In 1958, NASA launched a spacecraft Able 2 for the first time to the Moon but the mission failed after a small error and the probe reentered Earth's atmosphere abou…

In 1958, NASA launched Able 2, later known as Pioneer 1, on a mission to study the Moon. The spacecraft failed to reach lunar ...
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‘Mother of Hubble’: how Nancy Grace Roman ushered in a new era of astronomy

The scientist honoured by the newest telescope in space spearheaded a pioneering programme as NASA’s first chief astronomer.

In 1947, the military sent fruit flies 67 miles into space to test radiation risks. 11 years later, NASA was founded in 1958, with animal flights underway in America now

American effort to understand whether living organisms could survive the journey into space. Beginning in the mid-1940s, ...

NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert

The new antenna will boost capacity on NASA's increasingly strained deep-space communications network as Artemis and other ...

GOP spat stalls NASA bill amid Trump’s ambitious moon base push

Negotiations between Senate and House Republicans over a bill to reauthorize NASA have stalled as President Trump is ...

NASA 深空通信网络扩容，新增直径 34 米天线以缓解通信压力

IT之家9 月 7 日消息，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）用于与遥远航天器保持联系的通信网络刚刚获得扩容。 深空网络（DSN）因负责与旅行者 1 号、旅行者 2 号和新视野号等遥远航天器通信而闻名。如今，该网络在美国加利福尼亚州新增了一面直径 114 英尺（约 34 米）的射频天线，以提升这个日益拥挤的通信网络的服务能力。 目前，有超过 40 艘正在探索太阳系和星际空间的航天器依赖深空网络进行通信 ...

Nasa’s new telescope is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman – but who was she?

Nasa has named its latest flagship space telescope after the American scientist Nancy Grace Roman. Roman's contributions to ...

NASA深空网络扩容添新援：34米天线就位，应对深空探索通信挑战

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的深空网络（DSN）近日迎来重要升级——位于加利福尼亚州戈德斯通通信中心的一座直径34米的新型射频天线正式投入使用。这座编号为DSS-23的天线是DSN“孔径增强项目”计划建设的6座新型天线中的第5座，旨在缓解日益增长的深空通信需求压力。 深空网络自1963年正式建立以来，已成为全球深空探测任务的核心通信基础设施。目前，该网络在全球运营着三个通信中心，分别位于美国加利 ...

Orlando Sentinel 150: How Central Florida became ‘The gateway to the moon’

“Bumper 8 and its followers established Cape Canaveral not only as The Gateway To The Moon – a slogan The Sentinel ...

Who was Nancy Grace Roman, namesake of the next space telescope and the "mother of the Hubble"?

The latest space telescope scheduled for launch on Sunday is named for named for Nancy Grace Roman , NASA’s first chief ...

The 10 Best Disaster Movies in Film History

It's the fascination of seeing a disaster unfold that you're not a part of. Our curiosity paints a picture of what happened ...

In 2018, NASA sent 1,137,202 people’s names toward the Sun: They were stored on a memory card aboard Parker Solar Probe

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has carried over 1.1 million names to the Sun, beautifully etched on a memory card affixed to a ...