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The private spaceflight company conducted a static-fire test before dawn Thursday (Oct. 28) of its Falcon 9 rocket at Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff is set for Oct. 31.
(NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab)
NASA's Lucy asteroid probe continues to fly with a partially unfurled wing. But Lucy is stable and in cruise mode, the standard one for outbound flight.
The spaceflyers - NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with Germany's Matthias Maurer - arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday (Oct. 26) and have already begun their final preparations before liftoff.
When it comes to their environmental impacts, not all rocket fuels are equal. Which are the industry's 'dirty secrets' and which technologies might satisfy even Greta Thunberg?
Two NASA astronauts in space right now have some ideas about what the future may hold in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and what they hope to see in a commercial space station.
(JunoCam Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; JunoCam Image processing by Kevin M. Gill (CC BY); Earth Image: NASA)
It's hard to imagine the sheer scale of Jupiter's Great Red Spot from here on Earth, because the storm is so big that it could swallow our planet. Now, it turns out, the Great Red Spot isn't just wide: it's deep too.
Earth has not always been upright. Turns out, the planet's crust tipped on its side and back again around 84 million years ago, in a phenomenon that researchers have dubbed a "cosmic yo-yo."
During the late Cretaceous period (100 million to 66 million years ago), one of the warmest periods on Earth, Antarctica's James Ross Island was home to a temperate forest of conifers, ferns and flowering plants known as angiosperms, as well as to a slew of dinosaurs. But it wasn't a total paradise.
Andrew Fabishevskiy, a Moscow-based automotive and industrial designer, has created a concept design for a lunar motorcycle and hopes to build a full-size prototype.
Normally $25.99, this STEM kit deal is now $16.98 is a great STEM kit deal, especially if you're looking for a quality gift to give this holiday season.
Disney and Pixar just launched the first teaser trailer for a new origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the iconic Space Ranger from the "Toy Story" film franchise and it's packed with stunning space action.
Director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" officially has a sequel. On Tuesday (Oct. 26), Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. officially announced plans to release "Dune: Part Two" on Oct. 20, 2023 to complete the iconic sci-fi tale kicked off by Villeneuve's "Dune" last week.
'Star Trek: Prodigy' takes the franchise where no one has taken it before. This latest incarnation of "Star Trek" comes from a collaboration between Paramount+ and Nickelodeon and follows five alien adolescents from assorted origins who are incarcerated on an obscure planet in an uncharted part of the galaxy
The latest addition to the Star Trek universe, "Star Trek: Prodigy" is beamed up and available to stream on Paramount Plus today. You will also be able to stream Star Trek: Prodigy on Nickelodeon, but not just yet. Here's what to know.
