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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

A new antimicrobial coating kept bacteria from growing on the International Space Station's door, which could protect immune-compromised astronauts.

International Space Station

Scientists’ New Goal: Make the ISS Bathroom Less Disgusting

By Dan Robitzski

NASA collaborators admitted that they're not sure what's wrong with the InSight lander's instrument that was supposed to dig into the surface of Mars.

NASA Isn’t Sure What’s Wrong With Its InSight Mars Lander

By Jon Christian

NASA just announced that one of its spacecrafts has made a surprise discovery: "particle plumes erupting" from the surface of a large asteroid called Bennu.

NASA Shocked by “Plumes Erupting From an Asteroid’s Surface”

By Jon Christian

NASA: Meteor Exploded Over Russia With 10x Energy of Atomic Bomb

NASA: Meteor Exploded Over Russia With 10x Energy of Atomic Bomb

By Victor Tangermann

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NASA Engineer: Humans Should Consider Settling Saturn’s Moon Titan

By Jon Christian

Tests show that dormant herpes viruses reactivate in more than half the astronauts who travel on the Space Shuttle and International Space station.

NASA: Space Travel Is Causing Astronauts’ Herpes to Flare Up

By Jon Christian

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested NASA might use a commercial rocket to boost its Orion crew capsule around the Moon in 2020.

NASA Might Send Astronauts Around the Moon on Commercial Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA could put humans on Mars in just five years if given the money to do so, according to Ellen Stofan, the agency's former chief scientist.

Former NASA Chief Scientist: Humans Could Be on Mars in Five Years

By Kristin Houser

NASA has big plans for its female astronauts — according to administrator Jim Bridenstine, the first person to reach Mars will "likely" be a woman.

NASA Leader: First Human on Mars “Likely to Be” a Woman

By Kristin Houser

NASA included a possible 2026 sample return mission to Mars in this week's budget request. Congress has yet to approve the budget.

NASA Wants to Send a Sample Return Mission to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Spots “Moving Water Molecules” on the Moon

NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Spots “Moving Water Molecules” on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

New data collected by NASA, using two space telescopes, shows that the vast majority of our galaxy's mass is dark matter.

New NASA Measurements: Milky Way Galaxy Is “On the Beefier Side”

By Jon Christian

NASA engineers have captured the first images of the interaction between shockwaves from a pair of flying supersonic aircraft — and they are stunning.

NASA’s Stunning Image: Supersonic Shockwaves Smashing Together

By Kristin Houser

NASA Is About to Test a Giant Solar Drone That Broadcasts 5G

NASA Is About to Test a Giant Solar Drone That Broadcasts 5G

By Victor Tangermann

On March 29, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will leave the ISS to embark on the world's first all-female spacewalk.

NASA Announces World’s First All-Female Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser

NASA’s InSight Mars Rover Runs Into Trouble Digging a Hole

NASA’s InSight Mars Rover Runs Into Trouble Digging a Hole

By Victor Tangermann

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a prescription treatment for depression that's based on ketamine, marking a new use for an old anesthetic.

FDA Approves Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray to Treat Depression

By Jon Christian

Canada agrees to invest C$150 million in the U.S.'s Lunar Gateway, becoming the nation's first international partner in the ambitious space program.

Canada Commits $150 Million to NASA’s Moon-Orbiting Space Station

By Kristin Houser

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which touched down in 2014, experienced a "hiccup" while booting up last week. For now, it's back online.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Recovers After Serious Glitch

By Jon Christian

NASA and SpaceX decided to proceed with plans yesterday for the first ever test flight, dubbed Demo-1, of SpaceX's Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft.

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon’s First Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

During a ceremony announcing Opportunity's death, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said the agency is "well on [its[ way" to discovering alien life.

NASA Chief: Space Agency “Well on Our Way” to Discovering Aliens

By Kristin Houser

NASA commissioned SpaceX and Boeing to develop shuttles for crewed missions. Upcoming test flights may be delayed as NASA found several safety flaws.

NASA Warns SpaceX and Boeing About Safety Flaws in Spacecraft

By Dan Robitzski

A new NASA page beams weather data from the space agency's InSight lander, on the Red Planet, straight to your web browser.

NASA Lander Now Provides Daily Martian Weather Reports

By Jon Christian

NASA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working on sending an underwater drone to the deepest points of the Earth's oceans.

NASA’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Could Eventually Look for Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

An anthropologist is making the case that long space missions, like a crewed trip to Mars, would require crew members with senses of humor.

NASA Is Studying Whether a Mars Crew Would Need a Class Clown

By Jon Christian

A NASA director warned that Elon Musk's proposed Starship design was going to be "orders of magnitude" more difficult than any NASA project in history.

NASA Chief: SpaceX’s Starship Tougher Than Any NASA Project, Ever

By Jon Christian

NASA is Finally Ready to Say Goodbye to its Opportunity Rover

NASA is Finally Ready to Say Goodbye to its Opportunity Rover

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly announced Tuesday that he's running for Senate in Arizona — and positioned himself as a defender of science.

NASA Astronaut Runs for Senate, Warns Of “Retreat From Science”

By Jon Christian

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine published a bold essay outlining the space agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.

NASA Head: “This Time, When We Go to the Moon, We Will Stay.”

By Jon Christian

NASA administrator Thomas Zurbuchen argues that extraterrestrial life may be out there, given recent discoveries of off-world water and organic molecules.

NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought

By Dan Robitzski

NSA's Curiosity rover just took a last selfie before leaving the Vera Rubin Ridge on the surface of Mars. Its next stop is a suspected dried-up lake bed.

NASA’s Rover Sends Home Captivating Selfie of Martian Landscape

By Victor Tangermann

On the week of the 15th anniversary of NASA's Opportunity rover's touchdown, officials are acknowledging that it could be permanently out of commission.

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Feared Dead: “An Honorable Death”

By Jon Christian

U.S. President Donald Trump offered NASA unlimited funding if it meant the agency could send a crewed mission to Mars by the end of his first term.

Trump Offered NASA an Unlimited Budget if It Sent Humans to Mars

By Jon Christian

A stylized picture of a 3D-printed heart like one NASA wants to print in space.

Here’s Why NASA Wants to 3D Print Human Hearts in Space

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA scientist just made animations showing how slow the speed of light is compared to the scale of the cosmos to explain why we haven't traveled far.

New NASA Animations Show How Slowly Light Travels Through Space

By Dan Robitzski

In a live stream, NASA's New Horizon spacecraft team revealed new details about Ultima Thule — a space rock floating 6.6 kilometers away from Earth.

Here’s NASA’s Newly-Released Image of Ultima Thule

By Victor Tangermann

An upcoming NASA mission will test Earth's planetary defense against a killer asteroid by smashing a probe into a distant space rock.

NASA Scientist: Asteroid Deflection Mission Not Like “Armageddon”

By Jon Christian