What is NASA’s Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy?

Software designed to give spacecraft more autonomy could support a future where swarms of satellites navigate…

Second Lady Usha Vance, NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Celebrate Reading

Second Lady Usha Vance hosted a special Summer Reading Challenge event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center…

Surprise! Glaciers on Mars are made of mostly pure ice

View larger. | This image, taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), shows a glacier on…

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

Applications 05/08/2025 9 views 0 likes As preparations to launch Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1…

Can we send a spacecraft to intercept interstellar object 3I/ATLAS?

NASA’s Juno spacecraft could be sent to intercept the interstellar object NASA/JPL-Caltech An interstellar object currently…

ESA – Training robots from space

This summer, a team of robots explored a simulated martian landscape in Germany, remotely guided by…

Asteroid 2025 PU flew past Earth at just 0.14 LD on August 2

This is the 83rd known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the…

MetOp-SG-A1 satellite fixed to Ariane 6 launch adapter

Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part…

Europa Clipper successfully tests radar during Mars flyby

During its flyby of Mars in March 2025, the Europa Clipper spacecraft tested its radar instrument.…

Perseids Meteor Shower – NASA

In this 30 second exposure photograph, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid…