Since these sensors are easily deployed, if multiple of them were spread throughout a lunar crater, a single astronaut (or rover) could characterize the soil makeup of an entire area without hand ...

One area of interest is Shackleton Crater, measuring 13 miles (21 km ... For Challenge 1, NASA is seeking an orienteering aid that will help the astronauts navigate on traverses away from the lunar ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The weekend brought some wild space news, including a sailing spacecraft and, of course, a couple of astronauts stranded ... exploring Shackleton Crater, one area the ...

Pingualuit crater a relatively young impact crater in Canada (Picture: Google) Barringer crater, in Arizona, is 750 feet deep (Picture: Google) Tenoumer crater is situated deep in the Sahara ...

Ross H. Barringer, of Grahamsville, NY, passed away on September 18, 2024 at the age of 91 in the comfort of his home. Ross was born in Samsonville, NY on May 20, 1933; the son of Otis and Wilma ...

NASA astronaut and US Space Force Guardian Nick Hague will fly to the ISS from one of the military branch's launch pads. Editor's note: This piece was updated on Sept. 19 to reflect the most ...

In June two American astronauts left Earth expecting to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS). But after fears that their Boeing Starliner spacecraft was unsafe to fly back on ...

Their mission was extended from about 10 days to 8 months. Boeing Starliner's first astronaut crew will speak from orbit today (Sept. 13) for the first time in two months, a week after their ...

NASA's rover on Mars has had enough of hanging out at the bottom of a crater. The six-wheeled Perseverance has begun its ascent to break out of its confines -- and has quite a way to go.

NASA on Friday said it would be sending two astronauts on the next SpaceX mission to the International Space Station instead of the planned four so that two who remain stranded there can return in ...