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NASA tested its Orion spacecraft's Launch Abort System (LAS) on Tuesday — and it seems the astronaut escape plan worked exactly as hoped.

NASA’s Orion Crew Capsule Aced Its Abort System Test

By Kristin Houser

NASA's TESS mission has a new discovery: a small exoplanet named L 98-59b, the tiniest TESS has ever spotted, which NASA says could have its own atmosphere.

NASA’s TESS Mission Has Spotted Its Smallest Exoplanet Ever

By Natalie Coleman

NASA announced a new contest in which contestants are asked to come up with a design for a space garden capable of growing crops.

New NASA Contest Seeks Way to Grow a Space Garden

By Dan Robitzski

As part of project Dragonfly, NASA is planning to send a small spacecraft to Saturn's moon Titan, a moon with an extremely dense atmosphere.

Breaking: NASA Announces Mission to Saturn’s Largest Moon Titan

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is targeting November 15th as a tentative date to launch its astronaut-ferrying Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS according to NASA.

NASA Sets Tentative Date For Launching Astronauts In SpaceX Ship

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has funded a project to develop robots capable of autonomously exploring and imaging Moon pits to determine their potential usefulness.

NASA Funds $2M Study to See if We Could Live in Moon Pits

By Kristin Houser

According to a new 82 page investigation by NASA's Office of Inspector General, hackers got away with 500 megabytes of mission critical data.

Hackers Stole Data from NASA’s Robotics Lab

By Victor Tangermann

A new report fings that NASA has been downplaying the expected costs of its missions while rewarding contractors despite preventable delays

Gov. Watchdog: NASA Hid True Cost of Boeing Moon Rocket

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just zipped really close to tiny asteroid Bennu to snap an incredibly detailed image.

NASA Photographs Asteroid That Could Smash Into Earth in 22nd Century

By Victor Tangermann

NASA head Jim Bridenstine announced that the SpaceX capsule explosion earlier this year has delayed the space agency's plans for crewed missions.

NASA Head: “No Doubt” SpaceX Explosion Delayed Flight Program

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Discovers Brand-New Crater on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told CNN Business that NASA will need "$20 to $30 billion" over a span of five years to return to the Moon by 2024.

NASA Budget Billions Short to Return Americans to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Orbiter Spots “Star Trek” Starfleet Insignia on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Private space agency SpaceX and NASA chose the lucky astronauts, who will be the first to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule into space.

NASA Chooses First Astronauts to Ride SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just moved to the next phase of its Psyche mission. Now the spacecraft that will visit the distant asteroid is undergoing final design changes.

NASA Is Preparing to Explore an All-Metal Asteroid

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has stepped up to clarify what President Donald Trump meant by his confusing Moon tweet.

NASA Head: Trump’s Moon Tweet Doesn’t Change Anything

By Kristin Houser

NASA is livestreaming a video feed from the JPL clean room where it's currently assembling and testing the Mars 2020 rover.

Watch Live as NASA Builds the Mars 2020 Rover

By Kristin Houser

U.S. President Donald Trump's puzzling Moon tweet instructing NASA to focus on Mars could have something to do with a Fox anchor's comments.

Trump: “NASA Should NOT be Talking About Going to the Moon”

By Kristin Houser

NASA will officially allow regular citizens — not just certified astronauts — to visit the International Space Station.

NASA is Officially Opening the Space Station to Tourists

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is planning to send its tiny Mars Helicopter to the surface of Mars next summer. And the Helicopter just passed a couple of important milestones.

NASA Is Testing Its Tiny Mars Helicopter for July 2020 Launch

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is Launching a GPS System for Space

NASA is Launching a GPS System for Space

By Victor Tangermann

In order to pay for Artemis, NASA's upcoming 2024 Moon mission, it may have to cannibalize other parts of the space agency's budget.

NASA Is Considering Cutting Other Programs to Pay for Moon Mission

By Dan Robitzski

A new congressional report found that many ongoing NASA missions are drastically over budget and delayed past their deadlines.

