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NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley got to ride a Tesla Model X to the launch pad as part of a SpaceX pre-launch rehearsal over the weekend.
SpaceX

SpaceX Says It’ll Drive Astronauts to Launchpad in Tesla Model X

SpaceX is targeting November 15th as a tentative date to launch its astronaut-ferrying Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS according to NASA.
NASA

NASA Sets Tentative Date For Launching Astronauts In SpaceX Ship

A new report fings that NASA has been downplaying the expected costs of its missions while rewarding contractors despite preventable delays
Moon

Gov. Watchdog: NASA Hid True Cost of Boeing Moon Rocket

A flair in outer space may be a sign of a phenomenon first proposed in 2017: two massive black holes, wrapping around each other on a collision course.
Physics

Flaring Object in Space May Be Two Supermassive Black Holes Colliding

This summer, NASA astronauts will join an international diving crew in a special underwater laboratory under the Atlantic to prepare astronauts space.
Moon

NASA is Using This Underwater Lab to Train Astronauts for the Moon

For the first time, NASA built a complete map of the surface of a neutron star, giving astronomers a new resource as they try to understand the cosmos.
Science & Energy

Stare Into the Brutal Maw of This Barbarous Neutron Star

Astronomers found a rare, near-death experience play out in space where a black hole devoured the outer layers of a star but left the core intact.
Science & Energy

Black Hole Devours Outside of Star, Leaves Core Behind

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just zipped really close to tiny asteroid Bennu to snap an incredibly detailed image.
NASA

NASA Photographs Asteroid That Could Smash Into Earth in 22nd Century

After studying a population of asteroids called the Centaurs for years, a team of scientists believes they originated outside the solar system.
Solar Power

19 Objects Near Jupiter May Be From Outside the Solar System

Astronomers think they've captured an image of an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star that's closest to our solar system.
Science & Energy

This Blurry Photo May Show a Planet in a Neighboring Star System

NASA head Jim Bridenstine announced that the SpaceX capsule explosion earlier this year has delayed the space agency's plans for crewed missions.
NASA

NASA Head: “No Doubt” SpaceX Explosion Delayed Flight Program

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that encourages the mining of resources in space and on the Moon.
Moon

Trump Signs Executive Order Encouraging Moon, Asteroid Mining

Research teams have discovered dust grains older than our solar system in two meteorites that landed on separate parts of the Earth in 1969.
Solar Power

Materials Older Than the Solar System Found in Two Meteorites

The last decade in mind-blowing space travel was the most important since the Apollo program was introduced. Here's the biggest space news of the decade.
Off-World

The Most Mind-Blowing Space Stories of the 2010s

SpaceX tested its Crew Dragon spacecraft's in-flight abort system on Sunday, blowing up a Falcon 9 rocket in the process.
SpaceX

Watch a SpaceX Rocket Explode in Mid-Flight

NASA is sending Boeing's Starliner passenger spacecraft to the International Space Station early Friday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Boeing

This Week, Boeing Will Try to Dock Its Space Taxi With the ISS

A drone just flew through an Icelandic cave and generated a 3D map of the area in minutes, in a test run for systems that will do the same on Mars.
NASA

NASA’s Working on a Drone to Hunt For Life in Martian Caves

NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft just underwent a series of extreme tests to prepare it for the intense conditions on the Red Planet's surface. 
Mars

Here’s How NASA Prepares Its Spacecraft for Mars

In order to pay for Artemis, NASA's upcoming 2024 Moon mission, it may have to cannibalize other parts of the space agency's budget.
Moon

NASA Is Considering Cutting Other Programs to Pay for Moon Mission

A new study suggests that artificial intelligence might trick us into thinking we see alien technosignatures where none exist.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Might Make Us Mistakenly Think We’ve Found Aliens, Says Study