An artist’s impression of what it would look like if an asteroid hit Earth.Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images NASA works with a worldwide coalition of astronomers to find and track dangerous asteroids. NASA already has a plan in place to warn the public in the event of an impending dangerous asteroid impact. Whether it can… Read More »
A potentially history-making special lunar mission is underway. Odysseus, the robotic lunar lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida early this morning (February 15). If all goes as planned, Odysseus will land near the Moon’s south pole on February… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface, aiming to make the first lunar landing of a US-made spacecraft in fifty years. The launch comes on… Read More »
Lighting up the deep sky overnight, a Falcon 9 rocket roared away from Florida early Thursday, supporting a commercially built robotic lander flying to the moon. If successful, it will be the first American spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years. It was SpaceX’s second flight in less than eight hours,… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Odysseus Lunar Lander, nicknamed “Odie”, will embark on a historic journey to the lunar surface, aiming to make the first landing of a US-made spacecraft on the moon in fifty years. The upcoming launch… Read More »
Ed Dwight in the cockpit of a 1960s F-104.Bettmann Archive / Getty Images “Space Race” is a new documentary about some of the first Black astronauts. NASA trained Ed Dwight and Robert Lawrence to become astronauts in the 1960s. However, NASA did not send an African American astronaut into space until 1983. On August 30,… Read More »
SpaceX will launch a custom-built lunar lander to the moon for the company Intuitive Machines on February 14, and if you want to know where and when it will lift off, we’ve got you covered. The IM-1 mission will launch Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C spacecraft to the moon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida… Read More »
SpaceX has prepared a Falcon 9 rocket for launch early Wednesday to send a commercially built robotic lander to the Moon, the first targeted landing near the Moon’s south pole, where NASA’s Artemis astronauts plan to walk within a few years. The flight came just five weeks after another US company’s failed attempt to land… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After last month’s failed Moon landing mission, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft developed by a separate company that would make the first US Moon landing in more than fifty years. The… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After last month’s failed Moon landing mission, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft developed by a separate company that would make the first US Moon landing in more than fifty years. The… Read More »