Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope with one half of its sunshield deployed. Credit: NASA
Flying outbound from Earth at a distance of more than 400,000 miles, the James Webb Space Telescope extended one of two booms Friday to begin unfurling the mission’s five-layer sunshield. With the port-side boom deployed, work is underway tonight to extend another boom on the starboard side.
An Angara A5 rocket lifts off Dec. 27 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense
The third test launch of Russia’s heavy-lift Angara A5 rocket Dec. 27 was marred by an upper stage failure that stranded a dummy payload in a low orbit.
The Biden-Harris administration has committed to extending International Space Station operations through 2030 and directed NASA to work with its international partners to continue use of the outpost.
The closer we look at the universe, the more beautiful and baffling it becomes. Here are the 10 most epic space structures discovered in 2021.
In-flight education downlinks are chances for students to interact with astronauts on the International Space Station. Here are the nine most memorable downlink moments of 2021, as ranked by NASA.
Lego Star Wars helmet building sets that feature Scout Trooper and Darth Vader headgear are currently on sale.
The Standard Model explains the physics of how the world works. But in 2021, physicists started probing fundamental gaps in this long-established concept.
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During this very eventful year, two nations joined the Mars club, a robot plied Red Planet skies for the first time ever and humanity kicked off an ambitious interplanetary sample-return campaign.
From landing on Mars to launching private citizens into space, and everything in between, this year has seen many historic milestones and giant leaps.
On December 25th, 2021, astronomers and space exploration enthusiasts got the greatest Christmas present of all! After years of delays, cost overruns, and additional testing, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. In what was a real nail-biter, the Ariane 5 rocket and its precious payload reached orbit without a hitch. But as is so often the case, the deployment of the JWST was just the first in a series of “hurry up and wait” episodes.
A bombshell UFO report, the "alien junk" in our solar system, and more new clues about extraterrestrial life.
These are some of the top exoplanet discoveries made in 2021.
Today’s astronomers are busy building the census of extrasolar planets, which has reached a total of 4,884 confirmed planets, with another 8,288 candidates awaiting confirmation. Now that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been launched, future surveys will be reaching beyond mere discovery and will be focused more on characterization. In essence, future exoplanet surveys will determine with greater certainty which planets are habitable and which are not.
Star Trek: Discovery's season 4 episode 7 sets up a mid-season cliffhanger that we'll have to wait six weeks to find out what happened.
A new pre-print study claims to have quantum entangled a tardigrade with two superconductor qubits, though experts are skeptical.
Theories based only on real numbers are incapable of explaining the results of this new experiment.
The lessons learned from these incidents will inform future rocket launches.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is three days into the deployment of its massive sunshield — and it still has about three days to go.
From the debut of new launch vehicles to missions to the moon, mars, asteroids and much more, a lot of exciting missions are expected to launch or arrive at their destination in 2022.
A new study sponsored by NASA investigates the feasibility of sending people with disabilities safely into space and returning them back to Earth.
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