Rocket Lab Launches Kushinada-I Satellite to Orbit for Japan’s iQPS
In early August 2025, Rocket Lab successfully launched QPS-SAR-12 (nicknamed Kushinada-I), a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite built by Japan’s iQPS…
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ESA JUICE Mission Scans Jupiter’s Lunar Crater in Test Run for Alien Life
One of history’s most famous space photographs transformed a lunar crater, and now it has shown researchers how to look…
Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Boost Space Weather Warnings by Nearly 60 Minutes
A potential new solar sail-powered satellite mission is offering an extended early warning of extreme space weather events to safely…
Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills
New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on…
NASA Data Shows Pluto’s Equator Is Lined with Towering Methane Ice Spires
The skyscraper size of methane ice might cover around 60% of the equatorial region of Pluto, a larger area than…
NASA’s Artemis Crew Trains in Moonbound Orion Ahead of Mission
The first crew slated to fly in NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission around the Moon early next…
Mark Cavanaugh: Integrating Safety into the Orion Spacecraft
Before astronauts venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the agency’s first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo, Mark…
SpaceX, NASA Delay Crew-11 Launch Due to Thick Clouds over Kennedy Space Center
Just over a minute before liftoff on July 31, SpaceX called off the launch of NASA’s Crew-11 mission due to…
Australia’s First Orbital Rocket Eris Fails at Historic Launch
Recently, Australia has launched its first Eris Rocket Skyward; however, in no time, it didn’t get very far. But the…
Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed Reveals Cosmic Secrets
On Oct. 9, 2022, astronomers recorded an extraordinary flash of high-energy light. This gamma-ray burst (GRB 221009A), nicknamed the “BOAT”…