TOLEDO, Ohio — We are less than two months away from one of the biggest and rarest solar eclipse events of a lifetime. Dozens of students at Raymer Elementary School got a little taste of what to ...

Researchers combined data from Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems – Demonstration (TEMPEST-D), which provides horizontal observations of intense precipitation, with Radar in a Cubesat ...

One year ago, Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate and test three technological innovations that are among those necessary to make space solar power a ...

Alexandria, VA – Challenger Center for Space Science Education is pleased to announce that Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe’s original lessons are now available for teachers on the Challenger Center ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Most space mission systems historically have used one ...

Navigating in a microgravity environment is a challenge even for trained human astronauts, but it is even more challenging for autonomous robots, limiting their use in places like a space station. Now ...

This week, two brand new spacecraft launched: SpaceX's Starship and Boeing's Starliner. Each had distinct missions and challenges. This week in space was busy. It was also confusing because two ...

As companies develop satellite constellations as shown in this illustration, they'll need to repair satellites in orbit. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld, CC BY-ND Most space mission systems historically ...