NASA begins moon mission plume-surface interaction tests

In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace ...

After key Russian launch site is damaged, NASA accelerates Dragon supply missions

Since the accident Russia’s main space corporation, Roscosmos, has been assessing plans to repair the Site 31 launch site and ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

NASA picks Golden company for moon mission

Choose Denver Business Journal as a preferred news source to see more of our reporting on Google. Several Colorado companies ...

5 historic US missions to space that weren't NASA

When we think of space exploration, NASA immediately comes to mind. Yet some of the most groundbreaking space endeavors were ...

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter

One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving agency personnel scrambling to ...

A Vital NASA Mars Orbiter Has Gone Dark

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.
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NASA infusing fast laser communications on space missions

NASA is speeding up communications in space with experiments aboard the International Space Station, Orion spacecraft and ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...

NASA reveals how astronauts manage periods in space and why it matters for Moon and Mars missions

Space agencies are now focusing on menstrual care for astronauts. Longer missions to the Moon and Mars require sustainable ...
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A NASA Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Just Mysteriously Went Offline

In an update this week, NASA announced that it had lost signal of its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) ...