If mission controllers can restore communications in the coming days, they might be able to put Trailblazer into a less-than-optimal lunar orbit and eke out at least a little of its planned science.

If mission controllers can restore communications in the coming days, they might be able to put it into a less-than-optimal lunar orbit and eke out at least a little of its planned science.

Mission controllers believe Super Heavy exploded above the Gulf of Mexico. It had earlier performed well, with all 33 Raptor engines lit to boost Starship skyward.

Earlier this year, NASA mission controllers faced a challenging decision that could have marked the end of Voyager 1's decades-long journey. Launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system, the ...

Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, announced on August 7, 2025, that the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft for the ...

Mission controllers await confirmation on Resilience lander during a livestream of the moon landing attempt on June 5, 2025. Credit: ispace screenshot ...

Not long after the launch, mission control in Pittsburgh discovered that a valve failed and caused a fuel leak to burst. That sent the craft in a spiral away from the sun, which it needed for power.

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an ...

On Feb. 22, 2024, the Houston-based company’s first lunar mission, IM-1, touched down harder than expected on the Moon near Malapert A crater, 186 miles (300 km) from the South Pole.

Mission control is targeting the Blue Ghost landing for 3:45 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 2. If all goes as planned, the spacecraft will find its struts on Mare Crisium, a plain made from an ancient ...