Thursday, May 21, 2026
Today's Print

Tag: NASA

NASA to launch Lucy spacecraft to probe Jupiter Trojan asteroids

NASA was set Saturday to launch a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore for the first time a group of rocky...

NASA selects Moon site for ice-hunting rover

NASA on Monday announced it would land an ice-seeking rover on a region of the Moon's south pole called the Nobile Crater in 2023. The...

Rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life in Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has now collected two rock samples, with signs that they were in contact with water for a long period of...

NASA thinks Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample

NASA's Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth --...

Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract...

Laundry detergent goes to space

Did you know that astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) wear clothing several times before replacing them with a new set? Unlike here on...

All US, NATO troops depart Bagram air base

All US and NATO troops have left the biggest air base in Afghanistan, a US defense official told AFP Friday, signaling the complete withdrawal...

Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station

The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing...

US space probe Osiris-Rex heads home with asteroid dust

The US space probe Osiris-Rex on Monday left the orbit of the asteroid Bennu, from which it collected dust samples last year, to begin...

Chinese rocket debris disintegrates over Indian Ocean

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said,...

Perseverance rover captures sound of Ingenuity flying on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time captured the low-pitched whirring of the Ingenuity helicopter's blades as it flies through the rarefied Martian...

Four ISS astronauts splash down off Florida on SpaceX Crew Dragon

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth splashed down off Panama City early Sunday, a NASA livestream showed. Boats were retrieving...

Blue Origin protests NASA choice of SpaceX to land astronauts on Moon

Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, on Monday filed a protest against NASA's choice of rival SpaceX to build...

SpaceX set to take four astronauts to ISS Thursday

SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States...
- Advertisement -spot_img
- Advertisement -spot_img