The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace. It gave Resilience a fuel-saving gravity assist, changing the lander's ...

"Children of the Sky" will be beamed back to Earth as part of the upcoming Intuitive Machines IM-2 moon lander mission.

On its own, 24 kWh doesn't seem like a lot of power. The problem is that we will need a lot of kilograms. The researchers ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

The Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, took flight during evening twilight, when light from ...

Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

An annual safety report to NASA has both praise and also underscores a number of cautionary woes, including the space ...

Explore SpaceX’s powerful Starship and its mission to reach Mars and beyond. ExtremeTech breaks down its design, goals, and how it’s reshaping space travel.

NASA has even authorized the Falcon 9 and its Dragon capsule to transport ... These are all sea-level variants, giving the stacked rocket a total liftoff thrust of 74,000 kN.

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

The company reports it has completed a successful pilot project for its innovative closed containment technology, producing salmon with no sea lice, in addition to collecting sludge at a rate similar ...

ABOARD A FRENCH NAVY FLIGHT OVER THE BALTIC SEA — With its powerful camera ... of fiber optic cables—more than enough to stretch to the moon and back—span the world’s oceans and seas ...