NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew to the ISS in the summer of 2024 for a routine eight-day test mission.

For example, NASA opted for a direct return of the samples to Earth, rather than placing them in orbit around the moon, which would require another vehicle to go and fetch them, Nelson said.

Four companies have won Nasa contracts to expand the agency’s Near Space Network. Specifically, its commercial “direct-to-Earth capabilities” services. Nasa describes this function as “a ...

Viasat, Inc. VSAT recently announced that NASA has awarded it the Near Space Network (NSN) Services contract to enhance the ...

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 ...

Shares of Viasat jumped after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration selected the company for a contract worth up to $4.82 billion. The stock rose 27%, to $11.31, in midday trading Tuesday.

Following stage separation, the booster landed on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean roughly ...

SpaceX launched more of its internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 8). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, lifted off ...

Unlike the original plan, NASA has chosen for the direct return of the samples to Earth, bypassing extra steps to retrieve them from lunar orbit. Mr Nelson noted that the incoming administration ...

SpaceX will be start beta testing direct to cell service within the next three days, CEO Elon Musk has tweeted on January 24 ...

The Carlsbad technology firm will employ its Real-Time Earth network — a global network of satellite ground stations — to beam data more efficiently for NASA’s direct-to-Earth capabilities.

Over the past few trading days, Viasat ( VSAT -0.48%) stock ascended like a gravity-defying spacecraft. Shares of the satellite communications specialist ballooned in price, rising by 29% this week, ...