February 12thThe European Space Agency announced that its ExoMars rover will be named Rosalind Franklin. It and a Russian lander are scheduled for a July 2020 launch.

February 11thA new set of New Horizons flyby images taken on New Year's Day 2019 reveals Ultima Thule is shaped more like a flat object.

February 10thNumerous planetary systems are visible in the final images taken by NASA's Kepler telescope on Sept. 25, 2018, just before it ran out of fuel.

February 8thEach ISS module is designed with micrometeoroid debris protection. A recent survey of the Columbus module shows the importance of that shielding.

February 7thToday, NASA paused to reflect and remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of space exploration in its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony.

February 7thTwin tiny satellites launched with NASA's Mars InSight lander have been out of touch with mission controllers on Earth for slightly over a month.

February 3rdCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Have you seen UFOs? Are aliens real? My response to this line of questioning is almost always the same and, usually, not suitable for print.

February 3rdNASA's Curiosity rove has measured the gravity on Mount Sharp in much the same way Apollo 17 astronauts measured the Moon's gravity in 1972.

February 2ndBlue Origin's New Glenn rocket has been selected by Telesat to send a fleet of satellites into orbit to help improve web services around the globe.

January 31stParker Solar Probe is pulling back the curtains of our parent star and is well on its way to rewriting humanity's understanding of how stars work.

January 30thOne of the first flights on Rocket Lab's 2019 launch manifest is a satellite for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

January 29thThe vast jungles of French Guiana echoed with the sounds of a different type of thunder other than the natural kind on Monday Jan. 28. An artificial roar was generated by a solid rocket motor that is planned for use on the Vega-C rocket Arianespace is developing to launch upcoming missions.

January 28thMini-Cubes, a company just emerging from stealth mode, has been working on the development of a new type of miniature satellite called a PocketQube.

January 27thThe most detailed image of Ultima Thule returned by New Horizons reveals surface details, including pits on both the object's lobes and contrasting patterns of darkness and light in various regions.

January 26thData collected by the Cassini spacecraft in its final oribts has enabled scientists to accurately calculate Saturn's rotation rate and the age of its rings.

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