Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX is preparing to launch its next Falcon…

The Southern Patagonian Icefield as seen from the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA)Fragments of ice splintered from a glacier float down an Antarctic lake in…

HOUSTON — The astronaut named commander of Artemis 3 is confident that his crew will be ready for what NASA has called one of the most…

Artemis 3 crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre…

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of “little red dots” in the early universe. The team has studied…

WASHINGTON — Satellite data provider Spire Global has partnered with one of Germany’s largest defense contractors to pursue space-based missile warning and hypersonic threat detection capabilities.…

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft stand at Launch Complex 39B on Tuesday, March 31, ahead of the planned launch of Artemis 2. Image:…

Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar — or active nucleus of a galaxy — that’s powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting out winds at…

HOUSTON — NASA has named the astronauts who will fly the next Artemis mission, a test flight in low Earth orbit in which the Orion spacecraft…

The Artemis 3 crew poses for an official portrait. From left to right: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio. Image: NASA/Bill Stafford. The crew…