Astronauts made ‘prank calls’ after returning to Earth
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley revealed that they had a bit of fun while they were waiting to be picked up after splashing …
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NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating 8 years on Mars
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is celebrating its 8th year on the Red Planet after landing on August 5th, 2012. The rover has traveled a total …
Crew Dragon may have to wait to return to Earth thanks to Mother Nature
NASA and SpaceX are planning to return Crew Dragon to Earth on Sunday after a departure from the ISS on Saturday. A tropical storm now …
Here’s how long the Perseverance rover could actually live on Mars
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is slated to last roughly two years, but the Perseverance rover may last a great deal longer. The rover is equipped …
NASA’s Perseverance rover just launched, but it’s not headed to Mars yet
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission successfully launched, but it has to complete an orbit of Earth before it’s ready to head to the Red Planet The …
Watch NASA launch its Mars 2020 mission live
NASA is finally ready to get its Mars 2020 mission underway after months of hard work preparing the hardware in the midst of a pandemic. …
NASA is worried that Boeing’s Starliner isn’t safe
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has had a rocky development road and failed an uncrewed flight test. NASA’s independent review board is concerned with Boeing’s recent history …
NASA announced what it plans to do next with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft
NASA is moving fast to plan new missions to the ISS using the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Crew Dragon will be departing from the ISS …
Hubble is still snapping gorgeous images despite its advanced age
The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped one of the most incredible photos of Saturn ever. The image was captured on July 4th and shows Saturn, …
NASA is building a balloon as big as a football stadium
NASA is sending a new space observatory skyward, but it’s going to use a balloon instead of a rocket. The observatory ASTHROS will be carried …
NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to drill into this weird rock
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has arrived at its next drilling location and plans to take samples of a rock known as “Breamish.” Curiosity spent the …
NASA scientist grows ‘Moon radishes’ in his own kitchen
NASA is actively experimenting with the possibility of growing crops in simulated lunar soil. NASA’s JPL scientists have grown radishes in lunar soil simulant. Experiments …
Russia isn’t keen on Artemis, sides with China for Moon exploration
Russia’s space agency has publicly stated it has no interest in participating in NASA’s Artemis missions that would eventually return humans to the lunar surface. …
A Mars mission just launched, but it’s not from NASA
A Mars mission from the UAE just launched to the Red Planet. The Hope Probe will orbit Mars for a full Martian year, studying the …
NASA’s next-gen space telescope delayed for the millionth time
NASA has announced that the James Webb Space Telescope will yet again miss its planned launch date and instead launch in October 2021… maybe. The …
It’s make-or-break time for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon
NASA has announced that the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth on August 2nd. The capsule, with astronauts Behnken and Hurley aboard, will …
Get ready to see the Sun like you’ve never seen it before
The Solar Orbiter mission was launched in February, but it’s already providing some stunning images of our star. The spacecraft snapped images so detailed that …
NASA reveals what the Mars Helicopter is really going to do
A pint-sized helicopter is making the trip to Mars along with the Perseverance rover. The helicopter will perform autonomous flight tests in the thin Martian …
This 4K video of comet NEOWISE is downright stunning
The comet known as NEOWISE was captured by time-lapse images from the International Space Station, and it’s now been made into a stunning 4K video. …
SpaceX is about to destroy a ridiculous NASA record
SpaceX is about to use the same booster that sent NASA astronauts to the International Space Station again, this time to send a South Korean …
NASA’s 2024 Moon mission is in serious trouble
NASA needs a lot of money if it hopes to achieve a crewed mission to the Moon by 2024, but lawmakers aren’t giving in. A …
We really, really can’t contaminate other planets with Earth microbes
A pair of new NASA directives tweaks Planetary Protection policies to allow for human exploration of the Moon and Mars Preventing contamination of other worlds …
NASA’s Curiosity rover is on a road trip
NASA is sending its Curiosity rover on a journey to a new area of Mount Sharp, the massive peak that sits in the center of …
NASA’s Perseverance rover is locked and loaded
NASA has loaded its new Perseverance rover onto the rocket bay that will carry it all the way to Mars. The launch is currently slated …
NASA says Boeing has to fix 80 things related to Starliner
NASA announced today that its investigation into Boeing’s Starliner program revealed 80 issues that need to be addressed. The issues run the gamut from software …
NASA’s Mars ‘mole’ saga is getting sadder and sadder
NASA’s InSight lander has a self-hammering probe that isn’t doing what it’s supposed to. The instrument, nicknamed “the mole,” can’t seem to get a grip …
NASA’s SLS rocket tore open like a tin can
NASA destroyed its pricey Space Launch System rocket during testing, but it was totally planned. The space agency has to push hardware beyond its limits …
The Moon is totally metal
New readings from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that the metal content within lunar craters is significantly higher than on the surface. The findings could …
NASA is moving perilously close to the end of the Mars launch window
Following two earlier delays that pushed the launch of NASA’s new Mars rover Perseverance back by several days, the launch has been delayed yet again. …
Stunning time lapse features a decade of the Sun
A new video released by NASA crunches 10 years of Sun observations by the Solar Dynamics Observatory down into just over one hour. The video …
