps, including monitoring natural disasters.
'Martians wanted': NASA seeking applicants to live in year-long Mars simulator
This mission will be the second of three Mars living simulations Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEA.
SpaceX launches communications satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral: Watch again
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday afternoon, carrying a satellite for the Indonesian communications company Telkomsat.
Bridgit Mendler’s space company: From Disney Channel star to CEO
Bridgit Mendler, a former Disney Channel star, has announced she’s starting up her own space company after studying at MIT and Harvard.
Astronomers discover what could be universe's brightest object with black hole gobbling a sun a day
Researchers determined that this rapidly growing object can shine 500 trillion times brighter than the sun.
See the massive solar flares the Sun spit out this week
NOAA and NASA spacecraft are constantly watching the Sun, recording solar events like these two powerful solar flares this weekend.
School bus-sized satellite to come crashing into Earth's atmosphere this week
The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite captured data on Earth's land, oceans and polar caps, including monitoring natural disasters.
Pregnant elk soar through Tennessee skies in state's first-of-its-kind population study
It's all part of a groundbreaking study that aims to understand the population dynamics of the species better.
How NASA plans to study the sounds of the total solar eclipse
Eclipse watchers can help NASA study how the April total solar eclipse impacts wildlife and insects. The abrupt darkness can fool animals into thinking its dusk.
'Change the world': Earth-based surgeons successfully perform experiment with robot in space
Scientists are taking surgeries to space.
SpaceX launches 'Odysseus' lunar lander, aiming for historic US moon mission
SpaceX launched Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander on Thursday. The U.S. hasn't returned to the moon's surface in more than 50 years. Here’s when the touchdown attempt is planned.