NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions will need to wait a little longer before heading to space. After delaying the launch of these missions five times — they were originally slated to take to the ...

NASA’s latest tests, featuring 3D-printed metal alloys and aerospike nozzles, mark a major step forward in propulsion science. Could this engine revolutionize space travel, or is it still too ...

“But no one is doing nozzles and insulation. That’s where we’ve identified a beachhead.” Working with experts at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center under a Cooperative Research and ...

Two Nasa astronauts stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since last summer have been giving an update on their return to Earth - watch their news conference back at the top of the page ...

At a Feb. 26 NASA briefing hours before the successful ... said the company had been looking into an issue with the nozzle of the Merlin engine used in the Falcon 9 upper stage.

Now, starting Sunday, two more missions are set to follow within a single week, marking a bold push by NASA and its industry partners to make moon landings a routine part of space exploration.

How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at that very large question. Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a ...

Using a NASA supercomputer to run models, researchers led by SwRI astronomer David Nesvorny now believe that the Inner Oort cloud looks like a spiral disk, around 0.24 light-years across ...

The Mira prototype series relies on jet engines for takeoff, cruise, and landing, while incorporating an aerospike rocket engine for high-speed propulsion tests. First conceived in the 1960s ...

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