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NASA is about to set off an intentional and controlled fire inside a spacecraft — and it just left the International Space Station.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Setting a Fire Inside a Spaceship

Space Force leaders are worried that nobody will take them seriously if the branch were to take a bigger role in investigating reports of UFOs.
Future Society

Space Force Leaders Are Too Embarrassed to Study UFOs

In the coming years, NASA plans to crash a SpaceX rocket into a tiny moon as a test run for diverting asteroids. But the moon's name was way too boring.
Science & Energy

NASA Renames Small Moon It Plans to Smash With SpaceX

A new study suggests that Mars could still have active volcanoes, and recent eruptions could have happened 50,000 instead of billions of years ago.
Science & Energy

Study: Mars Could Still Have Active Volcanoes

NASA is expecting to start returning SpaceX Crew Dragon pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth from the ISS on August 1.
NASA

NASA Just Picked a Date for SpaceX to Bring Back Its Astronauts

A company is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract with them to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system for travel to Mars.
Mars

Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”

As a Chinese rocket plummets to Earth after launching a space station module, the US military is taking a bold "wait and see what happens" plan of attack.
Off-World

Plummeting Chinese Rocket Crashes Into Indian Ocean

After a Russian module fired its thrusters and sent the International Space Station rotating off course, a cosmonaut says not to worry.
International Space Station

Russia Says Don’t Worry, It’s No Big Deal That We Threw the ISS Into a Tailspin

Researchers have captured the most detailed images of deep space yet using a network of more than 70,000 radio telescopes.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Capture Most High-Resolution Images of Deep Space Yet

After their initial return was delayed due to inclement weather, the astronauts of the Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft are slated to splashdown in the dark.
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Crew Dragon Astronauts Stranded in Space by Weather Will Splashdown in Dark

Footage taken from the International Space Station's live feeds and widely shared on Reddit showed some unusual groupings of mysterious lights.
Off-World

Video Appears to Show UFO Drifting Behind Space Station, But It’s Actually Something Hilariously Boring

NASA just delayed the launch date for its Mars rover, Perseverance. But barring any future delays, the mission should still go off without a hitch.
Science & Energy

NASA Pushes Back Mars Rover Launch Due to “Contamination Concern”

When SpaceX launches another four astronauts to the International Space Station, there won't be enough beds to go around.
Off-World

The Overcrowded Space Station Doesn’t Have Enough Beds

Commander and billionaire funder of the Space Crew Dragon expedition Jared Isaacman explained on Twitter why we saw so little footage last week.
Off-World

Billionaire Space Tourist Tries to Explain Lack of Footage From Inside Spaceship

During an early-morning spacewalk, one of the wrist mirrors on NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy's spacesuit broke off almost immediately.
Science & Energy

A Piece of a NASA Astronaut’s Spacesuit Just Fell Off During a Spacewalk

Retired pilot instructor Wally Funk just made it to the edge of space on board Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft RSS First Step.
Off-World

82-Year-Old Woman Becomes Oldest Person in Space

The just-launched "Lunar Loo Challenge" tasks amateur rocket scientists to come up with a toilet that can handle near-zero and Moon gravity.
Moon

NASA Says It Needs a New Space Toilet for the Artemis Moon Missions

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.
Moon

NASA: Next Moon Astronauts Will Hike 10 Miles on Lunar Surface

SpaceX has hoisted its next massive Starship prototype called SN11 to the launch pad at its testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.
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SpaceX Just Rolled Its Next Starship Prototype Onto the Pad

DARPA plans to send a nuclear-powered rocket into orbit by 2025. It can't get there on its own, but once it's in space it could make Mars trips much faster.
Off-World

DARPA Is Planning to Launch a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft