hitching a ride on an Ariane 5 rocket. The JWST then traveled for 30 days, traversing almost a million miles (1.5 million kilometers), to reach Lagrange point 2 (L2) — its gravitationally stable ...
Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled ...
Why Has No Rocket Surpassed Saturn V? Despite advances in technology, no rocket has matched Saturn V’s power and size. But why? Was it too expensive? Too complex? Or was it simply perfect for its time ...
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. This uncrewed suborbital ...
Saturn takes about 29.4 Earth years to complete one orbit of our home star, according to NASA. As it does, the second largest planet in our solar system experiences seasons due to the axis of ...
Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the International Astronomical Union. The number of moons increased substantially in March 2025 when 128 new moons were discovered by a team led by Edward Ashton ...
Technicians in the assembly building replace the fins on the Saturn IB rocket's first stage. Inspections of the Saturn IB rocket's first stage fins revealed hairline cracks in several hold-down ...
At the time, Daniel Metzler led a team of 40 students working on rocket engines and launching sounding rockets. Josef Fleischmann was on the team that won the first SpaceX Hyperloop competition.
The 128 moons that have been found on Saturn are small, only a few kilometers in diameter, being irregular due to their inclined orbits, that is, they go against the main moons of Saturn ...
Credit: Rocket Lab HOUSTON — Rocket Lab says the first launch of its Neutron rocket remains planned for 2025 after a recent research report concluded it could slip to as late as 2027.
SPACE X IS ABOUT TO SEND UP ANOTHER FALCON NINE ROCKET. THIS ONE WILL HAVE 21 STARLINK SATELLITES ON BOARD. SO WE HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE LAUNCHES, AND THEY’RE BUILDING THIS NETWORK OF THESE ...