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 …
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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 …
NASA astronaut returning to Earth reveals the thing she’ll miss most
NASA’s Jessica Meir will be returning to Earth this week from a long stay aboard the International Space Station. Being an ISS crew member is …
NASA’s new Mars rover has ridiculous vision
NASA’s Perseverance rover is equipped with a suite of imaging tools that will help it navigate and study the landscape of Mars. A total of …
NASA’s asteroid probe is rehearsing for its most dangerous move yet
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe is about to perform its most daring maneuver yet. In a rehearsal for the sample-gathering act planned for later this year, …
NASA is ready to send a helicopter to Mars
NASA’s Mars Helicopter — part of the Mars 2020 mission — was just installed on the Perseverance rover as the team prepares for the launch …
The coronavirus pandemic has cleaned up the air on the East Coast
Air pollution on the East Coast of the United States has dropped by as much as 30% according to data from NASA satellites. A side-by-side …
NASA could turn Moon craters into massive radio telescopes
NASA scientists dream up a way to turn a Moon crater into a massive radio telescope. The concept relies on a large crater on the …
Trio of quarantined space travelers head to the International Space Station
Three new inhabitants of the International Space Station took off in an early morning launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket today. The trio of new …
