The hotly contested question has been answered: Voyager 1 is humanity’s first object to enter interstellar space. The historic announcement came from NASA after a year of review into 2012 and 2013 data points from the intrepid probe. Officially, Voyager 1 entered interstellar space on 25 August 2012.
Like its sister probe Voyager 2, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been an instrumental force…
On August 20, 1977, the intrepid spacecraft Voyager 2 launched from the Cape Canaveral Air…
The Voyager spacecraft – NASA’s longest operational interplanetary probes – are about to enter their 34th…
Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its…
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
NASA and the commercial space industry are planning for the eventual replacement of the International…
On Jan. 21, Sierra Space performed an “ultimate burst pressure test” on a full-scale model…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has done its part in returning the US to the Moon…
The week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 10 saw the long-awaited maiden flight of the…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for the inaugural flight of its new Vulcan rocket…
The ESA-EU Space Summit at Seville/Spain on November 6/7 focused on the need to evolve…
The second private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a close…
On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s…
First announced in November 2022, Florida-based Space Perspective has purchased an 89-meter-long (292 feet) vessel…
60 years ago, on May 8, 1962, Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A – designated Atlas Centaur-1 (AC-1) –…
Blue Origin launched a crew of six people on board a New Shepard rocket on…
Juno, NASA’s flagship mission to Jupiter, marks five years at the solar system’s largest planet…
Titan, the atmosphere-shrouded moon of Saturn, has captivated scientists’ attention since its formal discovery on…
Since Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars on November 14, 1971, NASA has been continuously…
