News Archive / Tagged: The Range
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Methane, carbon dioxide discovered in exoplanet atmosphere
Derek RichardsonSeptember 20th, 2023Data from the James Webb Space Telescope shows evidence of “carbon-bearing” molecules in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, an exoplanet located some 120 light years away around its host star’s habitable zone.
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NASA’s MOXIE wraps up oxygen production on Mars
Derek RichardsonSeptember 8th, 2023NASA’s microwave-oven-sized oxygen-generating MOXIE technology demonstrator has completed its mission on Mars aboard the Perseverance rover.
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New Horizons seeks help for Uranus and Neptune observations
Laurel KornfeldAugust 21st, 2023NASA's New Horizons mission is seeking assistance from amateur astronomers in observations of ice giants Uranus and Neptune, which will be conducted in September.
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CHAPEA: Going to Mars without leaving Earth
Anastasia StepanovaJuly 28th, 2023On June 25, 2023, four volunteers started their journey to Mars. Well, not exactly.
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Starship Integrated Flight Test: A photo retrospective
Scott JohnsonMay 20th, 2023It's been a month since SpaceX's Starship Integrated Flight Test from Starbase, Texas, and we thought we'd share a few our previously unpublished photos.
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Detector array delivered for Roman Space Telescope
Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2023NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary instrument is set to receive its Focal Plane System, what NASA calls the "heart" of the observatory.
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NASA decommissions Mars orbiter mineral-mapping instrument
Derek RichardsonMay 8th, 2023After more than 15 years of operation, NASA has turned off one of six science instruments aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Opinion: New Horizons should remain a planetary mission
Laurel KornfeldApril 28th, 2023A little-known proposal is threatening the future of NASA’s New Horizons mission, and for reasons unknown, the space press has hardly reported on this development.
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New Horizons is still doing science in the Kuiper Belt
Laurel KornfeldApril 28th, 2023Now traveling far into the Kuiper Belt, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft continues to conduct science observations more than four years after flying by its second target, Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Arrokoth, in 2019.
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Scientist anticipates finding life beyond our solar system in 25 years
Laurel KornfeldApril 26th, 2023Several missions that could detect life beyond our solar system are currently in development, Swiss astrophysicist Sasha Quanz said at the recent opening of ETH Zurich's Centre for the Origin and Prevalence of Life.
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Opinion: Is the Starship flight test a reality check for SpaceX, NASA and Artemis?
Derek RichardsonApril 22nd, 2023By all honest measures, SpaceX’s first integrated flight test of Starship was a success, but it unearthed some serious problems.
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The Orion Crew Module: A conversation with Lockheed Martin’s Mike Hawes
Scott JohnsonDecember 11th, 2022In the lead-up to the first Artemis 1 Space Launch System launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in its design, construction, assembly, and flight.
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The Orion Crew Module: A conversation with NASA’s Jason Hutt
Scott JohnsonNovember 21st, 2022In the lead-up to the first Artemis 1 Space Launch System launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in its design, construction, assembly, and flight. One of those people is Jason Hutt -- NASA's human-rating, systems engineering, and integration lead for the Orion crew module.
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The European Service Module: A conversation with NASA’s Jim Withrow
Scott JohnsonNovember 12th, 2022During the first Artemis 1 launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with Jim Withrow, NASA's deputy propulsion functional area manager for the European Service Module.
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Lunar Gateway HALO module taking shape in Italy
Derek RichardsonOctober 26th, 2022Structural welding is ongoing for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost module for the Lunar Gateway with the docking section ring formed.