Congress: NASA Is Hideously Over Budget, Plagued by Delays

By Dan Robitzski

Kathy Lueders, manager of the commercial crew program at NASA, sees SpaceX's Crew Dragon explosion as a blessing in disguise.

NASA Commercial Crew Manager Calls SpaceX Explosion a “Gift”

By Victor Tangermann

Congress allocated $125 million to NASA, directing it to develop nuclear propulsion technology that would improve flight speed on missions to deep space.

NASA Just Got $125 Million to Develop Nuclear Rockets

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has selected a number of companies to complete studies about the future of commercial spaceflight in low-Earth orbit.

NASA’s New Goal: A “Robust Economy” of Orbital Space Habitats

By Victor Tangermann

This summer, NASA astronauts will join an international diving crew in a special underwater laboratory under the Atlantic to prepare astronauts space.

NASA is Using This Underwater Lab to Train Astronauts for the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has awarded Maxar Technologies a contract worth a maximum of $375 million to build the lunar Gateway's power and propulsion element.

NASA Just Hired the First Contractor to Build Lunar Space Station

By Kristin Houser

NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft just underwent a series of extreme tests to prepare it for the intense conditions on the Red Planet's surface.

Here’s How NASA Prepares Its Spacecraft for Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA executive who was appointed only six weeks ago to lead the strategy for future missions to the Moon has resigned.

NASA’s Moon Mission Leader Just Quit After Only Six Weeks

By Victor Tangermann

Next year, NASA will launch a small spacecraft that will carry yeast cells into orbit around the Sun. Scientists hope to study how radiation affects DNA.

NASA Is About to Send the First Living Organisms Into Solar Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

The Artemis plan is an ambitious NASA plan not just to send Americans back to the Moon, but to move toward a permanent presence there.

NASA’s Plan for a Lunar Outpost Just Leaked

By Jon Christian

The House Appropriations Committee slapped down the White Houses's request for additional funds for a 2024 Moon Mission by NASA.

Congress Denies NASA Request for More Moon Mission Money

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA satellite managed to photograph the site where Beresheet, the Israeli lunar lander, crashed into the Moon last month.

NASA Found The Impact From Israel’s Crashed Moon Lander

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's upcoming crewed mission to the surface of the Moon will be named Artemis, after the Greek goddess of the moon and sister to Apollo.

NASA Just Gave the New Moon Program an Epic Name

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's "We Are Going" video, which is narrated by Star Trek actor William Shatner, details how the agency plans to pull off its ambitious 2024 Moon mission.

New Video Details NASA’s Plan to Return Humans to the Moon

By Kristin Houser

NASA and the White House are asking Congress to add $1.6 billion to NASA's budget to enable the agency's Moon mission to meet its 2024 goal.

White House, NASA Request $1.6 Billion to Return Humans to Moon

By Kristin Houser

New NASA-funded research could lead to a fully-electric jet plane powered by cyrogenically-cooled hydrogen instead of fossil fuels.

NASA Is Working on Electric Planes Powered by Cryogenic Hydrogen

By Dan Robitzski

The Trump Administration wanted NASA to put an astronaut on the Moon by 2024 instead of 2028 as originally planned. So far, the new timeline isn't working.

Congress Is Furious That NASA Doesn’t Have a Moon Plan Yet

By Dan Robitzski

Last month, a SpaceX Crew Dragon shuttle crash-landed after its parachutes failed, but NASA says it's a learning experience.

NASA Admits SpaceX Ship Crashed During Failed Test Last Month

By Dan Robitzski

The ISS is about to test a new algae bioreactor that turns carbon dioxide to food and breathable oxygen. If it works, it could allow deep space missions.

International Space Station

The ISS Now Has an “Algae Bioreactor” Generating Oxygen and Food

By Dan Robitzski

New research reveals that extended trips to space are causing astronauts' brains to fill with excess fluid and swell, potentially damaging their eyesight.

