A NASA observatory will likely reenter Earth’s atmosphere this year after rescue effort falls short

A satellite launched to rescue NASA’s falling Swift Observatory won’t be able to complete its mission after all.

NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this ...

World Photography Day: How NASA imagery has shaped our understanding of the Earth, the universe and existence

This World Photography Day we look at some of the most iconic images captured by the US space agency, which have taught us ...
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NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth

NASA said on Wednesday a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after the rescue spacecraft could ...

NASA’s First-of-its-Kind Telescope Rescue Mission Has Failed

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will break up in Earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists ...

NASA shares first images of SpaceX moon crash site

SpaceX now has the dubious honor of being the first company to deface the moon, after a piece of one of its rockets crashed ...

NASA Images Show New Crater on Moon’s Surface Created by SpaceX Rocket Collision

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured before-and-after images of the impact of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that crashed ...

‘Smells like Earth’: Indian-origin astronaut Anil Menon harvests vegetables in space, cooks with fellow astronaut Jessica Meir

Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir recently harvested fresh kale and wasabi mustard aboard the ISS. They examined the ...

NASA images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket crash on moon

The discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket struck the moon on Aug. 5 after spending more than a year in space. Six days ...
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A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater

A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 stage crashed into the Moon on Aug. 5, leaving behind a newly formed crater about 60 feet wide.

NASA reluctantly abandons a space telescope rescue mission

NASA 's Hail Mary attempt to rescue a falling spacecraft has failed, leaving scientists to grieve the eventual loss of a key ...

The 'geoid': Why NASA’s gravity model makes Earth look like a potato

Mapping Earth’s gravity, NASA has released a visualisation of the geoid — the apparent real shape of our planet given the ...