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Breaking: NASA’s InSight Lander Just Landed on Mars

Breaking: NASA’s InSight Lander Just Landed on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's InSight rover will land on Mars one way or another on Monday. Here's how you can tune in and watch how it goes down.

Here’s how to Watch NASA’s InSight Rover Land on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Announces Date for First SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight

NASA Announces Date for First SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight

By Sarah Marquart

NASA's plans to conducts a "safety review" of SpaceX and Boeing stem from the agency's displeasure with Elon Musk's recent behavior.

NASA Isn’t Happy About SpaceX’s “Frat House” Culture

By Kristin Houser

A Ticket to the Moon: An Out-of-this-World Journey

A Ticket to the Moon: An Out-of-this-World Journey

By Sarah Marquart

Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and software company Autodesk used AI to create a spider-like NASA lander.

Artificial Intelligence

See the Spider-Like Lunar Lander Developed By AI

By Kristin Houser

NASA Certifies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to Launch Its Top Missions

NASA Certifies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to Launch Its Top Missions

By Kristin Houser

After four years of study, NASA concluded that 3D printing works just as well in space as it does on Earth. Deep space missions may be in the future.

NASA: Objects 3D Printed in Space Perform Well Enough to Support Missions

By Dan Robitzski

NASA posted a video to its Commercial Crew Twitter account of astronauts wearing SpaceX spacesuits while inside a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Astronauts Put SpaceX Spacesuits to the Test

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX recently proved it was ready to handle caring for an injured astronaut with a rehearsal aboard its GO Searcher recovery ship.

SpaceX Reveals How It Would Handle an Astronaut Emergency

By Kristin Houser

NASA is hard at work on a "factory" that'd let future Mars missions — or even colonists — extract rocket fuel from Martian soil.

NASA Scientists Think They Can Extract Rocket Fuel From Martian Soil

By Jon Christian

NASA announced Tuesday that the Kepler Space Telescope, which has been orbiting Earth and looking for exoplanets since 2009, ran out of fuel. RIP.

NASA: Kepler Space Telescope is Out of Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Parker Solar Probe just broke the world records for closest approach to the Sun and fastest speed relative to the Sun.

NASA’s Solar Probe Just Broke Two World Records

By Kristin Houser

The Wounded Hubble Could Be Back Soon, but It’s on Borrowed Time

By Jon Christian

NASA's new gamma-ray constellastions

NASA Unveils 21 New Constellations Formed by Black Holes and Other Brutal Space Stuff

By Kristin Houser

This Week in Tech: Oct 6 – Oct 12

This Week in Tech: Oct 6 – Oct 12

By Victor Tangermann

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

By Victor Tangermann

Lockheed Martin is proposing to send a four-crew lunar lander from the Lunar Gateway to the surface of the moon. And it weighs a ton.

Lockheed Martin’s Giant Moon Lander Is an Absolute Unit

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Got Ambitious Goals for Crewed Space Exploration

NASA’s Got Ambitious Goals for Crewed Space Exploration

By Dan Robitzski

Yale researchers have created a robotic skin that they can wrap around inanimate objects to give them the ability to move.

This “Robotic Skin” Can Turn Pretty Much Anything Into a Robot

By Kristin Houser

NASA just shared the first image produces by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a satellite designed to help in the hunt for exoplanets.

Science & Energy

See the First Image Produced by NASA’s Newest Planet Hunter

By Kristin Houser

NASA is considering finding corporate sponsors to name rockets or spacecraft to help the company raise funds and maintain cultural relevance.

Corporate Sponsors Could Help NASA Keep Pace with Private Space Companies

By Kristin Houser

NASA released a video illustrating the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to abrupt thawing in the Arctic.

Greenhouse Gases Are Bubbling Up From Arctic Lakes That Were Recently Frozen

By Kristin Houser

NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024

NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers used AI to create a planetary navigation system that would allow humans to find their way around foreign planets and moons.

NASA Is Making an AI-Based GPS for Space

By Kristin Houser

The Moon Definitely Has Water Ice on Its Surface, Says NASA

The Moon Definitely Has Water Ice on Its Surface, Says NASA

By Kristin Houser

Here’s What We Know About SpaceX’s Crewed Dragon Spacecraft

Here’s What We Know About SpaceX’s Crewed Dragon Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s New Space Probe Will Venture Closer to the Sun Than Any Craft Before It

Science & Energy

NASA Just Launched A New Space Probe That Will Venture Closer to the Sun Than Any Craft Before It

By Kristin Houser

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

According to new NASA estimates, Elon Musk's SpaceX will be ready for a crewed test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft in April 2019.

SpaceX Will Be Ready to Transport Humans in April 2019, NASA Estimates

By Kristin Houser

A new NASA-funded study drawing on 20 years of research says we simply can't terraform Mars using technology available today.

