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NASA just unveiled the winners of its "Exploring Hell" contest, in which it asked for designs for a rover that could survive a trip to Venus.

NASA Venus Rover Designed For “Exploring Hell”

By Dan Robitzski

In a news conference, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley told reporters what it's like to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon back to Earth.

NASA Astronauts “Almost Speechless” At How Well SpaceX Crew Dragon Did

By Victor Tangermann

Shortly after rocketing into orbit, NASA's Perseverance rover experienced a couple of small hiccups: a minor communications and temperature glitch.

NASA’s New Rover Hit a Glitch After Launch, Entered “Safe Mode”

By Victor Tangermann

At exactly 7:50 am EDT this morning, NASA successfully launched its Perseverance rover mission to Mars from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA Blasts Off Most Sophisticated Mars Mission in Human History

By Victor Tangermann

Besides a whole host of fascinating scientific instruments, NASA"s Perseverance rover will also be carrying small bits of space suit to the Martian surface.

On Tomorrow’s Launch, NASA Is Sending Spacesuit Chunks to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has assigned crew members for its Crew-2 mission, possibly the third time a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will visit the ISS with astronauts on board.

NASA Announces Crew For Upcoming SpaceX Mission

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to embark on its latest Mars mission, sending its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on its long journey to the Red Planet atop an Atlas V rocket.

Here’s How to Watch NASA Launch a Mars Mission This Week

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is planning to watch newborn stars from high up in the Earth's atmosphere using a gigantic football stadium-sized balloon.

NASA Wants to Watch Newborn Stars From a Ginormous, Stadium-Sized Balloon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's next-gen Mars rover Perseverance is outfitted with not just one but two microphones. We could finally get to listen to the sounds of Mars.

NASA’s Next Rover Will Bring First-Ever Microphone to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is asking university students to come up with a solution to a "messy problem:" lunar dust. It's not only extremely sticky, it's also a health threat.

NASA is Asking Students to Come up With a Lunar Dust Buster

By Victor Tangermann

Using a new toolkit that scientists are calling a "robot hotel," a robot just scanned the outside of the International Space Station for coolant leaks.

NASA Is Using a Robot to Search for Leaks Outside the Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

Three historic joysticks used to control NASA's Apollo 11 command module have just sold for more than $780,000 at an auction, going against NASA's wishes.

Someone Just Sold Apollo 11’s Joysticks, Against NASA’s Wishes

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientist Max Coleman has been trying to figure out if its possible to grow radishes in lunar soil analogues in his kitchen.

NASA Experiment: Radishes Could Probably Grow in Lunar Soil

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity rover encountered a strangely-colored rock on Mars and did what any smart robot would do: blasted it with a laser to see what was inside.

NASA’s Mars Rover Spent the Weekend Shooting a Weird-Looking Rock With a Laser

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is expecting to start returning SpaceX Crew Dragon pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth from the ISS on August 1.

NASA Just Picked a Date for SpaceX to Bring Back Its Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

The first lunar settlers might live in the space version of an RV, which is currently being developed by JAXA, NASA, and Toyota.

NASA Spokesperson Says Agency Is Working on an “RV for the Moon”

By Dan Robitzski

Russian space corporation Roscomosos chief Dmitry Rogozin had no kind words to spare about NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon.

Russian Space Chief “Not Interested” in Working With NASA on Missions to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may finally launch in 2021 after having completed its final litany of critical software and electrical systems tests.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Its Final Tests

By Victor Tangermann

A company called Pioneer Astronautics just got millions in funding from NASA to develop a way to extract oxygen from beneath the lunar surface.

NASA Pumps Funding Into Startup That Says It Can Harvest Oxygen From Lunar Regolith

By Dan Robitzski

After a lengthy "hammering session" of 150 strokes, the "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander started "bouncing in place."

Crap: NASA’s Mars “Mole” Finally Started Digging, Then Hit Another Obstacle

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity rover is about to embark on an epic new adventure at Mount Sharp, a gigantic mountain on Mars, to look for signs of ancient life.

