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After a month-long saga, NASA says that the iconic Hubble Space Telescope is back online after it switched to a backup computer system.

Good News: NASA Says It Managed to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope

By Jon Christian

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has made its next big discovery: a patch of rock that "is probably exposed bedrock," according to an update.

NASA Mars Rover Found Bedrock That Looks Like Flagstones

By Victor Tangermann

After over a month of troubleshooting, NASA engineers have finally isolated the cause of a computer glitch that shut down the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA Says It’s Figured Out What’s Wrong With the Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's groundbreaking Mars Helicopter has sent back some stunning color pictures it took on July 5 while flying over the Red Planet's rocky landscape.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Sends Back Stunning Color Photos

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Lucy spacecraft was just outfitted with a message for any future civilizations that happen to discover it in the distant future.

New NASA Spacecraft Will Carry Time Capsule for the Descendants of Humans

By Dan Robitzski

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.

NASA Is Already Working on a Bigger, Better Mars Helicopter

By Dan Robitzski

NASA will attempt to switch to the Hubble Space Telescope's backup hardware some time next week after a glitch shut down operations.

There’s Officially Hope for NASA’s Broken Hubble Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is making another pit stop on its exciting journey to probe the surrounding Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life.

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Reached a New Area and It’s Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says that the government doesn't know what's behind the recent UAP sightings, but he does believe aliens are out there.

The Head of NASA Says He Believes in Aliens

By Dan Robitzski

Canadian astronaut and former space station commander Chris Hadfield urges NASA and other space agencies to partner rather than compete with China.

Former Astronaut Calls for NASA Collaboration With China

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to express his frustration in not being able to fly spacecraft "from one space station to another."

Elon Musk Criticizes NASA, Says Spaceships Should Fly Between Space Stations

By Tony Ho Tran

Members of Congress tried to pass the buck for NASA's small budget for the Artemis missions, but Administrator Bill Nelson wasn't having it.

Head of NASA Slams Congress’s Hypocrisy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists are still furiously trying to fix the main payload computer onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. But they may be closer to finding a fix.

NASA Says It’s Still Trying to Fix Damaged Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope experienced an issue with its payload computer, forcing scientific operations to grind to a halt over the weekend.

NASA’s Hubble Telescope Just Glitched Into Safe Mode, Whoops

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers have finished assembling the Space Launch System that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

NASA Has Assembled a Megarocket to Take Humans to the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

After spending over two and a half years on the surface of Mars, NASA's Insight Mars Lander is looking a little worse for wear.

NASA’s Mars Lander Is Dying

By Victor Tangermann

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has approved development of the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope to hunt out potentially life-threatening asteroids approaching our planet.

NASA to Build an Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.

NASA Is Planning to Land on Far Side of the Moon for the First Time

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a stunning 360-degree panorama of its surroundings while parked at the "Van Zyl Overlook" in the Jezero Crater.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Panorama From New Rover

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Bill Nelson has some strong feelings on the topic of space junk, as evidenced in a recent interview with CNN.

NASA Head Slams United States for “Shameful” Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview with CNN, NASA administrator Bill Nelson chimed in on the topic of UFOs ahead of the release of a long-awaited report on the matter.

NASA Head Says He’s Talked to Pilots Who Encountered UFOs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA' Juno spacecraft took two stunning images of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede during a June 7 flyby.

NASA Spacecraft Takes Gorgeous Pictures of Jupiter’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is investigating an unprecedented "Rosetta Stone" explosion on the Sun to determine what causes different types of solar eruptions.

NASA Is Investigating a Bizarre Explosion on the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

An economist examined the possible effects the discovery of aliens among our midst could have on global markets.

NASA Says It’s Going to Start Studying UFOs

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX has successfully completed their cargo resupply mission to the ISS — and brought a glow-in-the-dark squid to join the craft's crew.

International Space Station

SpaceX Flies Glow-in-the-Dark Squids to International Space Station

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.

NASA Saves Dying Mars Lander With Ingenious Hack

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has announced it has selected two new missions to Venus, our planet's closest planetary neighbor.

NASA Is Officially Headed Back to Venus

By Victor Tangermann

New NASA Picture Shows Milky Way’s Violent, Energetic “Downtown”

New NASA Picture Shows Milky Way’s Violent, Energetic “Downtown”

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA plans to launch a small satellite capable of making flashes of light visible from Earth on command, raising questions about orbital light pollution.

New NASA Satellite Will Blast Earth With Flashes You Can See From the Ground

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's recent discovery of what seems to be organic salts on Mars suggests the planet may have hosted life in the ancient past.

Why NASA Scientists Are So Excited by New Hints of Organic Compounds on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA planetary scientist Ravi Kopparapu argues that rather what UFOs are, we should first find out how to find out what they are.

NASA Scientist: We Should Take UFOs as Seriously as Mars Research

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson made the unusual implication that China released the coronavirus from a lab as an act of aggression.

The New Head of NASA Says COVID May Have Leaked From a Lab

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is preparing to begin final tests and maneuvers before its Perseverance Mars rover starts to gather and examine more samples for signs of ancient life.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Preparing to Gather Samples That May Reveal Ancient Life

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 probe is "detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas" after crossing the heliopause in 2012.

NASA Detects “Hum” Coming From Beyond Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

During its sixth flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be examining nearby rock features before touching down on a different airfield.

The Mars Helicopter Has Survived Longer Than NASA Planned

By Victor Tangermann

The Michoud Assembly Facility, where NASA is assembling its heavy-lift, lunar mission launching Space Launch System, has literal holes in the roof.

The Head of NASA Says There Are Holes in the Roof of Spacecraft Lab

By Jon Christian

During a House hearing, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced the agency is requesting more than $11 billion for its Human Landing System (HLS) program.

NASA Is Asking For an Enormous Amount of Extra Money

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are worried that spending prolonged periods of time in the microgravity of space could have negative effects on the spines of astronauts.

NASA Concerned That Space Is Destroying Astronauts’ Spines

By Victor Tangermann

Watch the James Webb Space Telescope Open Its Massive, Golden Mirrors

James Webb Space Telescope

Watch the James Webb Space Telescope Open Its Massive, Golden Mirrors

By Tony Ho Tran

If I were dropped in Jezero crater with a pressurized spacesuit, could I defeat NASA’s mighty Perseverance rover in mortal combat?

People Want NASA’s Mars Rover to Fight the Chinese Mars Rover

By Tony Ho Tran

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced he's going to visit the ISS before traveling around the Moon on board a SpaceX Starship.

International Space Station

Japanese Billionaire Buys Passage to International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

The wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are starting to look a little rough. But it can always rip them off if they get too damaged.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Is Designed to Tear Off Its Own Wheels

By Dan Robitzski

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