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What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
By Andrew Jones published
Tokyo-based company ispace's Resilience lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday (Jan. 15). Here's what the spacecraft is carrying.
Watch SpaceX launch 2 private moon landers on a single rocket early Jan. 15
By Mike Wall published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch moon landers built by Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early Wednesday (Jan. 15), and you can watch it live.
The most memorable space shuttle missions
By Clara Moskowitz last updated
The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program.
Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
By Keith Cooper published
The International Space Station is always falling, yet it never crashes to Earth or burns up in our atmosphere. How is this possible?
SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions
By Josh Dinner published
Lunar landers from Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace will lift off atop the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week, kicking off a busy year of moon missions.
World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova published
LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory back online after 2024 data center flood
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and "no science data has been lost."
Humans will soon be able to mine on the moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider
By Evie Kendal, Alan Duffy published
By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the Moon.
US Space Force broke its launch record in 2024 with 93 liftoffs
By Samantha Mathewson published
An impressive 93 launches lifted off from Florida’s coast in 2024, setting a new Space Force record for the second year in a row.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
This New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
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