Lockheed Martin and SpaceX need time to address “developmental challenges.” NASA announced this week that the launch date of the new lunar landing project Artemis will be delayed…
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NASA Announces Nicola Fox as New Science Chief
She will oversee some of the agency’s best-known programs. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced last week that solar scientist Nicola Fox will lead their well-known…
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NASA Retires Mars Lander InSight
Its mission ends after four years of science data collection. NASA announced the end of the InSight Mars lander space mission this week. InSight, which stands for Interior…
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NASA Successfully Launches Moon Rocket
The mission will last three and a half weeks. After several postponements, NASA launched Artemis successfully from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday. Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin said, “We…
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Takes Flight
Robot successfully took off and landed on Red Planet. Being classified by some as a Wright Brothers 21st century fete, NASA’s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful…
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Perseverance Makes Successful Mars Landing
Trip from Earth took almost seven months. The American Perseverance rover landed on Mars Thursday with a mission to search out signs of life on the red planet.…
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NASA is Extending Mars and Jupiter Missions
Planetary science missions bring new discoveries. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced it has added several years to two of its science missions: the Juno mission…
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NASA Launches New Mars Rover
This is NASA’s ninth journey to the surface of Earth’s neighbor planet. The latest-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off atop nt Atlas 5 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral…
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