After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...
The First Five Years" commemorates NASA's achievements from its inception in 1958 to its fifth anniversary in 1963. It ...
Indeed, Mercury was far from impossible to glimpse during elongations as favorable as the upcoming one. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo probe is on its way to Mercury riding on four ion thrusters ... It is also difficult to keep a highly energetic chemical rocket running for thousands of hours without ...
John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the flight – and has made it available to share ...