The use of CubeSats, small, cost-effective satellites, has revolutionized the field of space exploration and scientific research. These compact spacecraft, developed by students from countries like ...

Visions of the Future poster for the “Grand Tour” of planets, a reference to when NASA’s Voyager mission used the once-every-175-year alignment of our solar system’s outer planets to stage its orbiter ...

The Lunar Gateway is planned space station that will orbit the Moon. It is part of the Nasa‑led Artemis programme. Artemis ...

Just in case people thought airline food was inedible: Astronauts on future missions to the Moon and Mars could subsist on a brand new “space food” that is concocted from thin air and urine, the ...

As Florida’s space industry accelerates at an unprecedented pace, the University of South Florida is stepping into a larger ...

Unlike the first space race, the Space Race 2.0 is about defining the norms, rules, laws, and infrastructure that will guide the future of space exploration.

The winners of the inaugural Global Space Awards were recently announced at a star-studded ceremony at London's Natural History Museum. The event championed innovation and sustainability, while also ...

The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...

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