The relationship between the nations’ space agencies is facing a series of difficult tests, including an…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
James Webb Space Telescope Launches on Journey to See the Dawn of Starlight
Astronomers were jubilant as the spacecraft made it off the launchpad following decades of delays and…
Live Updates: Webb Telescope Prepares for Launch
In French Guiana, the James Webb Space Telescope is on the launchpad being prepared for its…
Webb Telescope Launch: Date, Time and Livestream
Astronomers have been waiting eagerly for the beginning of the powerful space observatory’s mission, and on…
How NASA's Webb Telescope Overcame Loose Screws, Budgets and Clamps
Getting the James Webb Space Telescope to the launchpad has been a difficult journey that has…
SpaceX Reports 132 Covid Cases at Headquarters in California
The infections occurred in Hawthorne, Calif., where the company manages space launches and builds rockets and…
Webb Telescope Approaches Launch, With an Eye Toward Cosmic Origins
The biggest space telescope in history aims to answer astronomy’s oldest question: How did we get…
NASA Mission Could Blast an Asteroid That Once Menaced Earth
The OSIRIS-REX spacecraft, which collected samples from the asteroid Bennu, would visit a second space rock,…
Former Interns Say SpaceX Ignored Sexual Harassment
Some women at the company, founded by Elon Musk, described feelings of powerlessness and a failure…
James Webb Space Telescope Launch Is Making Astronomers Very Anxious
The James Webb Space Telescope is endowed with the hopes and trepidations of a generation of…