Landing safely on the surface of another planetary body, like the Moon or Mars, is one of the most important milestones of any given space mission. From the very beginning, NASA's Langley Research ...
The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's Apollo missions. The first time EDS was tested in space was on the ...
New images released by NASA have revealed an ambitious spacecraft's landing site during its recent mission to the lunar ...
NASA, the U.S. Navy and others put the Orion capsule to the test, simulating a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean as they gear ...
Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...
For the first time in history, NASA successfully received and tracked GPS signals on the Moon, marking a major advancement in ...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said on Monday it is targeting "late spring" for the second launch of its giant New Glenn rocket, as ...
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The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling over and rendering much of its equipment unusable, but an onboard NASA radio telescope called ROLSES-1  was able to make so ...
The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...
A lunar lander has completed its two-week mission and sent spectacular sunset images as a "final goodbye" back to Earth. The ...