How to watch NASA’s historic SpaceX launch on Wednesday
NASA and SpaceX are about to launch a historic mission to the International Space Station from U.S. soil for the first time in roughly a …
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon arrives for its date with destiny
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is days away from its highly anticipated launch to the International Space Station. It will be the first crewed launch in SpaceX …
NASA’s next great space telescope finally has a name
NASA named its new space telescope after Nancy Grace Roman, the “Mother of Hubble.” The telescope will have greater capabilities than Hubble and will be …
NASA will pay you to spend 8 months locked in a Mars simulation
NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend eight months locked up in a simulated spacecraft on its way to Mars. The participants will be studied throughout …
NASA’s head of human spaceflight resigns days ahead of Crew Dragon launch
NASA’s head of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, resigned just days before NASA’s first crewed launch in nearly a decade. Loverro told colleagues he was resigning …
The first astronauts to fly in a SpaceX ship just entered quarantine
NASA’s first crewed launch from US soil in nearly a decade is rapidly approaching. Two astronauts will be launched to the International Space Station aboard …
Lava tubes on Mars could act as prebuilt homes for astronauts
Crewed missions to Mars may rely on extinct lava tubes to provide shelter from radiation. Researchers tested how well lava caves on Earth block radiation …
NASA’s Perseverance rover is so, so close to being ready for Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover is now packed up and ready for its trip to Mars. The rover was attached to the descent stage of the spacecraft …
Could Mars missions bring alien viruses back to Earth?
NASA is well aware of the risks of bringing samples back from Mars, and is taking precautions to ensure no microbial life gets loose. Samples …
NASA’s Mars ‘mole’ is finally digging again, but just barely
NASA’s InSight lander mole is digging into the surface of Mars once more, but progress is slow and complicated. The mole is designed to dig …
NASA still doesn’t know how long SpaceX’s astronaut mission will last
NASA hasn’t decided how long the first crewed SpaceX flight to the International Space Station will last. The launch will be the final stage in …
Want to pretend you’re on the Moon? Just move to Montana
Moonrock analogs can be found right here on Earth, and Montana is now a major source of simulated lunar material for NASA. The mineral anorthosite …
NASA rates Blue Origin higher than SpaceX for Artemis Moon landings
SpaceX scores an “Acceptable” rating by NASA for Artemis mission contracts, while Blue Origin is rated “Very Good.” The evaluation document reveals concerns over previous …
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are going to help NASA get to the Moon
NASA selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to develop lunar landing systems that will allow astronauts to travel to the Moon as part of the …
Hubble spotted a comet in the midst of disintegrating, and it’s stunning
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a comet in the midst of fragmentation. Observations of comets as they break up are incredibly rare, …
NASA’s Mars helicopter finally has a name
NASA’s Mars Helicopter gets an official name thanks to an Alabama high school student. The aircraft has been named Ingenuity, a name submitted by Vaneeza …
NASA developed a high-pressure coronavirus ventilator in 37 days
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory built a ventilator for coronavirus patients in just 37 days. The ventilator, nicknamed VITAL, can be produced at scale …
Hubble snaps jaw-dropping image to celebrate its 30th birthday
NASA is celebrating Hubble’s 30th birthday with a breathtaking image of a distant pair of nebulas. The image, which has been nicknamed “the Cosmic Reef” …
NASA begs people to avoid SpaceX’s first astronaut launch
NASA is asking that fans avoid attending the first crewed SpaceX launch to the International Space Station. The event is a long time coming, and …
This new Moon map is utterly mind-blowing
NASA and the USGS partnered up to create the most detailed map of the Moon ever. The map, which is available online, color-codes craters and …
NASA’s new rover is headed to the perfect spot to hunt for life on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has a great chance of finding evidence of life on Mars. The rover’s landing site, the Jezero crater, likely preserved signs of …
The Mars 2020 team has to launch a Mars rover while working from home
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is still on schedule thanks to the tireless efforts of staff members that are working from home. The mission is scheduled …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover just hit a crucial pre-launch milestone
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover Perseverance just got spun around in the name of science. The rover endured several days of balance testing, gaining some weight …
This is the Sun like you’ve never seen it before
NASA’s Hi-C 2.1 telescope captured the Sun’s tiny plasma threads in never-before-seen detail. The threads make up the coronal loops that twist out of the …
This was the last awesome image NASA’s Spitzer telescope captured before it died
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope fired back one last gorgeous photo before it died. The telescope was decommissioned in January after serving over 16 long years …
NASA astronaut duo returns to a very different Earth
NASA’s Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir are back on Earth, along with Russia’s Oleg Skripochka after departing the International Space Station late Thursday. The trio …
NASA wants to pay you $30,000 to design tiny payloads for the Moon
NASA needs new designs for pint-sized rover payloads that it can send to the Moon. The space agency wants miniaturized hardware capable of scouring the …
NASA staff are sending rover commands to Mars from their homes
NASA’s Curiosity rover team is working from home, but still controls the robot’s movements on the Red Planet. Using video conferencing to coordinate, the team …
Living in space might permanently make your brain bigger
The brains of astronauts show permanent changes to volume even after returning to Earth, a new study suggests. Space station travelers had brain scans before …
Here’s what Hubble was looking at on your birthday
NASA’s new Hubble search tool shows you what the space telescope was looking at on your birthday in years past. With Hubble’s 30th anniversary rapidly …
