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In 2014, the first documented meteorite from outside our solar system struck Earth with a spectacular splash.First detected by a satellite network designed to spot dangerous asteroids, the interstellar space rock exploded into a fireball above the Pac…
NASA’s Webb telescope has discovered an exoplanet, which is any planet that is outside of our solar system, for the first time, the agency announced Wednesday. From a report: The planet, called LHS 475 b, is nearly the same size as Earth, having 99% of…
Space agency mounts rescue mission to bring home two cosmonauts and US astronaut marooned on ISSMoscow will launch a rescue vessel to the International Space Station next month to bring home three crew members who are in effect stuck in orbit after the…
Walt Cunningham, one of the early Apollo astronauts, died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90. NPR reports: Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an important — and often forgotten one — for the lunar prog…
He was one of three space jocks during the 1968 11-day mission that garnered an Emmy award for live reports beamed from Earth orbitWalter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in Nasa’s Apollo program, …
Administrator Bill Nelson says Beijing could seek ‘own’ resource-rich areas and next two years could be key to US-China contestThe US is locked in a space race with China and the country needs to “watch out” that its rival does not gain a foothold and …