NASA Prepping to Launch Extremely Risky Rescue Mission

NASA via YouTube NASA’s Swift observatory, designed to study the most powerful explosions in the universe, launched into ...
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The NASA-Relativity deal hands a private rocket a science mission for the first time

NASA has selected Relativity Space to fly a dedicated planetary-science mission to Mars, the first time a privately developed ...

Watch NASA's next-generation moon rover crush an obstacle course

Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields ...

Will NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopter fleet sink science at the Red Planet?

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could ...
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Partners, NASA Ready for June Launch of Swift Boost Mission

NASA is on a mission to lift its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory along with partners Katalyst Space and Northrop Grumman. Watch to get a sneak peek. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katalyst ...
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NASA’s Lucy finds a wobbling peanut-shaped asteroid with signs of ancient water

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped relic born from a violent ...

“I’ll buy 10 of those”—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and planetary science missions than it did a quarter-century ago? The answer is complex. It is not necessarily the money. The space agency’s science budget ...

NASA readies the X-59 for its first supersonic flight, SpaceX's Starship grounded and more science stories

This week’s science news. This week, NASA shared more information about its planned moon base missions, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad and the James Webb Space Telescope ...

NASA’s $4.3 billion planet-hunting Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope arrives in Florida

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $4.3 billion dollar observatory that will hunt for planets and dark energy, ...
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NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory would be terminated in the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with AIA comment. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — ...
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NASA turns to Rocket Lab for dual space missions set to transform climate and solar research

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch two scientific missions aimed at improving understanding of the Sun’s energy and Earth ...