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Bill Nelson is now officially the Biden-era Administrator of NASA. Here's some of what we know about his past career in space and the Senate.

Eight Facts About the New Head of NASA, Bill Nelson

By Dan Robitzski

Russia has begun vacuum testing its "Science" module intended to build out the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Quitting the ISS, But It’s Also Testing a New ISS Module

By Victor Tangermann

NASA may have accidentally brought extremely hardy microbial life to Mars, spreading life throughout and contaminating the solar system.

Cornell Scientist: NASA May Have Accidentally Spread Life to Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is barred from collaborating with China and its leadership says it's not concerned about China's ambitions. But experts suggest it should be.

Head of NASA Slams China for Crashing Used Rocket Into Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed its fifth flight — a one-way trip to the Martian craft's new home base.

NASA Mars Helicopter Completes One-Way Flight to New Home Base

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has released the first-ever sounds of its Mars Helicopter in flight, picked up by the agency's Perseverance rover some 262 feet away.

Listen to NASA’s Mars Helicopter Taking Off

By Victor Tangermann

The Parker Solar Probe broke two of its own records, for being fastest human-made object and taking the closest apporach to the Sun.

A NASA Spacecraft Just “Touched” the Outer Layer of the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

The 2021 Planetary Defense Conference Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise concluded that we don't have the tech to stop an asteroid impact.

Giant Asteroid Hits Europe After NASA Fails to Stop It, In a Simulation

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine released a statement last week about how he's disappointed with SpaceX's efforts to return Americans to space.

In Stunning Reversal, NASA Halts $2.9 Billion Contract with SpaceX

By Tony Ho Tran

The Senate unanimously voted to confirm Biden nominee Bill Nelson, a former Senator and astronaut, as the new Administrator of NASA.

Congress Names Former Astronaut as New NASA Leader

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars Helicopter has failed to get off the ground for its fourth flight, according to a Thursday tweet by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Fails to Make It Off the Ground for Fourth Flight

By Victor Tangermann

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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Record Speeds in Third Flight

By Tony Ho Tran

Watch an Astronaut Play Piano on the ISS as the Earth Drifts in the Background

International Space Station

Watch an Astronaut Play Piano on the ISS as the Earth Drifts in the Background

By Victor Tangermann

After its first groundbreaking flight on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to take off for the second time.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Much Longer Flight, Does Tricks

By Victor Tangermann

A scientific instrument attached to NASA's Perseverance rover just sucked up a bit of carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere and turned it into oxygen.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Turned Martian CO2 Into Oxygen

By Victor Tangermann

In the process of lifting off from the Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter kicked up a real storm, as a new video shows.

New Vid Shows NASA’s Mars Helicopter Kicking Up Dust During Flight

By Victor Tangermann

The head of Russia's space program Dmitry Rogozin has confirmed that the country will pull out of the International Space Station after 20 years.

International Space Station

Russia Confirms That It’s Abandoning the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

According to Bob Balaram, Ingenuity's chief engineer at JPL, NASA's Mars helicopter has managed to shake off some dust that accumulated on its solar panels.

NASA Says Mars Helicopter Is Now Healthier Than It Was Before Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Russia may soon be abandoning the aging International Space Station — and focus on launching and populating its own space station instead.

International Space Station

Russia Is Reportedly Abandoning the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity became the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on the surface of another planet earlier this morning.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Achieves Flight on Red Planet

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to to build a rocket capable of landing astronauts on the Moon.

NASA Reportedly Chooses SpaceX to Develop Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars lander InSight is caked in so much dust that it can't harness enough solar energy to stay operational through the Martian winter.

NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has signed a "Space Act Agreement" with what could be the first reality show set in space called "Space Hero," as Space.com reports.

NASA Considering Reality TV Show Filmed on Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.

NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly

By Victor Tangermann

The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

NASA Plans to Land First Person of Color on the Moon in Artemis Program

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA released a stunning new photo of Mars on Thursday depicting a series of bright-blue dunes near the Red Planet’s polar cap.

Amazing NASA Photo Shows Bright-Blue Dunes on Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA just powered up its Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time — not on the Martian surface, but in the middle of interplanetary space.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Error, First Flight Delayed

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA just funded a project that wants to explore the clouds of Venus with a swarm of kite-like spacecraft that glide through the atmosphere.

NASA Funds Spacecraft “Swarm” to Explore Venus

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has sent back a sweet selfie, a stunningly crisp self-image of the six-wheeled rover's "head."

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Took a Selfie and It’s Actually Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just dropped a 14,000 pound model of its Orion spacecraft into a big pool to make sure that it would hold up during a splashdown.

