Radioisotope generators—inside the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for the second time this year
The company notched another successful booster catch but lost contact with the Starship spacecraft at roughly the same point ...
What is the Crew Dragon spacecraft bringing Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore back?
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) astronauts who went to the ...
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for a second time, disrupting Florida air traffic
SpaceX pulled off the rocket booster catch maneuver during its eighth test flight but the Starship spacecraft exploded over ...
Private spacecraft arrives on the moon but most likely didn’t stick the landing
For the second time in less than a week, a privately built U.S. spacecraft has landed on the moon, but it was not a perfect ...
See the Blue Ghost spacecraft drilling into the moon’s surface
The Blue Ghost mission to the moon has deployed one its NASA instruments, drilling into the moon's surface to collect ...
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Sunita Williams’ homecoming: What spacecraft and astronauts go through when entering Earth’s atmosphere?
Before they get out of their space suits, they’ll endure an intense reentry phase where "if you look out the spacecraft's window, the only view would be a wall of fire".
A second Intuitive Machines spacecraft just landed on the moon — and probably tipped over
Intuitive Machines has landed a second spacecraft on the moon, just one year after accomplishing the feat for the first time ...
Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear
The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines ...
Private spacecraft lands on Moon - but may be on its side
A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The ...
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Space photo of the day: Total lunar eclipse crosses the sky above SpaceX's Crew-10 spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket
A SpaceX photographer caught this time-lapse image of the March 13-14, 2025 total lunar eclipse from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space ...
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No Downsides for Nuclear Powered Spacecraft for Mars and Beyond
Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...