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The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.
Moon

It’s Official: Biden Admin Fully Supports the Artemis Moon Program

According to the Space Force, SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule was never in danger as there was never any risk of colliding with any nearby object.
SpaceX

Pentagon Says SpaceX Near Collision Was a False Alarm

The International Space Station recently jettisoned a nearly three ton piece of garbage into low Earth orbit. The trash is made up of old batteries.
Off-World

The Space Station Just Released Its Largest Piece of Garbage Ever

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.
Science & Energy

NASA Snaps Closeup Shots of Potential Asteroid Landing Site

A team of scientists ground up ancient Mars rocks to see if microbes could survive on it. They did, and its biosignatures could help the Perseverance team.
Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Microbes on Actual Mars Rocks

The China National Space Administration released several new high-definition images captured by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe currently in the planet's orbit.
Mars

China Releases Stunning Images From Mars Orbiter

NASA just discovered that Saturn's moon Titan is creeping out into space 100 times faster than they previously thought it was.
Science & Energy

Saturn’s Moon Titan Is Drifting Off Into Space, NASA Says

A team of researchers at Caltech have created a fluid-like chain mail that can go rigid on command, kind of like a science fiction armor.
Science & Energy

Caltech Invents Smart Chain Mail That Can Stiffen on Command Like Sci-Fi Armor

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

NASA and SpaceX Employees Reportedly Furious at Trump Admin

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

NASA: Russia May Be Forced to Launch Cosmonauts With SpaceX

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

NASA’s New Mars Rover Officially Has a Name

A company called Pioneer Astronautics just got millions in funding from NASA to develop a way to extract oxygen from beneath the lunar surface.
Science & Energy

NASA Pumps Funding Into Startup That Says It Can Harvest Oxygen From Lunar Regolith

According to ZDNet, SpaceX pulled off its historic Falcon 9 launch using a version of the open source operating system Linux.
NASA

SpaceX Sent NASA Astronauts Into Orbit Using Linux

Douglas Loverro, the head of NASA's human spaceflight office just resigned a mere week before SpaceX's historic NASA astronaut launch.
NASA

NASA Leader Mysteriously Resigns After Unspecified Scandal

Despite budget overruns — and a pandemic — NASA is determined to get its next Mars rover called "Perseverance" off the ground in July.
Science & Energy

NASA’s New Mars Rover Still Launching in July Despite Coronavirus

Stock market company Public.com decided to give Tesla CEO Elon Musk a gift for his 50th birthday on Monday: a terrifying, life-sized bronze statue.
Elon Musk

Bronze Statue of Elon Musk Looks Nothing Like Elon Musk

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.
NASA

Astronaut: SpaceX Ride Not as “Smooth” as NASA Space Shuttle

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.
Science & Energy

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Whipping Around Star Every Week

NASA announced today that it's renaming its Washington, DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black engineer in the space program.
NASA

NASA to Rename HQ After “Hidden Figures” Engineer Mary W. Jackson

A subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency is proposing to send a nuclear power station to Mars to power a future Russian base.
Mars

Russia Proposes Nuclear Power Plant on Mars