"If the satellites were destroyed, that would have been a waste of the years of effort that we put in and the money invested in the mission." ...

NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the ...

They are the first moon rocks brought to Earth since the last Soviet Luna mission of 1976. The first samples of moon dust brought back to Earth for more than 50 years are in the UK - being studied ...

So, the team solved the issue by using gravity from the Earth, moon and sun to "slingshot" the satellites to their destination. The procedure took 123 days to complete. "If you don't want to ...

A new bill pushes NASA to establish a lunar time zone, standardizing time on the Moon to support Artemis missions and deep ...

Gravity is one of the fundamental forces that helps life stay stable on Earth and keeps us grounded. Yet, across the globe, there are mysterious spots where the laws of physics seem to bend or ...

But how does an icy moon hundreds of millions of miles away help in answering it? In an earth and planetary sciences seminar last month, JPL’s director Laurie Leshin shared video montages and ...

The first sample of moon dust to arrive on Earth in nearly 50 years has landed safely in Milton Keynes, on loan from China. The moon rocks, the first of its kind to arrive on Earth since the 1976 ...

NASA shares the moon’s exact distance from Earth and its impact on ocean tides, solar eclipses, and space travel. See how ...

In a major milestone, an experimental satellite recently carried out the world's first daytime laser-ranging test in Earth-moon space, marking a breakthrough in China's deep-space orbital ...