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SpaceX finally has a launch date to return astronauts from US soil to space since the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle program in 2011: May 27.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Officially Sending Astronauts to Space Next Month

A team of researchers are suggesting we could use one of the most common organic polymers on Earth to construct shelters on Mars.
Mars

Scientists: We Could Build Mars Shelters Out of Insect Polymers and Martian Soil

Beijing-based private space mining company Origin Space is launching its first ever "space mining robot" in November on top of a Long March series rocket.
Space

Chinese Startup Launching Space Mining Robot in November

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch took to Twitter to share terrifying photos of Hurricane Dorian that they'd snapped from the ISS.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Snap Terrifying Photos of Hurricane Dorian

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

Hackers Stole Data from NASA’s Robotics Lab

In a stroke of incredible luck, a NASA/ESA spacecraft is on the right pass to fly right through the tail of a passing comet.
Science & Energy

Research Spacecraft May Pass Through Tail of Dead Comet

NASA scientists are starting fires in space to learn more about fuel combustion. They hope it can make engines more efficient here on Earth.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Starting Fires in Space Just to Watch Them Burn

A team of scientists have found new evidence of the earliest rivers that once flowed on Mars billions of years ago for around 100,000 Earth years.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find New Evidence of Ancient Rivers on Mars

NASA finally pieced together the James Webb Space Telescope, connecting the telescope piece with the spacecraft piece. Now it just needs to get it in orbit.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Finally Assembled The James Webb Space Telescope

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

NASA’s Orion Crew Capsule Aced Its Abort System Test

NASA just activated its Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), starting off its year in Earth's orbit after launching in June.
Science & Energy

NASA Officially Activates Its “GPS for Deep Space”

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.
Exoplanets

NASA’s TESS Mission Has Spotted Its Smallest Exoplanet Ever

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes Pluto is a planet — but not because he thinks the scientific definition of planethood is flawed.
Science & Energy

Pluto Is a Planet, Insists NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine

According to new research, acidic fluids may have long destroyed evidence of past biological life inside Martian clay on the Red Planet's surface.
Science & Energy

Acids May Have Destroyed Evidence of Life on Mars

Scientists under lockdown revisited an Einstein ring discovered in 1987 to fill in some of the gaps in our understanding of space.
Science & Energy

This Quasar Warps Itself Into a Ring by Distorting Spacetime

One of the earliest examples of space travelers becoming ill was during the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, when astronaut Wally Schirra got a bad head cold.
Developments

When Astronauts Got Sick on an Apollo Mission, It Was a Disaster

In a new report, scientists discussed how to ensure that space travelers don't contaminate distant planets — and that they won't bring back pollutants.
Off-World

Stanford Scientist Warns of Risk From Alien Pathogens

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine believes that thermal nuclear propulsion technology would be a game-changer for space exploration.
NASA

Head of NASA: Nuclear Propulsion Could Be “Game-Changer”

A team of researchers have created a negative pressure "gravity suit" to help astronauts counteract some of the dangers of spending time in microgravity.
Off-World

Researchers Built a “Gravity Suit” to Keep Astronauts Healthy

SpaceX just ushered in a new era in space travel by becoming the private company to launch astronauts from American soil inside a commercial spacecraft.
SpaceX

Breaking: SpaceX Launches Astronauts From American Soil