NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could…
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South Africa’s contributions to space travel will move beyond satellite launches and ground support if the ASRI has anything to…
In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding. It sounds like the beginning of…
Once upon a time, landing a rocket seemed like something out of Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles. Then came Elon Musk,…
On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its…
NASA had a banner year in 2022, with many successful missions in what was one of the organization’s most active years…
Scientists know very little about the matter that makes up the galaxies in the Universe. About 20% of the matter…
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth.…
The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating…
A relatively inexperienced space company, Firefly Aerospace, become considerably more experienced last week when it attempted its inaugural rocket flight…