The final payload will actually ride on the rocket's booster while the rest are tucked inside the return capsule. Of the 29 payloads aboard New Shepard, 17 are NASA experiments meant to test a ...

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some craters on its surface that never see sunlight. It also has the most extreme temperatures of ...

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The Phoenix Mercury are set to acquire five-time All-Star Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun in a blockbuster trade, according to Alexa Philippou. In exchange for Thomas, the Sun will ...

Grissom, an Air Force lieutenant colonel from Mitchell, Ind., had flown the second Mercury spacecraft through its suborbital flight in July 1961, and took the first manned Gemini flight for three ...

A new image from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission shows the spacecraft’s first glimpse of the moon. Launched nearly two weeks ago, the spacecraft is headed to the moon where it aims to ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new supercomputer simulations. Electric propulsion is a more efficient alternative to ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace An uncrewed spacecraft just snapped an iconic portrait of the blue marble from space. Blue Ghost captured the Earth image, shown below, during its second engine burn ...

This photo provided by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth orbit on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Firefly Aerospace via AP) Billionaire ...

23, 2025. (Firefly Aerospace via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, ...

Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This sixth and final flyby used the little planet's gravity to steer the spacecraft on course for entering ...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday ...