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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

NASA built an autonomous robot named BRUIE that may be able to hunt for signs of life on distant ocean worlds like Europa.

Here’s the Robot NASA Wants to Use to Hunt Aliens on Ocean Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

This guy took a relatively clear, awesome photograph of the ISS — the International Space Station — right from his backyard.

International Space Station

This Guy Took a Photo of the ISS from His Backyard

By Foster Kamer

Elon Musk-led space company SpaceX signed a contract with NASA on Friday for supplying the Gateway, a space station orbiting the Moon, with cargo.

NASA Hires SpaceX to Supply Lunar Gateway Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

After revisiting 34-year-old data. NASA made a shocking discovery: Uranus is leaking its gassy atmosphere out into space.

NASA Data Shows Something Leaking Out of Uranus

By Dan Robitzski

Bad news, space fans: NASA just announced they're gonna have reschedule that trip to the Moon they'd been planning in a few years.

NASA: Bad News, Something Came Up, Gotta Rain-Check That Moon Trip :(

By Foster Kamer

In a last-resort move to free up the InSight Mars rover's digging probe, NASA engineers programmed the rover to thwack it with a shovel.

NASA Fixes Mars Lander By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shovel

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is taking many precautionary measures to ensure that the coronavirus outbreak doesn't have a chance to spread among its employees and astronauts.

NASA Worried Astronauts Could Spread Coronavirus on Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of astrobiologists claim that organic molecules discovered by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover could be evidence for early life on Mars.

Scientists: NASA Rover Has Found Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new internal report, developing the rocket meant to bring crewmembers to the Moon in 2024 has NASA years behind and billions over budget.

NASA’s Own Report Admits Its Non-SpaceX Rocket Is a Disaster

By Dan Robitzski

Planetary scientist James O'Donoghue announced a definitive ranking of all the "ringed planet" emojis out there, based on which looked most like Saturn.

Former NASA Scientist Absolutely Shreds Planet Emojis

By Dan Robitzski

After a nation-wide stdudent contest, NASA has selected "Perseverance" as the name for its next Mars rover, set to launch later this year.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Officially Has a Name

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Voyager 2, currently in interstellar space billions of miles from Earth, has recovered from a serious glitch it experienced in late January.

NASA Spacecraft Recovers from Glitch 11.5 Billion Miles From Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has struck a deal with the Elon Musk-led SpaceX to launch its historic uncrewed mission to the metallic asteroid Psyche.

NASA Hires SpaceX to Launch Mission to Giant Metal Asteroid

By Jon Christian

NASA has learned that Boeing did not perform a "full, end-to-end integrated test" of its astronaut-ferrying Starliner spacecraft with the Atlas V rocket.

NASA: Boeing Skipped Crucial Software Test of Starliner Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Six new studies were published today, detailing some of the discoveries made by NASA's InSight Mars lander, including evidence of a strange glow in the sky.

NASA Lander Detects Strange Glow In Sky of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

If there's life on Mars, experts agree, it's probably beneath the surface. Finding evidence could require some lateral thinking -- or boots on the ground.

Here’s Why NASA Suspects Mars Life Could Be Hiding Underground

By Jon Christian

Australia Wants to Help NASA Build Space Station Using Robots

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is building a huge dish in California that it hopes will allow Mars astronauts to communicate with Earth — using high-powered lasers.

NASA: Mars Astronauts Will Use Lasers to Communicate With Earth

By Jon Christian

Apply now! NASA is officially accepting astronaut applications for its next generation of astronauts that could one day travel to the Moon and Mars.

Here’s Where You Can Apply to Be a NASA Moon Astronaut

By Victor Tangermann

William Gerstenmaier, who served as the chief of NASA’s human spaceflight program for 14 years, has found himself new gig: working at SpaceX.

SpaceX Hires Former NASA Chief of Human Spaceflight

By Kristin Houser

NASA will need $35 billion over the next four years to successfully complete the Artemis Moon mission, according to Human Spaceflight Chief Doug Loverro.

NASA: Next Moon Landing Will Cost About $35 Billion

By Kristin Houser