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NASA's former second-in-command is once again warning that the public may be in for some major surprises with the SLS launch next week.

Former NASA Official: Moon Launch This Month May Be “Embarrassing”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A "skeleton" Starship will only pale in comparison to the eventual spacecraft that will carry a crew to the Moon during NASA's Artemis 3 mission.

NASA: SpaceX Only Has to Prove It Can Land Astronauts on Moon, Not Bring Them Home Again

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is gearing up for the Artemis 1 Moon mission launch later this month, and the space program is packing it with appearances by celebrity guests.

NASA Packs Artemis 1 Moon Launch With a Crop of Celebrity Guests

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has announced that the Artemis 1 will contain living yeast samples that will be dropped off on the Moon later this month — surely nothing can go wrong!

NASA’s Moon Mission This Month Will Shoot a Probe Containing Life into Deep Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has finally rolled its massive Moon-bound rocket to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida — and ahead of schedule for once.

NASA Rolls Mega Moon Rocket Onto Launchpad

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, astronauts who board a crewed mission to Mars will likely face devastating levels of radiation.

Mars Astronauts Would Get Horrifying Dose of Radiation, Study Finds

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Almost immediately after the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex made Artemis 1 Moon misson launch tickets available to the public, the website crashed.

Website Selling Moon Mission Launch Tickets Crashed Almost Immediately

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Artemis I is set to launch August 29 for an uncrewed mission to the Moon. NASA hopes Artemis will return humans to the lunar surface.

NASA Confirms Launch Date for Its Massive Moon Rocket

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Last month, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted an unknown, noodle-like object on Mars. Now the space agency has identified what actually is.

NASA Finally Figured Out What That Weird Spaghetti It Found on Mars Was

By Frank Landymore

On Wednesday, NASA announced that it plans to send two more Ingenuity-class helicopters to Mars to assist in its mission to bring Martian samples to Earth.

NASA Says It’s Sending Two More Ingenuity-Class Helicopters to Mars

By Frank Landymore

Jupiter's massive moons may be the reason why the gas giant never formed rings like its neighbor Saturn, according to new research.

Jupiter’s Moons Accused of Sucking Up the Planet’s Rings

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers have discovered "pits" in the lunar surface which, according to their computer modeling, sit at a balmy 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA Finds Holes on the Moon Where It’s Always a Comfortable Temperature

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA-funded project aims to use the Sun as a gigantic lens to peer into the far reaches of the universe to look for extraterrestrial biosignatures.

Researchers Want to Use the Sun As a Giant Telescope to Look for Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has taken an incredible image of Phobos, one of the two moons orbiting Mars, from just 3,160 miles away.

China Takes Incredible Close Up Shot of Mars’ Moon Phobos

By Victor Tangermann

An object that looks like a bundle of string that showed up in images taken by NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover earlier this month has suddenly disappeared.

Noodle-Like Object on Mars Has Disappeared, According to NASA Photos

By Victor Tangermann

New imagery of the largest canyon in the solar system was captured on the Red Planet by the ESA and the Mars Express mission.

Mars Satellite Captures Breathtaking View of Deepest Canyon in Entire Solar System

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In light of a Florida family's space-loving young son's unexpected death, they're trying to raise the funds to rest his ashes on the Moon.

Parents Crowdfund to Send 11-Year-Old Son’s Ashes to the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A pair of space startups have teamed up to launch the first-ever private mission to Mars — a highly ambitious plan, Ars Technica reports.

SpaceX Defector Is Aiming to Land on Mars Before Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter and its moon Europa, taken by its groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Picture of Jupiter So Crisp You Can See Its Moon Europa

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover discovered something strange as it traversed Mars on Tuesday — a string-like material that looked like noodles.

NASA Intrigued by Noodle-Like Object Found on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk's Mars dreams may have to temper with a harsh reality put forth by equally-frustrating nerd Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Some Serious Beef With Elon Musk’s Mars Plans

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese researchers say we'll probably need their newly designed Moon base with artificial gravity if humans are going to live on the Moon.

