In 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft mapped Jupiter's moon Io’s volcanoes at temperatures above 1,000°C. 26 years later, the data still reveal one of the solar syst…

Discover how NASA's Galileo spacecraft mapped Jupiter's moon Io, revealing volcanic activity that exceeds 1,000°C and ...

In 1957, Vanguard TV3 rose about 4 feet before its rocket exploded; the 3-pound satellite was thrown clear, recovered, and now sits in the Smithsonian's Air and Spac…

On December 6, 1957, Vanguard TV3 experienced a catastrophic failure but was salvaged and now resides in the Smithsonian, ...

Inside Kourou: how Europe's satellite is prepared to watch skies and prevent natural disasters

Engineers from ArianeGroup, Arianespace, CNES, Eumetsat, ESA and Thales Alenia Space describe, stage by stage, how an Ariane ...
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9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the ...

NASA’s Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars

Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is just one of a few missions named after real-life women

NASA's Roman space telescope, which launched on Aug. 30, is part of a small set of missions named after female historical ...
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Nonprofit wants to launch 80,000-year mission to Alpha Centauri in 2029 (video)

The Fermi Explorer Mission plans to launch a small, cheap probe to Alpha Centauri in the next few years, to inspire further ...

Intergraph founder, former CEO Jim Meadlock, who wrote software for NASA’s Apollo missions, dies

Former Intergraph CEO, Chairman and founder Jim Meadlock, who early in his career at IBM wrote software that got NASA’s ...
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An encounter with NASA’s game-changing ‘starglasses’

During a visit to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory three years ago, I stepped into a blinding white room. There, I came ...
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BepiColombo Targets Mercury Orbit: Nov. 21 Burn Has One Attempt and No Real-Time Fix

BepiColombo Mercury orbit insertion arrives November 21, 2026 -- a single autonomous burn that ESA cannot correct in real time. With an 11-minute one-way signal delay, ground controllers will wait in ...
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9 Facts About NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the ...