Space

DARPA is at last ready to test fueling up satellites in faraway Earth orbits, to keep those machines working a little bit longer.DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) long-delayed Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellite (RSGS) demonstrator is slated to...

Last week, my editor, Chelsea, said something that stopped me in my tracks.  She was worried about the ubiquity...

You’re on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you’ve been tasked with establishing the first self-sustaining food crop on a Martian settlement. You’re nervous because you’re using a new type...

As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking for partners to share mission stories covering Artemis Moon missions, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics, and more. NASA published an Announcement for Proposals on...

Agency 22/05/2026 1127 views 42 likesThe launch of the 4DSpace-Daedalus mission in Norway is the latest success supported by Prodex, a European Space Agency (ESA) programme which enables highly skilled research institutes to partake in European space science activities and missions. “ESA currently...

The sandy and rocky terrain of the Sahara desert in central Algeria is featured in these images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.The images show the extraordinary landscape within the Tanezrouft Basin, one of the most desolate parts of...

On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to a successful and scheduled end, surpassing its planned two-year mission.Installed on the exterior of the International Space...

The Artemis generation has to deal with conspiracy theorists, too.The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission were accosted on Capitol Hill recently by an aggressive man, who accused them of faking their moon mission."Stop lying! Stop acting! You...

Resting body temperature rises a little bit each year in women from the age of 18 to 42, for...

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterEarth planning date: Friday, May 15, 2026After freeing the rover's arm from the “Atacama” block, we are ready to drill again! The new drill target will represent the...