- When the total solar eclipse passes over North America on April 8, the sights of the Moon and the Sun will not be the only features flying high above Earth - NASA is planning to launch a series of rockets to study the impacts the event will have on the atmosphere. The space agency...
SpaceX is seeking a rapid return to Falcon 9 launches following a rare failure of its workhorse rocket during a satellite launch last week.
Eclipses, meteor showers and more: The must-see skywatching events of 2025 Is there a rocket launch today? February 2025 Rocket Launch SpaceX, Falcon 9: Intuitive Machines IM-2Feb. 26 — LC-39A; NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida February 26, 7:17 p.m. ET (0117 GMT, Feb. 27...
Rocket exhaust refers to the emission produced by rocket engines during launch, which includes optical and ultraviolet components that can potentially contaminate sensors used for measurements in space. AI generated definition based on: International Geophysics, 1992 ...
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This camera attached to the International Space Station— the SpaceTV-1 instrument operated by the Earth-monitoring company Sen — captured the launch of SpaceX's colossal Starship rocket on Nov. 19, the nearly 400-foot-tall vehicle's sixth test flight. Such footage, showing the rocket's plu...
Watch NASA’s Mars video of a ‘googly eye’ during solar eclipse NASA’s Perseverance rover shares update during tricky Mars climb NASA to help with the launch of Europe’s unlucky Mars rover It’s exactly 20 years since a Mars rover took this historic image ...
During this time the sky from our perspective is dark, but everything in orbit is lit up by sunlight, giving stargazers quite a show. “If you don’t see a new rocket launch, you might see an old rocket that is tumbling around and flashing or a satellite where the sun glints off of...
The first launch of NASA's SLS rocket isslated for Nov. 16, 2022. The rocket will propel an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to the moon, where it will loop around before returning to Earth. NASA's rebooted plans for human exploration largely hinge on this test. Any journey back to the moon ...
Today we had the chance to hang out with the NASA Social team as the crew at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia prepare for tomorrow’s launch of the Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, which are carrying supplies to the International Space Station. Check out some of what we saw be...