NASA sent a helicopter on a nosedive to test Mars landing hardware
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission could teach us some incredible new things about our planetary neighbor, and even provide us with valuable insights that will shape …
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NASA places its first order for Lunar Gateway components
NASA has big plans for returning to the Moon. Whether it can be done within the next five years, as the current administration desires, is …
NASA needs your help to bring an asteroid sample back to Earth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has already accomplished a lot since arriving at the space rock known as Bennu late last year. The spacecraft successfully entered orbit …
NASA will reveal plans for its ‘Lunar Gateway’ today, and you can watch live
Despite plenty of skepticism over whether or not they can pull it off, NASA seems determined to make it back to the Moon by 2024 …
NASA will send your name to the Red Planet on the Mars 2020 rover
Mars 2020 is shaping up nicely, with NASA recently revealing that its rover-hauling spacecraft is essentially complete and currently undergoing testing well ahead of its …
NASA teases completed Mars 2020 spacecraft
NASA’s Curiosity rover, InSight lander, and Reconnaissance Orbiter are all doing remarkable work on and around the Red Planet, but that’s not stopping scientists from …
NASA’s floating robot ‘bee’ is alive and well aboard the ISS
NASA is betting big on the future of space robots. As automated gadgets become more and more advances, scientists are starting to imagine how robots …
NASA’s Juno just discovered that Jupiter and Earth have something important in common
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has delivered some of the most stunning glimpses of the gas giant that mankind has ever seen, but it’s also taught scientists …
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just hit an absolutely crazy milestone
Of all the pieces of hardware that NASA has sent to Mars, we don’t hear about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter nearly as much as we’d …
NASA is asking for another $1.6 billion to fulfill the Moon 2024 promise
Back in March, the Trump administration declared that it was directing NASA to send humans back to the Moon no later than 2024. That’s an …
SpaceX’s recent parachute tests came up short of expectations
NASA is desperate for its own transportation solution to send astronauts to and from the International Space Station. It’s paid both SpaceX and Boeing huge …
NASA is designing flexible robots that could find a home on Mars
Robots and space exploration go hand-in-hand, so it’s no surprise that NASA is on the forefront of experimental new robotics technologies that could be used …
NASA will test asteroid defenses by slamming a spacecraft into a space rock in 2022
If Earth were ever to be threatened by a large space rock — and it definitely will at some point in the future — humanity …
NASA’s InSight robot is now covered in Mars dust, but that might actually be good news
Mars is a dry and dusty place, and strong winds can kick up huge plumes of material that block out the Sun for days, weeks, …
Massive dust storms may have sucked Martian water away
Mars as we know it today is a mostly dry, dusty place with a few pockets of ice in remote regions. It’s barren and we’re …
SpaceX finally delivered space station supplies after a week of delays
Not many things went right for NASA and SpaceX last week. Their desire to send a routine resupply mission, CRS-17, to the International Space Station …
This incredible zoom-out reminds us just how powerful Hubble really is
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of those things that seems like it’s always been around. Its mission, which just recently passed the 29 year …
NASA bought junk aluminum in a 19-year scam that cost the agency over $700 million
NASA is staffed with some of the brightest minds in engineering, astronomy, and mathematics. You wouldn’t expect anyone to even attempt to pull the wool …
NASA delays SpaceX’s ISS resupply mission over space station glitch
It’s only been a little over a week since a static test fire of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon resulted in what appeared to be the complete …
We’re about to find out how prepared NASA and FEMA are for an asteroid strike
For years, big budget science fiction flicks have shown us highly stylized end-of-the-world scenarios involving asteroids. Sometimes the heroes have a plan to avert disaster, …
NASA plans to study this galactic ‘jellyfish’ with its new James Webb Space Telescope
Galaxies come in many different shapes and sizes, but you’d be hard pressed to find one more interesting than ESO 137-001. What the galaxy lacks …
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have self-destructed during engine testing
SpaceX has had a really fantastic 2019 thus far, with its crowning achievement being the successful launch, docking, and reentry of its Crew Dragon capsule …
NASA just sent robotic ‘bees’ to the International Space Station
Do robots have a place in the future of crewed space missions? NASA thinks so, and it’s not the only one. Late last year the …
NASA plans to send astronauts to the Moon’s South Pole in five years
NASA is moving forward with plans to send a crewed mission to the lunar surface by 2024, a goal that will be impossible to achieve …
NASA’s mission to ‘Touch the Sun’ just hit another major milestone
In 2018, NASA launched a mission to do something that scientists have never done before. The Parker Solar Probe mission is truly the first of …
NASA says it was behind the ‘alien’ lights that scared people in Norway
NASA has spent an incredible amount of time and money searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life, but it was NASA itself that caused some in …
Boeing’s Starliner is officially delayed, again
It hasn’t been a great year thus far for Boeing. The company has been dealing with a whole bunch of its commercial planes being grounded …
Here are NASA’s favorite 3D-printed Mars habitat designs
When mankind eventually makes it to Mars, it’s going to be a momentous achievement, but the travelers who first set foot on the Red Planet …
NASA is going to need more money to make Trump’s Moon dreams a reality
Last week, Donald Trump sent Mike Pence to relay a message to NASA demanding that the agency speed up its timeline for landing crewed missions …
How the International Space Station is helping find the cure to Parkinson’s disease
Health researchers around the world have been studying Parkinson’s disease for decades. It affects millions of people and, while doctors and scientists know a good …