Scientists Say We Can’t Terraform Mars. Elon Musk Says We Can.

By Kristin Houser

NASA has selected five final designs for its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Someday, we might use them construct our dwellings when we live on Mars.

Here Are The Finalists For NASA’s Mars Habitat Design Competition

By Victor Tangermann

we may see manned missions to the moon. Science, politics, and celestial cash grabs are at the forefront of why people want to go back.

3 Reasons Why We Might Return to The Moon

By Dan Robitzski

we have only studied about 16 percent of the moon rocks taken during the Apollo missions. NASA's Apollo curator keeps them for future generations.

Most Of NASA’s Moon Rocks Remain Untouched By Scientists

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX and Boeing Delays Could Cost NASA Access to the ISS

SpaceX and Boeing Delays Could Cost NASA Access to the ISS

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet

Advanced Transport

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet

By Kristin Houser

NASA Found Evidence of Organic Matter on Mars. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

NASA Found Evidence of Organic Matter on Mars. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

By Kristin Houser

NASA Scientists Imagine Studying Venus From A Floating Research Colony

NASA Scientists Imagine Studying Venus From A Floating Research Colony

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX’s “Final” Falcon 9 Test Flight Won’t Actually Be Its Last

SpaceX’s “Final” Falcon 9 Test Flight Won’t Actually Be Its Last

A Beautiful, 20-Year Old “New” Discovery: Jupiter Moon’s Massive Liquid Plumes

A Beautiful, 20-Year Old “New” Discovery: Jupiter Moon’s Massive Liquid Plumes

NASA Just Unveiled This Awesome, Tiny Helicopter That Will Cruise Over Mars

NASA Just Unveiled This Awesome, Tiny Helicopter That Will Cruise Over Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Drunk Astronauts: This Beer Is the Beginning of Zero-Gravity Drinking

Drunk Astronauts: This Beer Is the Beginning of Zero-Gravity Drinking

By Dan Robitzski

A New Mars Lander Just Took Off for the Red Planet (updated)

A New Mars Lander Just Took Off for the Red Planet (updated)

By Claudia Geib

NASA Just Canceled Its Only Moon Rover Project. That’s Bad News for Trump’s Lunar Plans.

NASA Just Canceled Its Only Moon Rover Project. That’s Bad News for Trump’s Lunar Plans.

By Claudia Geib

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

By Claudia Geib

Lights Out: DARKNESS Camera Filters Starlight to Spot Planets

Lights Out: DARKNESS Camera Filters Starlight to Spot Planets

By Dan Robitzski

Go On A 4K Joyride Around The Moon, Courtesy of NASA

Go On A 4K Joyride Around The Moon, Courtesy of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Can Humans Conceive In Space? NASA Sent Sperm To The ISS To Find Out

International Space Station

Can Humans Conceive In Space? NASA Sent Sperm To The ISS To Find Out

By Victor Tangermann

A Fully 3D-Printed Rocket Is Not as Crazy as it Seems. Investors Agree.

A Fully 3D-Printed Rocket Is Not as Crazy as it Seems. Investors Agree.

By Lou Del Bello

The James Webb Telescope Is Delayed. Again. Here Are 4 Things to Know About it

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope Is Delayed. Again. Here Are 4 Things to Know About it

By Claudia Geib

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Putin Plans to Put Russians on Mars in 2019

By Alexandra Ossola

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Science & Energy

After a Year Away from Earth, Scott Kelly’s “Space Genes” Set Him Apart From His Twin

What Will Future Space Robots Look Like?

What Will Future Space Robots Look Like?

By Chelsea Gohd

The Government Has Plans for an Asteroid-Destroying Spacecraft

The Government Has Plans for an Asteroid-Destroying Spacecraft

By Chelsea Gohd

Jupiter's clouds

We Now Know What Lies Beneath Jupiter’s Clouds

By Chelsea Gohd

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Here’s What Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon May Look Like

By Chelsea Gohd

Technical, Budget Problems Will Delay the James Webb Telescope Again

James Webb Space Telescope

Technical, Budget Problems Will Delay the James Webb Telescope Again

By Chelsea Gohd

What Does It Take to Drive a Laser Cross-Country? A Lot, It Turns Out.

What Does It Take to Drive a Laser Cross-Country? A Lot, It Turns Out.

How Does NASA’s New Mega-Rocket Compare to the Falcon Heavy?

By Chelsea Gohd

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Life on Europa Could Survive off Nuclear Energy, Research Finds

By Chelsea Gohd

New Study Challenges Previous Conclusions About Water on the Moon

New Study Challenges Previous Conclusions About Water on the Moon

By Chelsea Gohd

nasa sls rocket mobile launcher launch tower

NASA Has A Leaning Launch Tower. Here’s What You Need To Know About It.

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA May Stop Trying to Understand Dark Energy

NASA May Stop Trying to Understand Dark Energy