Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated …
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft lands on moon, a first for the country
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday became the world’s fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, as the space agency …
NASA delays astronaut moon landing to 2026 amid spacecraft ‘challenges’
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA on Tuesday added more delays to its Artemis moon program, scheduling for 2026 its first astronaut lunar landing …
NASA to push back moon mission timelines amid spacecraft delays – sources
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA is set to delay its next few missions to the moon under a key program as technical hurdles …
Sun-observing spacecraft sheds light on the solar wind’s origin
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from …
Lockheed gets US defense contract to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft
(Reuters) – Weapons maker Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by a U.S. Department of Defense agency to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for the …
China may launch next-generation crewed spacecraft as early as 2027
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s next-generation crewed spacecraft, which can transport up to seven astronauts, may fly for the first time between 2027 and 2028, a …
Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew
(Reuters) – A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at …
Robotic arm to inspect leaky Soyuz spacecraft, Russia says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A 17-metre-long Canadian-made robotic arm on the International Space Station will inspect a docked Soyuz spacecraft after a leak was noticed just …
Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the …
NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in test of planetary defense system
(Reuters) – Hurtling through the solar system at hypersonic speed on Monday, NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed itself into a distant asteroid in a test of …
Exclusive-Boeing clashes with key supplier ahead of Starliner spacecraft launch
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON – Boeing Co is feuding with Aerojet Rocketdyne, a key supplier for its Starliner spacecraft, as the U.S. aerospace giant races …
US Astronaut To Fly Home On Russian Spacecraft Amid Rising Tension
US Astronaut To Fly Home On Russian Spacecraft Amid Rising Tension Laurel Duggan on March 14, 2022 American astronaut Mark Vande Hei will travel back …
Terran Orbital will Invest $300 Million in Florida to Construct the World’s Largest, State-of-the-Art, Commercial Spacecraft Facility
EXPLORATION PARK, Fla. – Today, Governor DeSantis announced Terran Orbital’s decision to choose Merritt Island for the construction of its Commercial Spacecraft and Constellation Facility, …
NASA to drop test 14,000 pound Orion Space Craft and you can watch it happen
Engineers will drop a 14,000-pound test version of the Orion spacecraft into the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA’s Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, …