Here’s how to apply to be a NASA astronaut
NASA needs new astronauts. You want to be an astronaut. The only thing standing between you and your dream is a simple application. Okay, so …
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NASA’s exciting new Space Launch System was just delayed again
NASA has been leaning heavily on SpaceX in recent years, but when it comes to the future, the Space Launch System is the space agency’s …
There may still be life on Mars, but we’re going to have to dig to find it
NASA’s missions to Mars have offered scientists a glimpse at what ancient Mars might have been like. That’s exciting since it could reveal that Mars …
Mars loves to shake its booty, NASA confirms
NASA sent the InSight robot to Mars with a number of objectives in mind. Since its time on the planet, the robot has become the …
NASA needs your help to design a Venus rover
NASA does its best to involve the public in its various projects and missions, probably because it knows how much we all love science and …
NASA just recreated Apollo 13’s Moon journey in stunning 4K
NASA’s Apollo 13 was one of the space agency’s most incredible missions into space. With a goal of landing on the Moon, the mission hit …
NASA is desperately trying to get its Mars mole digging again
NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has been successful on a number of fronts, but there’s no denying that there’s been one very big disappointment: the …
Japan is going to bring a piece of Mars’ moon Phobos back to Earth
With groups like NASA and the European Space Agency focusing largely on missions to explore Earth’s moon and Mars, the Japanese space agency JAXA is …
NASA teams up with Australia for new space robotics push
If humans want a larger presence in space we’re going to have to have a good bit of help from robots. At least that’s what …
SpaceX agrees to launch four paying space tourists into Earth orbit
While SpaceX has been working hard to deliver a safe, reliable method of transporting astronauts into space for NASA, there’s always been the question of …
SpaceX will launch humans to space for the first time
Well, it all comes down to this. NASA has given SpaceX the thumbs up to become the first company in its Commercial Crew program to …
Want to be an astronaut? NASA wants your application
NASA has increasingly relied on high-tech machines like orbiters, rovers, and landers to conduct much of its research in space. However, that doesn’t mean that …
NASA needs to decide which of these four missions is the most awesome
NASA has a lot of balls in the air right now, so to speak. From the Mars 2020 rover mission to the anticipated return of …
NASA is going to bring pieces of Mars back to Earth
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is definitely going to be one for the record books. The rover being sent to the Red Planet is capable of …
This #Nasabroom insanity sweeping social media is so dumb, it’s truly depressing
Welcome to the first truly stupid social media craze of 2020. If you opened Twitter at all on Monday, you might have been greeted with …
Boeing’s Starliner just can’t stop breaking
December 20th, 2019, was supposed to be a groundbreaking day for NASA and Boeing, with the latter’s Starliner spacecraft making its maiden voyage for the …
Watch the Mars 2020 rover’s laser in action
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will be the most complex and powerful piece of science equipment the space agency has ever sent to the Red Planet. …
NASA somehow managed to fix Voyager 2 from 11.5 billion miles away
When you’re trying to fix something, it helps to have that thing right in front of you. For NASA engineers, that’s often not possible, and …
NASA hero Christina Koch is back on Earth after setting several space records
Any astronaut that has the privilege of traveling to the International Space Station etches their name in the history books for all eternity. Inevitably, however, …
NASA’s solar probe won’t stop smashing records
In case you hadn’t been keeping up on NASA’s mission to “touch the Sun” with its Parker Solar Probe, let me get you up to …
NASA’s Sun probe just spotted something entirely new
Our Sun is vitally important to our continued existence, but it’s also a volatile object with a spicy personality. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are …
OK, this is officially the coolest space selfie ever
Being chosen to take part in a mission aboard the International Space Station is an incredible honor. Only an impossibly small fraction of humans have …
NASA kills one of its most trusted satellites
With so many pieces of high-tech hardware at its disposal, it’s easy to forget that some of NASA’s most impressive machines are rapidly aging. The …
There’s very little chance the James Webb Space Telescope will meet its deadline
The saga of the James Webb Space Telescope is a long and sad one. The high-powered space-gazing tool has been in development for decades and …
Voyager 2 is acting strange, and it’s up to NASA to figure out why
It’s not often that a NASA mission is still up and running over four decades after launch, but the space agency’s Voyager twins are anything …
NASA and ESA want to see the Sun’s poles, but it won’t be easy
Over the course of human history, astronomers have spent a lot of time studying our nearest star. Telescopes on the ground can only see so …
‘Hot Jupiter’ exoplanets are super weird
In the hunt for planets outside of our own solar system, scientists have spotted a number of interesting planet types that we simply don’t have …
NASA’s Kepler spots a star slurping up a planet
NASA’s Kepler space telescope is extremely good at spotting the subtle hints of distant exoplanets. It does this by detecting slight drops in the brightness …
Astronauts baked cookies in space and it took forever
One of the coolest things about being chosen for a mission to the International Space Station is that you get to carry out experiments that …
Uh oh: NASA’s Curiosity rover just suffered a puzzling glitch on Mars
It’s been a while since NASA was forced to pull the plug on its Mars rover Opportunity. The trusty bot fell silent after a dust …
