NASA monitors MAVEN spacecraft after December 6 signal loss, coordinating recovery with Deep Space Network. Mars solar conjunction from December 29 to January 16 will pause communications.

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China is rounding off what has been a year of big progress in space, including major crewed lunar landing tests, new rockets and booster landing attempts, a new deep space mission and even ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)'s backdrop is dominated by the Eagle Nebula — a vast cosmic structure of dust and hydrogen-rich gas that glows with its own light, having been ionized by the radiation emitted ...

Major Kira was capably played by Nana Visitor for all seven years of the series, playing the spiky role with aplomb. The cast ...

Humanity is entering one of the most active eras of space missions ever recorded. From deep-space probes studying ancient cosmic history to robotic explorers targeting moons, asteroids, and Mars, 2025 ...