However, it did not come to fruition. Errors, delays, and failures hampered the spacecraft’s development process.…
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Physicists have discovered how a Falcon 9 launch changes the atmosphere
As the cost of launching a rocket into space drops, so does the number of rocket…
Watch SpaceX launch 53 new Starlink satellites early Wednesday
SpaceX plans to launch 53 Starlink internet satellites and land the ship’s return rocket at sea…
NASA begins countdown to the end of the Insight mission on Mars
NASA’s Insight spacecraft Not quite dead yet. But InSight, a robotic probe stationary on Mars, is…
CRISPR gene editing is now possible in cockroaches
Cartoon CRISPR in cockroaches. Credit: Shirai et al./Cell Reporting Methods According to a research paper published…
Sorry, NASA hasn’t discovered a secret entrance to Mars
This story is part of Welcome to Marsour series exploring the red planet. Do you know…
Scientists grow plants in lunar soil for the first time: “everything sprouted’
When does NASA take off? Artemis astronauts Returning to the surface of the moon in the…
Former NASA leaders have praised Boeing’s willingness to risk commercial crew
Zoom / Politically speaking, the Boeing spacecraft has done much of the heavy lifting for NASA’s…
Organisms possibly 830 million years old have been found trapped in an ancient rock
An astonishing discovery has just revealed a potential new source for understanding life on ancient Earth.…
For the first time ever, scientists grow plants in lunar soil
Rob Ferrell, left, and Anna Lisa Paul look at plates filled with lunar soil and another…