NASA Rover Starts New “Road Trip” Across Martian Wasteland

By Victor Tangermann

According to a House appropriations bill released today, Congress doesn't intend to raise NASA's budget, setting aside the same $22.63 billion for 2021.

Congress Budget Denies NASA Full Funding for Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing staff in Mississippi just powered up the core stage of the super-heavy-duty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that it's building for NASA.

Boeing Just Powered Up NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever

By Jon Christian

SpaceX Crew Dragon's solar arrays that provide power to the spacecraft are "degrading a little bit better than predicted."

International Space Station

NASA Says The SpaceX Crew Dragon Module Parked at the ISS Is Generating Way More Power Than Expected

By Victor Tangermann

An Arizona forest fire has grown so large that satellites can easily see it from space, according to a new post by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This Forest Fire Was So Huge, NASA Spotted It From Space

By Jon Christian

NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken got a tremendous view during their spacewalk on Monday. "Not bad for a view while working."

NASA Astronaut Says SpaceX Crew Dragon Looked “Awesome” During Spacewalk

By Victor Tangermann

A team at NASA has figured out a way to stop touching your face during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: a pendant that scolds you every time you try.

NASA Invents Wearable That Scolds You For Touching Your Face

By Victor Tangermann

The just-launched "Lunar Loo Challenge" tasks amateur rocket scientists to come up with a toilet that can handle near-zero and Moon gravity.

NASA Says It Needs a New Space Toilet for the Artemis Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

After Russia halted its orbital space tourism program in 2010, the country's space agency Roscosmos is planning to send two citizens to the ISS in 2023.

International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Sending Two Tourists to the International Space Station, Including a Spacewalk

By Victor Tangermann

During an early-morning spacewalk, one of the wrist mirrors on NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy's spacesuit broke off almost immediately.

A Piece of a NASA Astronaut’s Spacesuit Just Fell Off During a Spacewalk

By Dan Robitzski

In a matter of weeks, NASA is planning to conduct a "demonstration" of the Crew Dragon with four of the five current ISS crew members on board.

NASA Planning Mysterious Test With ISS-Docked SpaceX Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently discovered an exoplanet the size of Neptune that whips around its star nearly once per week, all while being bombarded by solar storms.

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Whipping Around Star Every Week

By Dan Robitzski

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just caught the "bat shadow" of a newborn star moving, as if it was a pair of flapping bat wings.

NASA Says Hubble Observed a “Flapping Shadow” in Distant Space

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced today that it's renaming its Washington, DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black engineer in the space program.

NASA to Rename HQ After “Hidden Figures” Engineer Mary W. Jackson

By Jon Christian

A team of Harvard astronomers are collaborating on a new project to scan the skies for signs of technological signatures from alien civilizations.

NASA Funds Harvard Hunt for Alien “Technological Civilizations”

By Victor Tangermann

This year, NASA wants to take a giant leap from scanning Mars' geographical features using surface-bound rovers to launching a small helicopter.

Here’s NASA’s Ingenious Way of Testing Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

When the Artemis astronauts land on the surface of the Moon, NASA expects them to be able to trek ten miles on foot each time they venture out.

NASA: Next Moon Astronauts Will Hike 10 Miles on Lunar Surface

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's New Horizons space probe is so far away from Earth that it can see stars from entirely different angles than ever before.

NASA Spacecraft so Far Away It Can See Stars from Different Angle

By Dan Robitzski

NASA pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley described their experience of riding SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS. It was a bit of a rough ride.

Astronaut: SpaceX Ride Not as “Smooth” as NASA Space Shuttle

By Victor Tangermann

According to ZDNet, SpaceX pulled off its historic Falcon 9 launch using a version of the open source operating system Linux.

SpaceX Sent NASA Astronauts Into Orbit Using Linux

By Jon Christian

The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx recently flew near the surface of the asteroid Bennu to map out alternative landing sites for its sample collection mission.