Japanese Team Invents Moon Base With Artificial Gravity

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA dropped an update on its official blog detailing the causes of their satellite's dropout. In a nutshell? A bad command and a software error.

We Finally Know Why NASA Lost Contact With Moonbound Spacecraft

By Frank Landymore

Yesterday, news broke that NASA lost contact with its just-launched CAPSTONE satellite, just a day after the spacecraft successfully escaped Earth’s orbit.

NASA Still Has No Contact With Spacecraft En Route to the Moon

By Frank Landymore

If you're worried about NASA's plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth to study them, you probably don't need to be, scientists say.

Mars Rock Samples Probably Won’t Infect Earth With Deadly Martian Plague, Scientist Says

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has encountered "communication issues" and is attempting to "re-establish contact" with its Moon-bound CAPSTONE satellite.

NASA Loses Contact With Just-Launched Spacecraft Headed Toward Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Capstone satellite is currently hurtling towards the Moon after successfully breaking free of Earth's orbit on Monday.

There’s a NASA Satellite Headed Toward the Moon Right Now

By Frank Landymore

NASA Chief Bill Nelson had some choice words to say about China's upcoming Moon missions, alleging that the nation intends to take the Moon for itself.

China Furious After NASA Accuses It of Stealing the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Obsessed with this sizable turtle, which NASA caught smiling in front of their colossal Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket.

Chunky Turtle Spotted Near NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA Needs Your Help Spotting Clouds On Mars

NASA Needs Your Help Spotting Clouds On Mars

By Frank Landymore

While examining eight-year-old data from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, scientists have made a tantalizing new discovery.

NASA Rover Finds New Potential Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Moon dirt that was digested and recovered from cockroach carcasses probably isn't going to a new home, after all. NASA wants RR Auction to halt its sale.

NASA Demands Return of Moon Dust Pooped Out by Cockroaches

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA Spots Location Where Derelict Rocket Smashed Into the Moon

NASA Spots Location Where Derelict Rocket Smashed Into the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Photographer and astronomer Andrew McCarthy has shared a stunning new image he took of the International Space Station transiting in front of a sunlit Moon.

Amazing Shot Captures Space Station Flying Directly Across the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

During a crucial Artemis 1 take-off test, the NASA's seemingly doomed Space Launch System sprung a leak in a hydrogen fuel valve.

NASA’s Super Expensive Mega Moon Rocket Starts Leaking During Test

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Michio Kaku says that he often gives his students a particular experiment in which he has them calculate the probability that they wake up on Mars tomorrow.

Physicist Says There’s a Small Chance You’ll Wake Up on Mars Tomorrow Due to Quantum Physics

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is hoping to leapfrog NASA by becoming the first nation to return Mars samples, SpaceNews reports, and by July 2031.

China Announces Plan to Obtain Mars Rocks Two Years Before NASA

By Victor Tangermann

According to leaked documents obtained by Ars Technica, NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface on the Moon are in serious trouble.

Leaked Documents Show NASA’s Moon Landing Plans in Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists made a big splash, announcing they had received "suspicious signals." But they're likely the result of radio frequency interference.

Sorry, But New Signal Is Definitely Not Aliens, Says Scientist Working on Project

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the very first time, months after announcing plans to buy the social media network.

During Business Meeting, Elon Musk Suddenly Starts Talking About Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted something interesting tucked into a boulder — but NASA confirmed it was just a regular ol' piece of human trash.

NASA Accuses NASA of Littering on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of Chinese and US scientists have put their reputation on the line by claiming a narrowband signal could be a sign of extraterrestrial life.

Potential Alien Signal Coming From Direction of Earthlike Planet, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Blake Lemoine, Google engineer making claims of sentient AI, took to Twitter to inform those reaching — he's offline and away on his honeymoon.

Engineer Who Says AI Came to Life Says He Can’t Comment Further Because He’s on His Honeymoon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If you've ever eyed at a Moon rover and thought, "that thing should look like a four-legged humanoid spider crab," you're in luck.

