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Ahead of SpaceX's historic Crew-1 launch, onlookers at the John F. Kennedy Space Center are getting an amazing view of the rocket.
Crew Dragon

Crew Dragon Looks Amazing on the Launch Pad

A trio of robotics executives share how they try to prevent their products from being misused once a customer buys them for whatever purposes.
Robotics

Robotics Executives: Here’s How to Keep Our Creations in Line

SpaceX successfully landed all three of its Falcon Heavy boosters during the rocket's second launch ever, marking a new milestone in reusable rocketry.
Advanced Transport

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket For Record Ninth Time

One of the mockup Moon habitats NASA is considering is a 55-foot-long inflatable tent that reaches a height equivalent to a two-story building.
Moon

NASA’s Considering Giant Inflatable Tents for Moon Habitats

NASA engineers working on the Orion capsule meant to carry astronauts to the Moon have a smelly problem: how to design a space toilet that doesn't smell.
Off-World

The Space Station Toilet Apparently Smells Horrible

According to new drone shots, SpaceX is making great progress on building the first prototype of its Super Heavy rocket booster.
SpaceX

New Photos Show Half-Finished SpaceX Super Heavy Booster

After spending seven months attached to the ISS, Russian cargo spacecraft Progress 76P MS-15 dropped back down to Earth to burn up in the atmosphere.
Off-World

See a Russian Cargo Spaceship Disintegrating During Reentry

Once the James Webb Space Telescope launches, NASA plans to use it to take 3D images of distant quasars and their host galaxies.
Science & Energy

3D Space Images Could Reveal How Quasars Influence Galaxies

Boston Dynamics released another highlight reel of its dog-like robot, Spot, using its new robot arm to grab objects and draw with chalk.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Robodog Has a Dexterous Arm in New Video

NASA just released a new image, the clearest yet, of 2I/Borisov, the second ever interstellar visitor we've seen enter our solar system.
Science & Energy

NASA Releases New Image of Interstellar Visitor

NASA astronaut Christine Koch has returned to Earth after spending a record-setting 328 days aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Sets Space Record, Says She’ll Miss Microgravity

With the help of SpaceX, a multimedia company is sending a pair of 5.5 pound remotely-controlled racecars to hold the first car race on the Moon.
SpaceX

SpaceX Will Launch Remote Controlled Racecars to Lunar Surface

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spotted some strangely light colored rocks on the surface of asteroid Bennu — likely from an entirely different asteroid.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Bits of Entirely Different Asteroid on Surface of Bennu

Watch an Astronaut Show You How to Poop in Space
Off-World

Watch an Astronaut Show You How to Poop in Space

Astronomers have spotted something strange and unexpectedly sad: a rogue planet floating freely in the dark confines of our galaxy.
Science & Energy

An Earth-Sized Planet Is Floating Around Without a Star

Queen Elizabeth II took some time last week to join a Zoom call about Mars, space, and STEM to help celebrate British Science Week.
Mars

The Queen Joins WFH Culture, Participates In Zoom Call About Mars

Thanks to a new upgrade made to the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists are able to get an unprecedented look nearby celestial objects.
Off-World

Radio Telescope Is So Powerful It Can See the Surface of Other Worlds

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency just handed out a $14 million dollar contract to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion system in space.
Moon

DARPA Is Considering a Nuclear Rocket for Moon Missions

Bill Gates says that he doesn't really see the appeal of investing in rockets to Mars, saying money would be better spent on climate change and medicine.
Mars

Bill Gates Says That Going to Mars Is Silly

A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a "pi Earth," an Earth-sized planet that orbits its star every 3.14 Earth days.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover “Pi Earth” Planet That Orbits Every 3.14 Days