If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to reliably relay messages through space. The solution could be optical communication, or lasers. If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to ...

PARIS – Impulse Space announced a contract Sept. 16 to provide transportation to geostationary orbit for satellites from French startup Space Network Services. It was the first agreement announced for ...

WASHINGTON — NASA awarded the option for the Space Network Expansion-East, under the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment contract, to General Dynamics C4 Systems of Scottsdale, Ariz. The ...

Some of the most notable names in the aerospace industry continue to use the faculty, students and resources at Morehead State's Space Science Center for missions. Now, U.S. government is investing to ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometer) away from Earth, orbiting around the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2. How do we send commands and receive telemetry – the ...

We have begun the process of exploring the solar system, launching unmanned probes to lead the way. The images they beam back to us from distant planets gives us a taste of the wonders we will ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --Space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond often get the most attention, but NASA's Near Space Network does a lot of heavy lifting for humankind's reach for the stars. NASA announced ...

NASA officials sounded an alarm Tuesday about the agency’s Deep Space Network, a collection of antennas in California, Spain, and Australia used to maintain contact with missions scattered across the ...

Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...