On15, NASA's MESSENGER mission came to an end when the spacecraft intentionally crashed into the surface of Mercury. [‘On ...

A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has quietly unsettled planetary science for decades: how does a planet like this ...

Mercury will be close to Regulus embedded among the stars of the constellation Leo. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA – November 28, 2025 – Proteus Space announced the successful launch and first contact of MERCURY ONE, its inaugural four-payload ESPA class spacecraft. MERCURY ONE ...

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

The U.S. Navy doesn’t have a nuclear-powered carrier available, but the USS John P Murtha is well-suited to the recovery mission of the Orion space capsule ...

The third lecture in the 2011 Exploring Space Lecture Series featured Sean C. Solomon, the Principal Investigator for the MESSENGER mission and the Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism ...