The shortest month of 2023 will have plenty of highlights in orbit and beyond.
Tag: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Newly Discovered Asteroid Passes Close to Earth
First detected just days ago, 2023 BU approached within 2,200 miles of our planet’s surface before moving on.
The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started
The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers had dared to hope.
John McFall Is the World’s First Disabled Astronaut
John McFall, who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager, was recruited by the European Space Agency and could soon be headed for space.
To the Moon
NASA is on a return mission.
Why NASA Wants to Go Back to the Moon
Why NASA wants to go back now.
Russia Says It Will Quit the International Space Station After 2024
The withdrawal would end two decades of post-Cold War cooperation in space between the United States and Russia, which jointly built and operate the station.
European Space Agency Cuts Ties With Russia on Its Mars Mission
Washington and Moscow are continuing to work together on the International Space Station.
Military Memo Adds to Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery
The U.S. Space Command seemed to confirm a claim that a meteor from outside the solar system had entered Earth’s atmosphere, but other scientists and NASA are still not convinced.
Is Russia Quitting the International Space Station? Not Quite.
NASA has sidestepped suggestions that Russia might pull out of the space station partnership.