Einstein’s general theory of relativity was embedded deeply within the larger framework of nineteenth and early twentieth century theory and…
For decades following its initial verification by a 1919 eclipse expedition which observed the deflection of starlight by the Sun…
Critical to Gravity Probe B were four gyroscopes consisting of spinning spheres of solid fused quartz encased within a quartz…
Reading the spin direction of a perfectly round object presented experimenters at Stanford with a complex and critical problem. Solving…
Russia's Progress 74 cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment as the orbital complex…
Artemis I Aft Skirts for Space Launch System Solid Rocket Boosters Moved Out of Booster Fabrication Facility at Kennedy Space…
Two 177-foot-tall solid rocket boosters help launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the Artemis missions to the Moon.…
Fires on Camp Pendletons grounds in Southern California continue to blaze and smoke is reaching nearby cities and towns.
This illustration imagines the view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft during one of its final dives between Saturn and its innermost…
This week in 2007, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-117, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.
