In the era of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Artemis I, it can be easy to forget rocket science is, well, just that. Before our modern understanding of the ins and outs of spaceflight, pioneers like Walter ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) — Drivers in parts of Ohio might have seen an actual rocket being transported to the Miami Valley. Ohio State Highway Patrol Matt Bruning, press secretary for the Ohio Department ...
In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, this Project Mercury test on Feb. 21, 1961, a spacecraft booster by a modified Atlas, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury ...
On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn set out on NASA's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard Friendship 7. NASA/Andy Saunders; Digital Source: Stephen Slater Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut ...
Nearly three years after lifting off from French Guiana, the BepiColombo space probe has now set its sights on Mercury for the first time, completing a "flawless" flyby over the weekend. The maneuver ...
It was a nuclear missile before it was a space rocket. Now, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has welcomed a restored replica to its permanent collection, and you can see it today after three ...
Using data captured byNASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging(MESSENGER) spacecraft, a team of scientists has constructed thefirst complete digital elevation model (DEM) ...