Why Does This New Moon Rover Look Vaguely Terrifying

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

China has created a map of the Moon's surface more detailed, and at a greater scale, than any single map that came before it.

China Publishes the Most Detailed Map of the Moon Ever Made

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Office of Inspector General has released the final audit of the agency's efforts to build the Mobile Launcher 2 — and it doesn't pull any punches.

Scathing Report Admits NASA Is Years Behind Moon Landing Schedule

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has unknowingly been traveling with a pet rock companion since at least early February, covering over five miles.

There’s a Rock Stuck in the Mars Rover’s Wheel, NASA Complains

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter has run into a bit of trouble 28 successful flights and well over an entire dusty Earth year into its mission on the Red Planet.

Navigation Sensor on Mars Helicopter Dead, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has identified a top priority of what to study once on the Moon: the Gruithuisen Domes, two mysterious mounds that have scientists puzzled.

NASA Says It’s a Priority to Investigate Strange Domes on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Now, we get to see Curiosity's next fascinating discovery: two ancient "spikes" of cemented rock that almost look like the petrified remains of ancient trees.

NASA Rover Spots Extremely Weird Spikes on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA revealed that Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace will provide new-and-improved spacesuits for the upcoming Artemis moon landings, and followers were feeling a little baffled — not to mention left hanging — when the designers failed to produce any actual imagery of the fits.

We Just Got the First Peek at NASA’s Artemis Moon Landing Suits

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a strange new paper, one researcher calculates that there are four "malicious" alien civilizations in the Milky Way alone.

Study: There May Be as Many as Four Evil Civilizations in Our Galaxy

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has chosen Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to develop the next generation of spacesuits capable of protecting astronauts during spacewalks.

NASA Inks Deals for Moonwalking Suits for Artemis Landings

By Victor Tangermann

Remember those plants grown in soil collected by Apollo astronauts? Bad news -- it sounds like they didn't turn out so great.

Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched

By Noor Al-Sibai

During Ingenuity's 25th flight on April 18, the tiny Mars helicopter really outdid itself, covering just over 2,300 feet at a brisk 12 mph.

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Screaming Across Alien Landscape

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers are puzzled by a number of strange and unexplained lights that show up in photographic plates of the night sky that date back over 70 years.

Scientists Intrigued by Strange Lights in Old Space Photos

By Victor Tangermann

Moon dirt that was digested and recovered from cockroach carcasses probably isn't going to a new home, after all. NASA wants RR Auction to halt its sale.

Someone’s Selling NASA Moon Dust That Got Eaten By Cockroaches

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Russian cosmonaut has shared an amazing photo of an ice formation on the windows of the International Space Station that looks a whole lot like the moon.

Check Out This Moon-Shaped Ice Crystal on the Space Station’s Window

By Noor Al-Sibai

VC funded startup Lonestar Data Holdings wants to store data in datacenters inside the hollow lava tubes suspected to line the surface of the Moon.

Startup Announces Plans to Bury Server Farm on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

That "door" on Mars is a rock formation on Mount Sharp and it's hilariously small. A new panorama taken by the Curiosity rover shows more detail.

It Turns Out That “Door” on Mars Is Hilariously Tiny

By Lonnie Lee Hood

During a talk on NASA's objectives for human space exploration, we got an early glimpse of what a 30 day mission to the surface of Mars could look like.

NASA Reveals Early Plans to Send Two Astronauts to Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA revealed that Insight's science operations are coming to a close later this summer. By December, they say, the lander will "become inoperative."

Goodnight Sweet Prince: NASA is Officially Killing Its Mars Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Apparently the photo of a "door" on the surface of Mars was cropped just so to make it seem like something much cooler than it really is.

Bad News! That “Door” on Mars Doesn’t Look Like Much When Zoomed Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped a picture of a foot-high rock feature on Mars that looks like an alien door or tomb entrance. Cue the conspiracies!

Mars Rover Spots Something That Looks an Awful Lot Like a Door

By Lonnie Lee Hood