Watch as NASA Drops a Spacecraft Into a Huge Dunk Tank

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars helicopter dubbed Ingenuity is online and just snapped its first color photo over the weekend.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is Online and Just Sent Back a Photo

By Victor Tangermann

In an email to Futurism, JPL media relations specialist Andrew Good confirmed that the "rainbow" spotted by Perseverance was the result of a lens flare.

NASA: That’s Not a Rainbow We Photographed on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own

By Victor Tangermann

Four current crew members on board the ISS took SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft nicknamed Resilience for a spin early Monday morning.

Watch NASA Astronauts Take SpaceX Spacecraft for a Joyride

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently ran a ground test for the propulsion system on their Gateway lunar orbiter. It'll allow the future space station to explore the Moon.

NASA Tests Propulsion System for Lunar Space Station

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has been teasing that there are two yet-undiscovered Easter eggs on its Perseverance Rover. Anyone who wants to find them has until Easter to try.

NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered

By Dan Robitzski

The Solar Orbiter, a NASA and ESA spacecraft that's exploring the Sun, is kept safe from heat and radiation by a coating of charred, ground-up bones.

NASA’s Sun-Exploring Spacecraft Contains Powdered Bones

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have found that a highly controversial spacecraft thruster prototype called the EmDrive may not produce any thrust at all.

New Tests Cast Doubt On NASA’s Physics-Defying Thruster Design

By Victor Tangermann

NASA showed off a picture of a peculiar Martian rock that was zapped with its rover Perseverance's onboard laser.

NASA Shows Off Photo of Rock With Laser Holes From Mars Rover

By Victor Tangermann

In a rare turn of events, China's National Space Administration (CNSA) exchanged information with NASA about its Mars orbiter, as SpaceNews.com reports.

China Shared Information With NASA About Its Mars Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is getting ready to gently lower the agency's Ingenuity helicopter onto the Martian surface below it.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Just Unfurled Its Legs

By Victor Tangermann

During a press conference, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin told reporters that the leak on board the space station was a "scratch" about two to three cm long.

NASA Offers $400 Million for Companies to Build New Space Stations

By Tony Ho Tran

Blue Origin and NASA are developing artificial gravity by rotating the entire rocket and using centrifugal force, kind of like a carnival ride.

NASA and Blue Origin Developing Artificial Gravity Trick

By Dan Robitzski

To celebrate the occasion, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is stashing a small piece of fabric from the famous Wright aircraft under its solar panel.

NASA Hid a Small Piece of the Wright Brothers’ Airplane in Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has chosen the location to attempt a historic first with its Ingenuity Helicopter: the first time a manmade object to take flight on Mars.

NASA Chooses “Airfield” Location for Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

By Victor Tangermann

According to anonymous sources, president Joe Biden is eying Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for the role of NASA administrator, The Verge reports.

Biden Reportedly Picks Former Astronaut as a New Head of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released recordings of its Perseverance rover driving on the surface of Mars. And it sounds rough.

Listen to the Sounds NASA’s Rover Makes As It Drives Around Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released a number of gorgeous digital renders of a SpaceX Dragon XL lunar resupply spacecraft rendezvousing with the lunar Gateway.

NASA Releases Beautiful New Renders of Lunar Gateway Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

After the military coup in Myanmar, Japan's space agency halted a joint project with Myanma scientists to prevent it from being exploited by the army.

International Space Station

Satellites Are Stranded on the ISS Because of a Military Coup

By Dan Robitzski

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.

NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

By Tony Ho Tran

At a recent meeting about NASA's James Webb space telescope, engineers voiced their concern over pirates, as The Atlantic reports.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

In a clip uploaded to SoundCloud, we get to listen to "the first audio recordings of laser strikes on Mars," courtesy of NASA's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s New Rover Just Shot a Rock With Its Laser

By Victor Tangermann

After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Mars rover is getting ready for its big journey — and dropping off a special delivery.

NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

A massive 164-foot asteroid called 2006 QV89 has a one in 7,000 chance of bashing into the Earth on the morning of September 9, according to the ESA.

NASA: This Asteroid Will Get So Close It Could Smash Into Earth’s Satellites

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.

NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has spent the last week getting ready for work and stretching its seven foot robotic arm.

NASA’s Mars Rover “Percy” Stretches Its Arm for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released the first ever microphone recordings taken on the surface of Mars, as picked up by one of the Perseverance Mars rover's two microphones.

NASA Releases First-Ever Recording of Sound on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is preparing for a grounded voltage test of its all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane, which will prepare the team for actual test flights.

NASA Is Testing an All-Electric Airplane

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are calling on NASA to rename the James Webb Space Telescope due to Webb's extended legacy and questionable human rights record.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Hated Gay People. Why Are We Naming a Telescope After Him?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA embedded a secret code on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover to help inspire others. Here's exactly what it says.

All the Easter Eggs NASA Engineers Left on the Mars Rover

By Tony Ho Tran