Paris, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2025
In a new release from the European Space Agency, Mars Express has revisited the western end of Acheron Fossae, a striking system of deep fissures on Mars shaped by ancient geological upheaval and later sculpted by ice-rich flows. The orbiter's High Resolution Stereo Camera first captured this area in April 2004, just months into its mission. These latest images reveal the faulted terrain's

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 8, 2025
Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois, his family announced. He was 97. Lovell also flew on three other missions: Gemini 7, Gemini 12 and Apollo 8 in the 1960s, and was the first astronaut to go into space that many times. He died in Lake Forest, a northern Chicago suburb. "We are saddened to announce the passing of

Rocket Lab continues to push for a first launch of its Neutron rocket before the end of the year, but company executives acknowledge that schedule has no margin for error.

A new NASA directive to accelerate development of a nuclear reactor for the moon has is aggressive but achievable, industry officials believe.

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Shares in Firefly Aerospace rose 34% in the company’s first day of trading on Nasdaq even after the company increased both the price and number of shares in its IPO