6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (345+ words) E-commerce and technology giant Amazon said on Tuesday it would acquire satellite firm Globalstar in an $11. 57 billion deal, bolstering its fledgling "satellite business as it looks to compete with Elon Musk-led bigger rival Starlink. Shares of "Globalstar were up more…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (736+ words) Artemis II's astronauts on Friday closed out a successful voyage around the Moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific as they returned to Earth having completed the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years. The NASA spacecraft carrying four…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (462+ words) While the Artemis II astronauts have been protected from the icy vacuum of space on their journey, their bodies have nonetheless been left exposed to possibly high levels of radiation, a danger of space travel that NASA is anxiously waiting…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (224+ words) The four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II lunar mission are heading back to Earth after their Orion capsule passed the point where Earth's gravity outweighs the moon's pull, the U. S. space agency said. The crew " U. S. astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (881+ words) Elon Musk's Space X is reportedly targeting a valuation of around $1. 75 trillion in its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO), which would push it right at the top of the world's most valuable companies. But how far into the stratosphere is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (511+ words) That shot 57 years ago helped capture the public's imagination when it was taken by U. S. astronaut Bill Anders during the first space mission to carry humans around the Moon. The modern version pairs the delicate, watery planet Earth with the harsh,…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago  (760+ words) As the moon filled their view, the Artemis II crew set a new record Monday for the greatest distance traveled by humans from Earth, achieving the milestone during a lunar flyby that offers views of the moon's far side never…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (644+ words) For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts will fly around the moon on Monday, marking the high point of the Artemis II's lunar mission. Here's what you need to know about the event: The flyby will…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (545+ words) The Artemis 2 astronauts crossed the midpoint between Earth and the Moon on Saturday as they headed toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA sharing early images of Earth captured from inside the Orion spacecraft. Astronaut Christina Koch said the crew…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (844+ words) A supernova " the explosive death of a star " is always violent, blasting material into "space while typically leaving behind a compact stellar remnant like a neutron star or black hole. But some supernovas involving the largest stars in the cosmos…...