American aerospace agency NASA is preparing to retire its unique flying laboratory after 37 years of service. The aircraft, which NASA describes as the “largest flying science laboratory in the world” ...

The largest flying research laboratory in the world is headed for retirement after 37 years of operation. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory on Wednesday will make its final flight to Idaho State ...

Overall, it has been quite a ride for the company founded nearly two decades ago in New Zealand by Peter Beck. A new book ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by NASA to launch its Aspera mission, an ...

The agency’s Cold Atom Lab is getting its second major upgrade and will be using it to explore the quantum realm. On Tuesday, Aug. 1, a major hardware update for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab lifted off aboard ...

For many NASA scientists, flying aboard a decked-out Douglas DC-8 plane provided them some unique glimpses of Earth: the Moai on Easter Island, Central Park in New York and Mount Vesuvius in Italy. On ...

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to deliver an Atlas V rocket for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to carry a large rover to the ...

The TROPICS cubesats lifted off today (May 7) from New Zealand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The first two satellites in ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX ...

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) can now breathe a collective sigh of relief. After a year-long delay, the lab’s Psyche mission finally launched in October to visit a metal-rich ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a "going out of business sale" for its satellites, NASA Watch reports. The list of for-sale assets includes several Earth-monitoring satellites that ...