NASA announces it is raising the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract ceiling to $4.2 billion to support the growing demand for lunar lander missions and accelerate the Artemis program.
Space.com reports that NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have each captured stunning 360-degree Mars panoramas, revealing the Red Planet’s distinctive features across different geological periods.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory jointly identify mysterious ‘Little Red Dot’ objects in the early universe, providing new clues about galaxy formation in the cosmos’s first hundreds of millions of years.
Scientists announce a major breakthrough in asteroid-based propulsion technology that could dramatically reduce Mars travel time from months to just weeks.
NASA confirms two airplane-sized near-Earth asteroids will safely pass by Earth on April 27, offering astronomers a rare opportunity for close-range observation.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket on April 27, marking the first mission for the heavy-lift vehicle in 18 months, carrying important payloads into orbit.
SpaceX successfully launched its first Falcon Heavy rocket in over 18 months on April 27, sending the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit — the final satellite in the constellation.
Artemis II’s four-person crew set a new record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth at 252,756 miles (406,771 km), breaking the 56-year-old record held by Apollo 13.
The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 36th anniversary by releasing a spectacular new image of the Trifid Nebula, showcasing the stunning details of this famous nebula.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b for the first time, a substance produced on Earth exclusively by biological activity.