A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around ...

Healable spacecraft structures could soon be possible thanks to cutting-edge composite technology. Swiss companies CompPair ...

A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer stumble. At Mars in May 2024, it did both, just without the auroras people photographed on Earth.

The alarming finding forced China’s space agency to delay the affected crew’s return, triggering a convoluted game of musical ...

ESA-backed project tests carbon-fiber composites that detect damage and fix themselves.

Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on an innovative self-repairing spacecraft technology. This project, created in collaboration with Swiss companies CompPair and CSEM and Belgian firm ...

The Nasa mission that left astronauts stuck in space was one of the agency’s worst ever failures, it has said. In 2024, Nasa astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunny Williams conducted the first crewed test ...

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Crew members of China's Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions upon finding cracks in their spacecraft's ...

Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.