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A Soyuz launched a NASA astronaut to the ISS, the last time NASA paid for an American astronaut to fly with the Russian space corporation, Roscosmos.

Russia Launches Final Soyuz With NASA Astronauts Aboard

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is now running underwater tests for the spacesuits it plans on using for the upcoming series of Artemis missions to the Moon.

NASA Is Now Testing Its Artemis Moon Landing Spacesuit

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's four-wheeled rover called DuAxel can split into two separate two-wheeled rovers, and is intended to explore hard to reach places in faraway places.

NASA Shows Off Transforming Rover for Exploring Steep Cliffs on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Ancient Rivers on Asteroid

NASA Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Ancient Rivers on Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Invests in 3D Printing Space Habitat Technology

NASA Invests in 3D Printing Space Habitat Technology

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released a "treasure trove of cosmic delights," gorgeous imagery courtesy of telescopes from around the world, last month.

Gorgeous NASA X-Ray Images of Universe Look Like an 80s Nightclub

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to send a $23 million space toilet up to the International Space Station — its first new toilet in 30 years — for a test run.

NASA’s New Space Toilet Is Heading to the Space Station For, Uh, Tests

By Dan Robitzski

NASA launched a new citizen science project called Planet Patrol that asks for the public to help identify new exoplanets.

New Website Lets You Help NASA Find Alien Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

According to an update, NASA's ground analysis concluded that the leak on board the International Space Station "appeared to grow in size."

International Space Station

NASA Says the International Space Station Is Leaking Faster Now

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has officially set the date for SpaceX's long awaited Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station for 2:40 am Eastern time on October 31.

NASA: Next SpaceX Astronaut Launch Will Be on Halloween

By Victor Tangermann

Later this month, NASA is scheduled to launch an unusual payload — 10 bottles of a face cream by cosmetics company Estée Lauder.

NASA Is Using Its Astronauts to Help Promote a Cosmetics Company

By Jon Christian

After about a year, NASA and Roscosmos have just about narrowed down the source of the ongoing air leak on the International Space Station.

NASA Says It’s Almost Found the Leak on the International Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

NASA and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are launching a spacecraft to the far side of the Moon so it can listen to extremely faint radio signals.

NASA Is Heading to the Far Side of the Moon to Study the Ancient Universe

By Dan Robitzski

NASA and the U.S. Space Force just signed a formal agreement to collaborate on objectives ranging from space travel to planetary defense.

NASA and the US Space Force Are Officially Teaming Up

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is yet on another budget crunch in its efforts to realize the Trump administration's ambitious plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024.

NASA Unveils Flabbergasting Budget For Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has built a system that could make landing on the Moon or Mars a whole lot less risky — and it already has plans to test it out on an upcoming mission.

NASA Has Figured Out a New Way to Safely Land on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Space Hero, a US-based production company, has figured out a way to secure a spot on a 2023 mission to the International Space Station

International Space Station

Reality TV Show Says It Will Send Contestant to International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Military contractor Dynetics has revealed a full-scale model of its human landing system designed to return NASA astronauts to the Moon in 2024.

New Video Shows Inside of NASA Contractor’s Proposed Lunar Lander

By Victor Tangermann

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to carry what will soon become the International Space Station's first privately-built airlock.

International Space Station

The ISS Is About to Get Its First Commercial Airlock

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced it's soliciting commercial companies to collect space resources, including Moon "dirt," an effort to create a marketplace for space rocks.

NASA Wants to Pay Private Companies to Bag Moon Dirt

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft got an up-close look at the asteroid Bennu as it crumbled apart and left a trail of debris and particles in its wake.

NASA Got an Up-Close Look at an Asteroid Crumbling Apart

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Orion spacecraft just completed its System Acceptance Review and Design Certification Review. In other words, it's fit for flight.

NASA’s Moon-Bound Orion Spacecraft is Officially Fit for Flight

By Victor Tangermann

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