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Raven Space Systems reveals NASA and AFRL research agreements
SAN FRANCISCO – Additive-manufacturing startup Raven Space Systems secured agreements to work with NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Propulsion Division. In addition ...
Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.
NASA’s Spacecraft That Touched the Sun Just Won Aerospace’s Biggest Prize
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe team won the 2024 Collier Trophy for boldly venturing into the Sun’s atmosphere. With revolutionary ...
NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
The Telegraph8d
Book excerpt: The journey to NASA — Sunita Williams’ story
As she celebrates her return to Earth after nine months of being stranded at the International Space Station, read about Sunita Williams’ early life and journey to joining NASA in the following ...
Slate13d
The Day the Challenger Fell From the Sky
Apple Podcasts will only work on MacOS operating systems ... his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. They discuss the feats of engineering that ...
The New York Times10d
Highlights From Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s Return to Earth
Image Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft attached to the International Space Station in July. Because of issues with the Starliner’s propulsion system, NASA sent it back to Earth without a crew ...
Space.com22d
Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim
Lunar Trailblazer flight controllers are using NASA's Deep Space Network ... But soonafter, the team received engineering data indicating intermittent power system issues. They lost communication ...
Yahoo10d
Astronaut Suni Williams, who was stranded in space, on track to return home. Here's when
The members of ... International Space Station and will set the stage for the Starliner astronauts to depart with Crew-9. The problems included helium leaks in the propulsion system and the ...
IFLScience22d
"Every Day Could Be Our Last": NASA Shuts Down Instruments On Aging Voyager Spacecraft
as the plutonium-powered systems that power the two spacecraft slowly run out of juice. To postpone the moment when the spacecraft become space junk, NASA plans to slowly power down instruments on ...
What it takes to be Sunita Williams: NASA perks, astronaut training, and life after space
Sunita Williams is preparing for her return to Earth on March 19, 2025 but coming home from space ... status. NASA astronauts ...
Mashable27d
NASA's Webb telescope threatened with budget cuts. They would hit hard.
(The institute manages major telescopes for NASA, like Webb and the Hubble Space Telescope ... flight operations and commanding, systems engineering, anomaly response, data calibration, data ...