Bad News, NASA: Astronauts’ Brains Are Filling With Liquid

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has determined that a pair of Taurus XL rockets failed their satellite launch missions due to faulty materials from an aluminum manufacturer.

NASA: Manufacturer’s Lies Caused Two Satellite Launches to Fail

By Kristin Houser

This Martian Greenhouse Concept Just Won a NASA Award

This Martian Greenhouse Concept Just Won a NASA Award

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Just Recorded Its First Ever Marsquake

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Just Recorded Its First Ever Marsquake

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently tested a new drone swarm, where "Hives" release "Cicadas" to monitor the weather and atmospheric conditions.

NASA’s “Hive” Drones Can Deploy Swarms of Tiny Robot Cicadas

By Dan Robitzski

NASA approved the preliminary designs of a spacecraft expected to visit the asteroid Psyche in 2022. When it gets there, NASA won't know what to expect.

NASA Is Gearing up to Visit a Shattered, Volcanic Asteroid

By Dan Robitzski

GermFalcon, a company specializing in airplane sanitizing tech, developed a kind of space Roomba that can blast sterilising UV rays at the walls of the ISS.

International Space Station

This Space Roomba Could Clean the ISS While Astronauts Sleep

By Victor Tangermann

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash

By Dan Robitzski

By extending astronaut Christina Koch's space mission to 328 days, NASA hopes to glean new insights into the impact of longterm spaceflight on humans.

NASA Announces Plan to Keep Astronaut in Space for 328 Days

By Kristin Houser

NASA is paying a team of scientists to build an inflatable robot that can move and grasp things by selectively inflating chambers that act like muscles.

NASA is Building Inflatable Robot Astronauts

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX will provide launch services for NASA's DART mission, which is designed to test a plan for preventing an asteroid from hitting Earth.

NASA Asks SpaceX to Help It Save Earth From Incoming Asteroids

By Kristin Houser

NASA just published the full results of its extensive study into how space travel altered astronaut Scott Kelly's health and gene expression.

NASA: Genetic Changes Caused by Space Travel Are Temporary

By Dan Robitzski

Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, NASA funds projects that go "to the edge of science fiction, but not over."

NASA Is Funding the Development of 18 Bizarre New Projects

By Kristin Houser

An asrtist's rendering of NASA's Phoenix lander flexing its robotic arm.

Here’s How NASA Dreams up Robotic Arms for Landers

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey figured out how many bacteria and fungi are on the International Space Station. In some places, there are a billion cells per square meter.

International Space Station

The International Space Station is Teeming With Germs

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is sending a pair of "robotic bees" to the ISS — a project the space agency is positioning as one of the most advanced experiments in space robotics.

NASA Is Sending Cute “Robotic Bees” to the Space Station

By Jon Christian

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told the agency's employees that India's satellite destruction test has put the ISS in danger.

NASA: When India Blew up a Satellite, It Endangered Astronauts

By Kristin Houser

An airplane wing created from hundreds of identical cube-like structures has the ability to change shape automatically depended on the phase of flight.

NASA and MIT Debut Shape-Shifting Airplane Wing

By Kristin Houser

On Friday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch completed a nearly seven-hour-long ISS spacewalk, the 215th in space station history.

International Space Station

NASA Announces Successful Completion of ISS Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser

NASA crowned the top three winners of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge's latest round, challenging teams to "complete a virtual construction level."

These 3D-Printed Mars Habitats Just Won a NASA Award

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has replaced Anne McClain with male astronaut Nick Hague for what would have been the world's first all-female spacewalk.

NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed to send a spacecraft called "Trident" to Neptune's largest moon Triton.

NASA Proposes Mission to Neptune’s Largest Moon Triton

By Victor Tangermann

A drone just flew through an Icelandic cave and generated a 3D map of the area in minutes, in a test run for systems that will do the same on Mars.

NASA’s Working on a Drone to Hunt For Life in Martian Caves

By Dan Robitzski