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SpaceX will launch NASA's SPHEREx mission — an orbital telescope that will probe newly-forming galaxies for answers on how the universe began.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to fly ten different science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon by 2023.
Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and SpaceX are developing duelling spacecraft for crewed missions to other worlds, and so far NASA sees no reason to change gears.
Starship

By Dan Robitzski

After years of testing and development, NASA is ready to start assembling the spacecraft that will visit the metallic asteroid Psyche.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Even though the Artemis missions were set forth under the Trump administration, acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk says it's still full steam ahead.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

Steve Jurczyk shares his vision for the future of NASA, including plans for the Artemis missions, working with SpaceX, and more.
Exobiology

By Dan Robitzski

As SpaceX prepares to launch the latest experimental prototype of its Starship prototype, its employees are paying tribute to history's fallen astronauts.
Starship

By Jon Christian

NASA is working towards picking the final location for its Artemis base camp on the Moon, which is expected to be the first long-term base of operations.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

Steve Jurczyk was catapulted from third-in-line to acting leader of NASA when Biden took office. Here's some of what we know about him and his leadership.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

New acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk says that he's stuck at home, running the entire space agency from his basement.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

In an experiment, NASA set several controlled fires inside a used Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to study how fire spreads in microgravity.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Outgoing NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shared an emotional goodbye video in which he celebrated the space agency's success and long-term missions.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has to prematurely shut down a critical "hot fire" test of the engines meant to one day carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon.
Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander, which has been attempting to dig itself into the rocky surface, is giving up, according to NASA.
Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Juno spacecraft reportedly detected an FM radio signal coming from the Jovian moon Ganymede, local Utah news station KTVX reports.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Because of bad weather here on Earth, a SpaceX Dragon that was supposed to head home from the International Space Station is hanging out in orbit.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA and the European Space Agency have graced us with six glorious views of mindbogglingly massive galaxy mergers, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

In a Medium post, NASA engineer Evan Hilgemann explores what its actually like to drive a Mars rover. It's simpler than one might think.
Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA euthanized all 27 of its primates at the agency's Ames research center in California in February 2019, The Guardian reports.
Future Society

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced that Reid Wiseman would be its 17th Chief Astronaut. He previously logged lots of time in space and served as deputy Chief Astronaut.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have spotted a distant galaxy without its accompanying supermassive black hole — despite its enormous suspected mass.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

In exchange for technical support from Canada, NASA will fly a Canadian astronaut to lunar orbit, making them the first non-American to reach the Moon.
Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists modified a Boston Dynamics Spot robot that they say could explore Mars to find a suitable location for a human outpost.
Boston Dynamics

By Dan Robitzski

On Wednesday, Trump signed SPD-6 which calls for off-world nuclear reactors and nuclear propulsion systems for spacecraft.
Off-World

By Dan Robitzski

The COVID-19 global pandemic has left a lasting impression on what our planet looks like from space, according to NASA's new dashboard.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Computer scientist and investor Sailesh Ramakrishnan says that the space industry is about to see a "gold rush" that will transform off-world exploration
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has officially announced the first team of American astronauts headed to the Moon as soon as 2024 as part of its Artemis program.
Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has powered up the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift rocket that's meant to one day allow Americans to return to the Moon.
Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just published a detailed report on the upcoming Artemis Moon missions, including information on the planned lunar base camp.
Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is paying startups for any Moon dust they collect on missions scheduled for the next few years, but the payment is largely symbolic.
Moon

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has started stacking booster segments of its first heavy-lift Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese aerospace agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi explained during a press conference from aboard the space station that "Dragon is the best."
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent report, NASA admitted that landing the first astronauts on the Moon since the Apollo era in 2024 might be a bit of a stretch.
Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA modeled how much air pollution humanity would have caused without a pandemic this year to find out how much emissions dropped.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

An independent review board assembled by NASA urged the space agency to proceed with an amibitous plan to gather Mars samples and bring them to Earth.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is now accepting contractor proposals for its plan to power lunar and Martian outposts with small nuclear fission reactors.
Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule currently headed to the ISS brought a Baby Yoda doll along as a "zero-gravity indicator."
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

At 7:27 pm on Sunday, SpaceX launched a crew of four aboard a Crew Dragon module, carried into orbit by a Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA

By Jon Christian

Here's how to watch SpaceX and NASA's historic Crew-1 launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on Saturday evening.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters that he expects SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to "quarantine and self-isolate" after testing for the coronavirus.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Victor Tangermann

President-elect Joe Biden recently named his agency review teams, one of which will bring him up to speed on all things NASA.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

The First Selfie Ever Taken in Space Is For Sale
Off-World

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has officially certified the first commercial spacecraft system capable of ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronaut and mission commander Mike Hopkins will have to sleep in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule while on board the ISS.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Biden has said very little about space. Here's what NASA could look like under his administration.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

When Joe Biden takes office, he may shift NASA's priorities away from space exploration and toward a renewed focus on climate change.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Bennu, the asteroid on which NASA landed a spacecraft to gather samples, seems to be hollow and gradually crumbling apart.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is planning to step aside once president-elect Joe Biden is taking over, according to Aviation Week.
Future Society

By Victor Tangermann

After NASA criticized the satellite startup AST & Science for its plans to launch a fleet of telecom satellites, AST's founder fights back.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA warns that AST & Science's plan to launch 240 massive telecom satellites into orbit would create a serious risk of collisions in space.
NASA

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX had to delay the upcoming Crew Dragon astronaut launch because of a tiny lacquer issue with two of the Falcon 9 rocket engines.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

During a press conference, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin told reporters that the leak on board the space station was a "scratch" about two to three cm long.
Space

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just dropped its hottest mixtape on Soundcloud — and it's super creepy sounds from space just in time for Halloween.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Space Force plans to swear NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins into its ranks during a ceremony aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

By Jon Christian

A team of NASA scientists has spotted strange flashes known as "transient luminous events" (TLEs) in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, a team of NASA scientists spotted a highly unusual molecule in the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the ESA have formally partnered up to develop the Gateway space station that will orbit the Moon as part of the Artemis program.
Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has officially set the date for SpaceX's long awaited Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station for 2:40 am Eastern time on October 31.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Shutting Spacecraft Door Early to Keep Asteroid Chunks From Falling Out
NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Finding evidence of water on the Moon is a tantalizing prospect — but only meaningful insofar as we're able to actually make use of it.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Big Moon Surprise Is That Lunar Soil Contains Water
Moon

By Victor Tangermann

OSIRIS-REx took such a big bite out of the surface of Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, it's "mouth" is jammed open, with bits of asteroid rubble falling out.
NASA

By Victor Tangermann