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NASA and SpaceX decided to proceed with plans yesterday for the first ever test flight, dubbed Demo-1, of SpaceX's Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft.
Crew Dragon

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon’s First Test Flight

During a ceremony announcing Opportunity's death, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said the agency is "well on [its[ way" to discovering alien life.
NASA

NASA Chief: Space Agency “Well on Our Way” to Discovering Aliens

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir hopes she's the next Moonwalker — but she isn't thrilled with NASA's emphasis on putting a woman on the Moon.
Moon

Retired Astronaut: Sending a Woman to the Moon “Sounds Like a Stunt”

NASA commissioned SpaceX and Boeing to develop shuttles for crewed missions. Upcoming test flights may be delayed as NASA found several safety flaws.
Boeing

NASA Warns SpaceX and Boeing About Safety Flaws in Spacecraft

NASA's mobile Kilopower mobile fission nuclear power generator could be sent off to Mars by 2022, according to team members.
Mars

This Nuclear Reactor Could Be Shipped to Mars by 2022

The latest space supply mission to the ISS will include “mighty mice,” rodents genetically engineered to grow larger muscles than normal.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Sending Super-Muscular Mice to the Space Station

An anthropologist is making the case that long space missions, like a crewed trip to Mars, would require crew members with senses of humor.
Mars

NASA Is Studying Whether a Mars Crew Would Need a Class Clown

The Moon’s surface could electrocute future astronauts as they plan to visit areas hit by very little charge-negating sunlight.
Moon

Moon’s Surface Could Electrocute Astronauts, Scientists Warn

Google claims its quantum computer just completed a task in minutes. The same task would've taken a conventional computer 10,000 years.
Quantum Physics

Google Claims to Have Achieved “Quantum Supremacy”

The year 2019 was filled with weird, comical, and truly "WTF" moments that had us scratching our heads. Here's the craziest science and tech news of 2019.
Science & Energy

JFC: The Most WTF Science and Tech Moments of 2019

Medical experiments conducted on astronauts in orbit could have far-reaching implications for medicine back home on Earth.
Medical

Medical Experiments in Space Could Fight Aging on Earth

Breaking: NASA’s InSight Lander Just Landed on Mars
Mars

Breaking: NASA’s InSight Lander Just Landed on Mars

The successful landing of NASA's InSight probe on Mars set the internet ablaze Monday afternoon. Here's what the world had to say about the mission.
Mars

The World Reacts to the Success of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 — Heavenly Questions — mission to Mars, including an orbiter, lander, and a rover.
Mars

China Successfully Tests Mars Lander in Giant Drop Test

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine published a bold essay  outlining the space agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.
Moon

NASA Head: “This Time, When We Go to the Moon, We Will Stay.”

India's space agency is waiting for the green light on a planned mission to visit and map out the entire surface of Venus.
Science & Energy

India’s Space Agency Wants to Explore Venus

NASA's Mars Insight Lander just flexed its arm to find the right spots to place its scientific instruments.
NASA

NASA’s InSight Lander Just Flexed Its Arm and Took a Selfie

A group of scientists are suggesting that supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies are surrounded by, and devour, much smaller "baby black holes."
Science & Energy

Baby Black Holes May be Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented new details about the company's gigantic Starship rocket prototype at SpaceX's test site in Boca Chica, Texas on Saturday.
Starship

SpaceX Unveils Massive Starship Prototype Design

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at Bennu on Monday, a huge milestone in the agency's effort to return asteroid samples to Earth.
Science & Energy

NASA’s First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission Just Reached Its Target