5385 Results From "nasa"

Buzz Aldrin had some choice words of advice for Ars Technica's Eric Berger on how to survive self-isolation during the coronavirus outbreak.
Future Society

The Second Man to Walk on the Moon Has Some Quarantine Advice

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a nuclear-powered rocket to move cargo around Earth's orbit.
Moon

DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon Access

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

NASA’s Rover Sends Home Captivating Selfie of Martian Landscape

An airplane wing created from hundreds of identical cube-like structures has the ability to change shape automatically depended on the phase of flight.
Advanced Transport

NASA and MIT Debut Shape-Shifting Airplane Wing

China successfully launched its largest and most powerful rocket, the Long March-5 Yaosan, after a 2017 attempt ended in failure.
Off-World

China Successfully Launches Powerful Long March 5 Rocket

New research suggests that a fiery layer of super-hot plasma marks the transition between our solar system and interstellar space.
Solar Power

Our Solar System Is Blanketed in a Giant Wall of Fire

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.
Starship

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

Congress still isn't ready to approve a budget increase to support a 2024 crewed Moon mission — but it isn't quite ready to deny it either.
Moon

Congress Is Preparing to Kill 2024 Moon Mission

Four new papers reveal new findings from NASA's Parker Solar Probe that could rewrite the way we understand the way stars are born, evolve, and die.
Science & Energy

Scientists Mystified: Sun’s Magnetic Field Appears to be Flipping

Last month, a SpaceX Crew Dragon shuttle crash-landed after its parachutes failed, but NASA says it's a learning experience.
NASA

NASA Admits SpaceX Ship Crashed During Failed Test Last Month

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft has left its hangar and is now attached to the Atlas V rocket that will launch it into space for the first time.
Boeing

Boeing Unveils Spacecraft Built to Carry Astronauts to ISS

3D Printing Food in Certain Shapes Tricks People Into Eating Less
3D Printing

3D Printing Food in Certain Shapes Tricks People Into Eating Less

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed to send a spacecraft called "Trident" to Neptune's largest moon Triton.
Moon

NASA Proposes Mission to Neptune’s Largest Moon Triton

Space Force Lt. General David Thompson clarifies what, exactly, the new military branch does, and how it plans to work with private companies.
Science & Energy

Space Force Working “Pretty Closely With Elon Musk and SpaceX”

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told the agency's employees that India's satellite destruction test has put the ISS in danger.
NASA

NASA: When India Blew up a Satellite, It Endangered Astronauts

An asrtist's rendering of NASA's Phoenix lander flexing its robotic arm.
NASA

Here’s How NASA Dreams up Robotic Arms for Landers

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.
Advanced Transport

This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust

A new report quotes a yet-unpublished email Musk sent out to SpaceX employees, in which he apologizes for smoking weed with Rogan.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Apologized to SpaceX Employees After Smoking Weed

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash
Moon

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash

Monica Grady, a professor at Liverpool Hope University, claims that there is "almost a racing certainty" there's alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa.
Exobiology

University Chancellor Predicts “Higher Forms of Life” on Europa