It looks like Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander won’t win the private moon race. The spacecraft suffered a serious anomaly in its propulsion system today (Jan. 8), shortly after being deployed into space by United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket. The problem will apparently keep Peregrine from journeying to the moon as planned. “Unfortunately, it […]
NASA leadership is expected on Tuesday to announce a “months-long delay” to the first crewed mission of the agency’s flagship Artemis program, according to one current and one former NASA employee. The delay affects NASA’s Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts on a journey to fly by the moon and was slated […]
While the world eagerly awaits the total solar eclipse in April, scientists are already planning observations for the next — except this will be an “artificial” one. Here’s what that means. Proba-3, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA), has been in the making for at least 14 years. It’s due to finally […]
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings in a bid to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader regional conflict in the Middle East. Mr Blinken is meeting United Arab Emirates leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed before travelling to Saudi Arabia for talks with […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A towering new rocket has taken flight, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission to launch from the United States since […]
A historic moon mission will launch early Monday morning (Jan. 8), and you can watch the action live. United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday at 2:18 a.m. EST (0718 GMT). The launch — the first ever for the powerful new rocket […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When a rocket makes its inaugural liftoff attempt on Monday, it will carry nothing less than the first lunar lander to launch from the United States since NASA’s final Apollo mission in 1972. The stakes are […]
The countdown is on for the launch of a privately built lunar lander on a quest to become the first commercial mission to successfully touch down on the moon. The “Peregrine” lander, developed by a Pittsburgh-based company called Astrobotic, is scheduled to launch into space on Monday at 2:18 a.m. ET. The uncrewed craft will […]
For better or worse, the moon is officially open for business. On Monday (Jan. 8), United Launch Alliance’s shiny new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander and the Celestis and Elysium memorial payloads containing human remains and DNA. Two memorial companies, Elysium Space and Celestis, […]
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi government is forming a committee to prepare the closing down of the U.S.-led international coalition’s mission in the country, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said on Friday. Sudani’s statement came a day after a U.S. strike killed a militia leader in Baghdad, prompting anger among Iran-aligned groups which demanded […]
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic are about to make history. On Jan. 8, a ULA rocket will send Astrobiotic’s Peregrine lander toward the moon. If it lands successfully, Peregrine will become the first private lander ever to reach the lunar surface. The mission will also mark the debut of ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur […]
Japan has postponed the launch of a mission seeking to bring samples of a Martian moon to Earth until 2026. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission was due to launch in September of this year on the country’s new H3 rocket. However, the first flight of the flagship H3 failed […]