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There's a hole on the International Space Station, allowing air to leak out — and NASA is still having trouble tracking it down.

Weeks Later, NASA Still Can’t Find Hole in Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Jim Woodward's MEGA drive, a theoretical spacecraft propulsion device, could allow us to travel to distant stars in the far future.

NASA-Funded Scientist Claims New Thruster Could Approach Light Speed

By Victor Tangermann

Northrop Grumman just ignited a booster for NASA's long-awaited Space Launch System (SLS). The ensuing fireball was so huge, it lit a nearby hill on fire.

NASA Tests Rocket So Huge It Lights Entire Hillside on Fire

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA satellite that launched in 1964 — over half a century ago — just burned up as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere.

Amazing Footage Shows Ancient NASA Satellite Burning Up During Reentry

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have uploaded a fascinating GIF video of a dust devil rolling over the Red Planet's Gale crater.

NASA Shows Off GIF of a Dust Devil on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA satellite from 1964 is going to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for an extremely fiery retirement at some point this weekend.

A NASA Satellite From the 1960s Is About to Die

By Dan Robitzski

The good news is that the air is leaking out of the space station very slowly. But the bad news is that they still haven't found it yet.

NASA Still Hasn’t Found the Damn Leak on the Space Station

By Jon Christian

NASA astronomers spotted a galaxy some 500 million light-years away that looks suspiciously like Darth Vader’s TIE fighter spacecraft from 'Star Wars.'"

NASA Amused by Galaxy That Looks Like a TIE Fighter

By Victor Tangermann

A machine learning algorithm created by a team of scientists at Warwick University just confirmed the existence of 50 new planets in a world first.

An AI Just Confirmed the Existence of 50 Planets By Digging Through NASA Data

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently put out a weird little cartoon that introduces kids to surprisingly complex topics like special relativity and the scale of the universe.

Video Shows NASA’s Bizarre Guide to Near-Light-Speed Travel

By Dan Robitzski

A new NASA facility will communicate with distant spacecraft via lasers, vastly improving the bandwidth of interplanetary communications.

NASA Facility Will Beam Messages to Space Through Lasers

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is investigating a small air leak on board the International Space Station. Luckily, the three current crew members aren't in immediate danger.

International Space Station

NASA Says There’s a Small Leak on the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin just delivered an engineering mockup of a lander that could one day carry American astronauts down to the surface of the Moon to NASA.

Blue Origin Engineers Deliver Full-Scale Prototype Moon Lander to NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists have been tracking a strange "dent" in the Earth's magnetic field as its slowly moving westwards over the southern Atlantic Ocean.

NASA Is Tracking a “Dent” in the Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Victor Tangermann

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 Just Powered Up Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

The "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander is officially "in" according to an update by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

NASA’s Mars Mole is Officially “Dug In”

By Victor Tangermann

While NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were trapped inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon for hours, they made several prank calls to pass the time.

Bored Inside Their Spacecraft, NASA Astronauts Made Prank Calls to Pass the Time

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is finally taking stock and getting rid of the various racist nicknames the space agency has granted objects in space over the years.

NASA Says It Will Stop Using Racist Names for Space Objects

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent tweet on Wednesday, president Donald Trump claimed that "NASA was Closed & Dead until I got it going again." The space community wasn't happy.

Former Astronaut Blasts Trump For Lying About NASA

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, the shape of our solar system's heliosphere could resemble a "deflated croissant," not a comet with a long tail.

NASA Imaged the Bubble Around the Solar System and… Yikes

By Victor Tangermann

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