NASA launched the first uncrewed test flight of the new Gemini spacecraft. This was the very first mission of Project Gemini, which would later send crews of two into orbit. NASA flew a total of 12 ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of both a rocket and a crew capsule and is designed to be fully reusable. The New Shepard's crew ...

Related: NASA's Deep Space Network: How spacecraft phone home To transmit communications throughout the solar system, the three DSN facilities are strategically placed around the globe so one can ...

highlighting the need for multimode propulsion in spacecraft, according to industry panelists at the 40th Space Symposium. Multimode means an engine that can operate in a high efficiency/low ...

ever since the Amazon founder himself boarded the spacecraft for its maiden crewed voyage. The upcoming flight is also the first in nearly four years with veritable household names that this time ...

The awakening of Ansky was first detected in late 2019, alerting astronomers who followed up on its manifestation with NASA's Swift X-ray space telescope. By Feb. 2024, astronomers had begun to ...

This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained on 7 February 2025 with the Gemini South telescope in Chile. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier ...

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SEE ALSO: The Cassini spacecraft dove between Saturn and its ... "In 2013, the entire interior of the hexagon appeared blue," NASA said in a statement. "By 2017, most of the hexagon's interior ...