Space

Preliminary Analysis of Luna 9 Photography, June 1966

The document is a declassified report from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) titled "Preliminary Analysis of Luna-9 Photography" (NPIC/R-5017/66) dated…

March 8, 2024

NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water

The following is NASA press release 23-115, and is archived here for reference: Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu…

October 11, 2023

SR-183 Lunar Observatory Program

The Cold War era was marked by a race between the United States and the Soviet Union to assert dominance…

September 2, 2023

“Confirmation of Interstellar Object” Memorandum and Related Documents

On March 1, 2022, Lt. General John E. Shaw, Deputy Commander of U.S. Space Command, wrote a memorandum for Dr.…

March 23, 2023

NRL to Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment

The following was a press release sent out by the Navy Research Labs (NRL) on March 14, 2023. It is…

March 17, 2023

Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis I Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon

The following is NASA press release 22-117, sent on November 15, 2022, and is archived here for reference. Following a…

November 16, 2022

NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space

The below is NASA press release 22-105, issued October 11, 2022, and archived here for reference. Analysis of data obtained…

October 11, 2022

NASA’s DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test

After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration…

September 27, 2022

Preliminary Study of Capsule Recovery for the First Series of Project Mercury Orbital Flights – July 1, 1959

This report contains the results of a preliminary study of the search and recovery operations required for the safe and…

July 20, 2022

A Compilation of the James Webb Telescope First Released Images

Below, you will find an archived compilation of the first released images from the James Webb Telescope. Each press release…

July 12, 2022