space-exploration

A Mars rover parachute is a critical entry, descent, and landing (EDL) system that slows a spacecraft from hypersonic speeds to a survivable velocity before powered descent. In...

Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, with three astronauts: James Lovell (Commander), Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot), and Jack Swigert (Command Module Pilot). Intended to land...

On April 11 1970 Apollo 13 launched toward the Moon but an oxygen tank explosion two days later crippled the spacecraft and turned the mission into a survival challenge. Instead...

On July 20, 1969 , NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface at approximately 02:56 UTC on July 21,...

On 6 December, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft unexpectedly lost contact with Earth while operating normally in orbit around Mars. The loss of...

An astronaut food menu reflects decades of engineering, nutrition science, and operational experience, designed to deliver balanced, safe, and practical meals in microgravity. O...

Artemis 2 will be the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket, executing a lunar free-return trajectory without landing. While no fixed launch time i...

The most reliable source for new images from NASA’s Curiosity rover is the mission’s official raw images page, updated in near real time as the rover acquires pictures. This...

Artemis 2 will be the first crewed flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. It will send astronauts on a lunar flyby mission beyond the...

Artemis 1 launch time refers to when NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This timing affects tracking station visibi...

Artemis 2 will launch from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will lift off atop a Space Launch System (SL...

Apollo 13, launched on April 11, 1970, is the third crewed lunar landing mission that became a renowned test of problem-solving and human resilience. After an oxygen tank explos...

A human Mars mission aims to send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit to Mars orbit and, eventually, the surface. The primary goals include searching for signs of past life, under...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 placed the first humans on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth, fulfilling a national goal set in 1961. The 50th anniversary highlights not on...

A new picture from Mars most often means a recently downlinked, processed, or released image from orbiters or rovers currently operating at the planet. Because many spacecraft a...

New photos of Mars appear regularly as orbiters and rovers continue to study the planet. Each image adds detail to maps, geology, climate records, and plans for future human exp...

Jeff Bezos went to space on July 20, 2021, aboard Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard mission. The flight reached an altitude above the Kármán line (100 km / 62 mi), maki...

On 14 July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft executed its historic Pluto flyby, delivering the first close-up images and data from the dwarf planet and its moons. Although...

Since Apollo 17 in December 1972, no human has gone beyond low Earth orbit or returned to the Moon. This is not an accident but the result of intertwined technical complexity, s...