NASA’s latest exploration spacecraft launched over the weekend, beginning a 12-year journey to visit Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The Lucy spacecraft blasted off Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is expected to travel 4 billion miles through space to
Lucy will visit 8 asteroids over the next 12 years. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest asteroid probe, named Lucy, blasted off from Kennedy Space Center here in Florida to embark on a 12-year mission to study two different clusters
Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada have a new ride to space. SpaceX’s Crew-2 Crew Dragon Endeavour arrives at the International Space Station with four astronauts aboard in a smooth docking on April 24, 2021 one day after launching into orbit. (Image
NASA marked a significant milestone Sept. 30 in its plans for future missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars with completion of an RS-25 single-engine Retrofit-2 test series at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. A full-duration hot
NASA’s nearly $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launch on Dec. 18, 2021. (Image credit: NASA/Desiree Stover, CC BY) NASA won’t rename its highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope, according to media reports. The moniker honors NASA’s second-ever
Lucy’s launch is less than three weeks away. An artist’s depiction of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft studying asteroids. (Image credit: SwRI) NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe is set to begin its 12-year space odyssey next month. Lucy is scheduled to launch atop a United
The Landsat program’s 50-year legacy of Earth observation continues. NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite has made it to space. The spacecraft, called Landsat 9, will help extend the 50-year continuous record of global imagery collected by the Landsat family of satellites since
Liftoff is set for 2:12 p.m. EDT (1812 GMT). NASA has cleared its newest powerful Earth-observing satellite for a launch into orbit from the California coast on Monday (Sept. 27). The satellite, called Landsat 9, is on track to lift off
The move is a return to the way things used to be at NASA. Artist’s illustration of an Artemis astronaut stepping onto the surface of the moon. (Image credit: NASA) NASA is reorganizing its human spaceflight office, a move the agency
NASA missions make it seem like the future is now – rovers exploring Mars with cutting-edge gadgets, a spacecraft venturing home with an asteroid sample, and a complex space telescope peering at the early universe. So, what’s the next big