NASA delivered the first flight hardware for the Lunar Pathfinder mission to ESA (European Space Agency), which formally accepted the instrument on Nov. 4. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in ...

Nearly 25 years ago, the Pathfinder spacecraft explored a suspected floodplain on Mars. Unbeknownst to NASA at the time, the waters that long ago carved Pathfinder’s landing site spilled out from a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The mock space shuttle orbiter Pathfinder is seen atop its external tank and boosters after a ...

This month saw a very special Martian anniversary, as NASA celebrated 25 years since the Pathfinder mission touched down on Mars. This mission included the first ever rover which explored Mars, called ...

NASA's ancient Pathfinder mission returned a truly stunning image of Mars that you've probably never seen. Pathfinder was launched in 1997 and died on Mars that same year. The mission included a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has taken another important step in launching its most powerful rocket ever on deep-space missions. Space Launch System's core stage pathfinder arrives to Space Coast ...

Testing is crucial part of NASA's success on Earth and in space. So, as the actual flight components of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope come together, engineers are testing the non-flight equipment ...

A full-scale model of a Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, called the Core Stage Pathfinder, was recently completed at a plant in Northern Alabama, and will soon be shipped and turned over to NASA.

LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory for ...

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope's "pathfinder telescope," or "Pathfinder" completed its second super-cold optical test that resulted in the first checkout of specialized optical test ...