NASA, SpaceX delay launch to study Jupiter’s moon Europa
NASA, SpaceX delay Crew-8 astronauts' homecoming to Oct. 13 due to Hurricane Milton
Crew-8 launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 3, lofting a Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, as well as Alexander Grebenkin of Russia's space agency Roscosmos. The quartet reached the orbiting lab two days later.
NASA, SpaceX delay launch to study Jupiter’s moon Europa as Hurricane Milton approaches
The Europa Clipper had been scheduled to launch Thursday from Florida, beginning its six-year journey to the Jupiter moon to search for signs of life.
SpaceX, NASA stand down from Oct. 10 Europa Clipper launch due to Hurricane Milton
SpaceX and NASA are standing down from the Oct. 10 launch of the Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated effects of Hurricane Milton. A new target date has not been announced.
SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton
The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could one day prove useful to deflect an object off a collision course with Earth.
SpaceX launches Hera asteroid mission Monday, but delays Europa Clipper because of Hurricane Milton
SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket Monday sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency on its way to a pair of asteroids, but SpaceX and NASA have called off plans to launch the Falcon Heavy later this week on NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon because of the approaching Hurricane Milton.
Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission
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The Smithsonian and NASA Unveil Earth Information Center
Today marks the debut of a collaborative exhibit between NASA and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: the ...
Triple Hurricane Havoc: NASA Reveals Unprecedented Atlantic Storm Surge
NASA's EPIC imager on the DSCOVR satellite captured three hurricanes, Milton, Kirk, and Leslie, simultaneously active over ...
NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage
A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...
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Speculated ‘doomsday’ asteroid swarm less likely to impact Earth, study finds
Researchers from the University of Maryland used the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to study the Taurid swarm.
Asteroid alert! Two massive airplane-sized asteroid coming towards Earth at scary speed today, NASA warns
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...
Nasa spacecraft receives laser signal from 290 million miles away
Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our ...
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NASA, Smithsonian Open New Exhibit to Showcase Our Dynamic Earth
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington and ...
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NASA Reveals 'Vast Ring of Hot Plasma' Around Earth
High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument. The ...
NASA's use of rover prototype on Earth will pave way for Artemis V lunar surface travel
NASA engineers at Johnson Space Center are designing a new lunar rover prototype called the Ground Test Unit. The space ...
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NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system
Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system ...