February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems ... and storage subsystem for a U.S. Defense Department satellite program. Under a contract with an innovative space systems prime contractor ...

NASA launched the Little Joe 1B rocket from Wallops Island, Va. This mission, which carried a rhesus monkey named Miss Sam, was conducted to test the launch escape system for Project Mercury.

The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running program. On Friday, with less than an hour's notice ...