NASA has officially declared the MAVEN Mars orbiter lost after six months of radio silence. The $582 million mission, which launched in 2013 to study the Martian atmosphere, failed to reestablish communication following a scheduled occultation on December 6, 2025. Agency officials confirmed the spacecraft is unrecoverable and the mission has ended. The Silence Following … Read more
NASA has formally ended its decade-long MAVEN mission to Mars after losing contact with the orbiter in December 2025, marking the end of a spacecraft that revolutionized our understanding of how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere—and with it, its potential to host life. The spacecraft, which had been studying Mars since 2014, suffered an … Read more
NASA continues to advance scientific discovery and space exploration as of June 3, 2026. While the agency maintains an extensive portfolio of missions ranging from the James Webb Space Telescope to the Artemis program, official sources have not reported the discovery of a magnetic field on an exoplanet this week. NASA’s Ongoing Scientific Missions The … Read more
“On February 14, 1990, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft captured the Pale Blue Dot—a faint, pixel-sized image of Earth from 6 billion kilometers away—after years of advocacy by Carl Sagan, despite NASA’s initial resistance to the maneuver.” The Mission’s Final Act NASA’s Voyager 1 mission, launched in 1977, was designed to explore the outer planets. By … Read more
On May 23, 1967, a massive solar flare from McMath Region 8818 caused widespread interference with U.S. military missile-detection systems. The resulting disruption of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System led commanders to fear an incoming Soviet attack, prompting the military to place nuclear-armed aircraft on alert, as reported by Astronomy. A Crisis of Interpretation: … Read more
One way to escape the madness engulfing the planet is to jump into a rocket ship and issue Frank Sinatra’s old instruction of fly me to the moon. But if the crew of the US mission destined to fly around the moon carried expectations that the war with Iran will be all done and dusted … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don’t know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station. Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan. 7 after prepping for a spacewalk the next day when it happened. He … Read more
The head of astrophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dunsink Observatory, chats to Mary McCarthy about the US space agency, rugby, and hundred-year solar storms Peter Gallagher at Dunsink Observatory In conversation with Mary McCarthy Today at 06:30 My dad was a service engineer and mum stayed at home. Their ambition was for … Read more
Archyde NASA’s ambitious plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2028 are facing significant hurdles, according to a new report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report,… You can read the full story here: Artemis Moon Landers Face Safety Concerns & Delays, NASA Watchdog Warns. Source link
A humanoid Nasa robot being prepared for Mars will return to the US after a decade at a Scottish university. The robot, named Valkyrie, is 1.8 metres tall, weighs 125kg, and is one of three prototypes in the world. It was named after the Valkyries from Norse mythology, who were said to have led souls … Read more