NASA Snaps Closeup Shots of Potential Asteroid Landing Site

By Dan Robitzski

A new petition signed by a number of NASA employees is calling for president Donald Trump to stop taking credit for SpaceX and NASA accomplishments.

NASA and SpaceX Employees Reportedly Furious at Trump Admin

By Victor Tangermann

After over a year, NASA's InSight Mars lander finally managed to get its thermal probe underground, where it can record the planet's internal temperature.

NASA InSight Lander Finally Manages to Bury Its Probe Into Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA might soon end its reliance on Russia to send astronauts into space. In fact, Russian cosmonauts might soon have to chose SpaceX instead.

NASA: Russia May Be Forced to Launch Cosmonauts With SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Watch NASA Astronauts Give Zero-G Tour of SpaceX’s New Capsule

Watch NASA Astronauts Give Zero-G Tour of SpaceX’s New Capsule

By Victor Tangermann

At 4:33pm, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley launched into space on board a Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9.

SpaceX Makes History: Launches NASA Astronauts Into Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is about to embark on a historic journey tomorrow. So here's how to watch live as the space company attempts to make history.

Here’s How to Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts Into Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Officials had to chase away a six foot alligator from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.

NASA Had to Chase an Alligator Off the SpaceX Launchpad

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just cleared SpaceX the go-ahead for its historic launch scheduled for May 27. "We are go for launch!" NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted.

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission for Liftoff

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is looking for participants to spent eight months together inside a spaceflight simulator at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow.

NASA Will Pay You to Chill in a Fake Mars Mission for 8 Months

By Victor Tangermann

Douglas Loverro, the head of NASA's human spaceflight office just resigned a mere week before SpaceX's historic NASA astronaut launch.

NASA Leader Mysteriously Resigns After Unspecified Scandal

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.

NASA: Please Follow These Space Rules We Can’t Enforce

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has launched a browser-based simulator that allows you to take over the controls of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and dock it to the Space Station.

International Space Station

Dock a SpaceX Spacecraft to the ISS in This Amazing Simulator

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to set off an intentional and controlled fire inside a spacecraft — and it just left the International Space Station.

NASA Is Setting a Fire Inside a Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT researchers are suggesting that we could use a "dynamic orbital slingshot" to get an unprecedented up-and-close look at interstellar objects.

NASA Wants to Chase Interstellar Objects With “Orbital Slingshot”

By Victor Tangermann

A ventilator developed by NASA engineers and designed to save COVID-19 patients was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.

FDA Approves NASA Ventilator for Use on COVID Patients

By Victor Tangermann

Next month, NASA and SpaceX will launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the ISS for the first time in years. Don't break quarantine to watch it happen.

NASA: Don’t Break Quarantine to Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts

By Dan Robitzski

A team of NASA researchers have developed a ventilator for treating COVID-19 patients in just 37 days and is requesting the FDA for fast-tracked approval.

NASA Develops Ventilator to Treat Coronavirus Patients

By Victor Tangermann

A new study penned by an international team of researchers could give us clues about interstellar object 2l/Borisov's origins.

NASA: Something Is Off About This Interstellar Comet

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has transitioned to controlling the rover from their home offices amid the coronavirus outbreak.

NASA Employees Are Running the Mars Curiosity Rover From Home

By Victor Tangermann

A spectacular new view of the Pillars of Creation, released by NASA, shows the iconic cosmic image in a new light: in infrared.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Infrared Image of Pillars of Creation

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is funding research for a conceptual telescope called a "solar gravitational lens" that could observe distant exoplanets at an astonishing resolution.

NASA Telescope Idea Could Spot Vegetation on Distant Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has outlined its plans for a lunar base camp called the Artemis Base Camp in a new 13-page report submitted to the National Space Council last week.

Here’s NASA’s Plan for a Lunar “Base Camp”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Juno spacecraft took this dramatic image of Jupiter's "tumultous northern regions" during a close flyby on February 17, 2020.

Glorious NASA Photo Shows “Thin Bands” Running Across Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann