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A routine drilling operation on Mars rarely sounds dramatic, but even small moments can turn unusual in ways scientists do not always expect. This is exactly what happened with NASA’s Curiosity rover during a recent sampling task on the Martian surface. The rover, which has been exploring Mars for years, was working on a rock…
Before electronic computers became the backbone of modern science, complex aerospace calculations were done by hand, painstakingly and with extreme precision. Among the people performing this critical work was Annie Easley, a mathematician who began her career in the 1950s as a ‘human computer’. Working at a time when both technology and opportunity were limited,…
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has now reached a major turning point, with NASA confirming that its final assembly is complete at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The observatory, often described as the next big step after Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, is now fully built and preparing for launch…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct in-situ measurements of magnetic reconnection, capturing the exact ‘spark’ that ignites solar storms. The spacecraft flew very fast by, through, and right into an event called a ‘magnetic reconnection,’ which happens when opposing magnetic field lines snap and realign in a process called magnetic reconnection, explosively…
NASA has released a document that sketches out one of its most ambitious space plans in decades. The so-called “Moon Base User’s Guide,” published in early April, lays out what it might actually take to build a permanent human presence on the Moon. It does not read like a finished blueprint. It feels more like…
Artemis II crew’s 10-day trip around Earth and Moon — timeline of Nasa’s historic lunar mission Nasa’s Artemis II mission ended with a precise splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, capping a nearly 10-day journey that took four astronauts farther from Earth than any humans before. The Orion capsule “Integrity” parachuted into calm waters off California,…
Nasa’s Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California early Saturday, marking their return to Earth after a lunar flyby mission.The Orion spacecraft carrying the crew completed a successful splashdown. A joint Nasa and US military recovery team was on site to receive the astronauts and provide medical support.Following liftoff…
Image: left/Wikipedia/right/NASA Nowadays, the Moon has become the focus of worldwide aspirations once again, but this time it is not only about exploring but also about occupying it. The recent launch of NASA’s Artemis II has sparked new interest in lunar missions, being the first manned flight to the Moon in more than half a…
This photo provided by NASA shows the exterior of the Orion spacecraft Integrity during the Artemis II mission en route to the moon on Friday, April 3, 2026. (NASA via AP) Nasa is being asked to do something that sounds deceptively simple and historically dangerous: achieve more with less. A proposed US budget for 2027…
Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, left, of the Canadian Space Agency, pilot Victor Glover, second from left, commander Reid Wiseman and mission specialist Christina Koch, right. (Image credits: AP) The four astronauts aboard Nasa’s Artemis II mission entered the moon’s gravitational sphere of influence early Monday morning, moving toward a key milestone in the…
