With the completion of its latest series of milestone tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now survived all of the harsh conditions associated with a rocket launch to space. Webb’s recent ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous "spin test" designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces ...

The WFI will detect distant infrared light from around the universe and provide high-resolution images across wide swaths of the sky, helping scientists find and study new exoplanets, better ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (BAESY) (LON:BA) has successfully shipped the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument (WFI) to NASA's Goddard Space ...

Completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirror being transported and integrated with a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. TUCSON, AZ — October 15, 2024 — ...

NASA successfully conducted ground tests simulating the deployment of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's solar panels and sunshade, verifying their functionality in preparation for launch. The ...

Scientists have spent six years building a sophisticated simulation system that creates "pixel-perfect" data that mimics what ...

China is preparing to send a new kind of eye into orbit, a space observatory built to map the cosmos with a breadth and ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has completed testing on a model of the “core” section of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to validate the observatory’s sophisticated thermal modeling ...

The test took place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the elevated gravity conditions of a space mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...