Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The White House held a last-minute meeting to discuss a special mission to the moon scheduled to launch within days after the largest group of Native Americans in the United States asked the administration to… Read More »
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic are about to make history. On January 8, a ULA rocket will send Astrobiotic’s Peregrine lander toward the moon. If it lands successfully, Peregrine will be the first private lander to reach the lunar surface. The mission will also be the first launch of ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur… Read More »
For better or worse, the moon is officially open for business. On Monday, January 8, United Launch Alliance’s shiny new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander and Celestis and Elysium memorial payloads containing human remains and DNA. Two commemoration companies, Elysium Space and Celestis, will… Read More »
The upcoming launch of the lunar lander – Peregrine Mission One – is exciting for many reasons. As a custom-built spacecraft, it represents an initiative developed by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Peregrine person who landed on the moon It is manufactured by Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company, and carries a variety of NASA… Read More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — While China and India landed on the moon, Russia, Japan and Israel threw themselves into the lunar dump. More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, two private companies are now scrambling to get the United States back into the game. It’s part of a NASA-backed effort… Read More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — While China and India landed on the moon, Russia, Japan and Israel threw themselves into the lunar dump. More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, two private companies are now scrambling to get the United States back into the game. It’s part of a NASA-backed effort… Read More »
Just days after being removed from display and with its external tank briefly scheduled to return to flight, NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavor is proceeding in stealth. With the start of the new year, the California Science Center in Los Angeles expects to complete its unprecedented “Go for Stack” campaign, ultimately creating the world’s only… Read More »
NASA’s Juno mission will come closer to Jupiter’s moon Io on Saturday, December 30, than any spacecraft has in nearly 20 years. The flyby will bring Juno within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system. This will allow the spacecraft to look at Io in detail while… Read More »
SpaceX “Starship” begins its second test flight on November 18 from Orbital Launch Pad 1 at the company’s Starbase Facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Photo: Joe Marino/UPI December 29 (UPI) — 2023 has been a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring… Read More »