International Space Station to fly over St. Louis this weekend

Keep your eyes on the skies this weekend. The International Space Station (ISS) will fly over the St. Louis region several ...

NASA's deep-space laser comms demo has left the chat

In comparison, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) can manage [PDF] around 0.5 Mbps at a maximum distance from Earth ...

Why Scientists Are Planning To Blow Up An Asteroid That May Never Hit The Earth

With no atmosphere to slow it down, asteroid 2024 YR4 could carve a 1-km-wide crater—the largest fresh lunar scar in 5,000 ...

NASA Artemis II Mission: Check the Launch Date, Mission Overview and Crew Members Here!

NASA’s Artemis II mission launches in April 2026 with four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby, testing Orion systems and ...

Scientists Consider Blowing Up Asteroid 2024 YR4 To Prevent Moon Impact

Scientists are taking precautions against Asteroid 2024 YR4, which might hit the Moon in 2032. Instead of the usual plan to ...

NASA Holds Three Consecutive Major Press Conferences: New Astronaut List to be Announced, and Discussion on Next Lunar Mission

NASA will announce the list of new astronaut candidates for 2025. This group of astronauts has been selected from 8,000 ...
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We could nuke 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before it hits the moon — if we act fast, new study warns

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists ...
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Could a Government Shutdown Stall NASA’s Moonshot?

Would the next giant leap to the Moon be delayed not by a technical glitch, but by a Washington budget stalemate? With time running out to the close of the fiscal year, NASA is facing the increasing ...

Nasa wants to return to the moon. It is behind schedule

Systems glitch. Technical difficulties have beset Artemis, with faulty sensors, fuel leaks and flimsy heat shields creating ...

What is the heliosphere?

The heliosphere was first theorised by multiple scientists investigating the concept of cosmic rays and the solar wind in the ...
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NASA Artemis II Crew Prepares for Historic Lunar Flyby

We’re going to fly around the Moon in the spacecraft ‘Integrity’.” With those words, Commander Reid Wiseman set the tone for NASA’s Artemis II mission during a news conference at Johnson Space Center, ...
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Cosmic Fender Bender – Could We Nuke a ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Before It Hits the Moon?

Picture this: a 'city killer' asteroid is hurtling through space, and its trajectory has it on a collision course. Thankfully ...