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NASA’s Artemis rocketship on course for moon after epic launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With a dash of launch-pad heroics and 8.8 million pounds (4 million kg) of thrust, NASA’s colossal new rocket soared into space for the first time early on Wednesday, sending a next-generation capsule on a crewless voyage around the moon and back 50 years after the final Apollo lunar mission. The U.S.

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NASA satellite’s suicide mission into astroid successfully changes its orbit

Last month’s suicide test flight of the DART spacecraft did succeed in nudging an asteroid out of its natural orbit through sheer kinetic force. That’s according to NASA on Tuesday, confirming that the test on September 26th marked the first time humanity altered the motion of a celestial body. “This is a watershed moment for

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