A Legendary Rocket’s Final Flight and More Top Space Images of the Week
The final flight of ULA’s Delta IV Heavy blasting off on April 9, 2024.Photo: ULA It’s been a wild and wacky last few weeks in space, not to mention awe-inspiring,…
ULA Successfully Launches Its ‘Most Metal’ Rocket for the Last Time
Update: April 9, 1:20 p.m. ET: The triple-core rocket blasted off today on time, in what appears to be a successful launch and deployment. Making TV History with Star Trek:…
‘Most Metal’ Rocket Famous for Setting Itself on Fire Will Make Its Final Launch
As the band Europe once sang, it’s the final countdown, at least for United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy, which is set to retire following its final flight on Thursday,…
NASA Needs Ideas to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis
Asteroid 99942 Apophis is fast approaching our home planet for an uncomfortably close encounter in 2029. In order to prepare for the rare event, NASA is calling for ideas for…
SpaceX’s Giant Starship Tapped to Launch Starlab’s Giant Steel Space Station
Starlab Space’s forthcoming space station is so big and heavy that only the formidable SpaceX Starship megarocket can launch it into orbit, but the one-time delivery option comes with distinct…
Peregrine Moon Mission Runs Into Disaster, and More Top Science News of the Week
Photo: David Joseph Sometimes, a moment is so fleeting or a scene is so small that not even the fiercest squint can capture it. Advertisement Thankfully, that’s where cameras—and the…
See Images From the Rollout of X-59, NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Plane
A first look at the X-59 before its rollout.Screenshot: NASA Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn’t happen anymore—but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new…
Here’s Your First Look at the Freshly Painted X-59, NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Plane
A first look at the X-59 before its rollout.Screenshot: NASA Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn’t happen anymore—but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new…
How to Watch NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Roll Out of the Hangar
NASA’s freshly painted X-59 aircraft will be rolled out of its hangar on Friday, January 12, in the lead-up to its first takeoff. The experimental plane, built by Lockheed Martin,…
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Brushes the Sun on Its Way to New Asteroid Target
New mission, who dis? The spacecraft formerly known as OSIRIS-REx had an impromptu close encounter with the Sun as it follows a newly crafted route to a second asteroid, using…