Here’s How Perseverance’s Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars
Here’s How Perseverance’s Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars By Andy Tomaswick When NASA’s new Perseverance Martian rover launches i...Read More
Amazon Web Services establishes space-focused business unit
Amazon Web Services establishes space-focused business unit By Caleb Henry WASHINGTON — Amazon Web Services is increasing its effort to ...Read More
Ball Aerospace wins NOAA weather instruments study contracts
Ball Aerospace wins NOAA weather instruments study contracts By Debra Werner SAN FRANCISCO — Ball Aerospace won four National Oceanic an...Read More
It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge
It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge By Paul M. Sutter Black hole merger events are some of the most...Read More
NASA delays launch of next Mars rover to no earlier than July 30
NASA delays launch of next Mars rover to no earlier than July 30 By NASA has delayed the launch of its Mars rover Perseverance again, thi...Read More
Smith encouraged by Senate NDAA proposal to increase funding for space launch technology
Smith encouraged by Senate NDAA proposal to increase funding for space launch technology By Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON — House Armed Servic...Read More
Mars 2020 launch slips again
Mars 2020 launch slips again By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — The launch of NASA’s next Mars rover mission has been delayed to no earlier than...Read More
Firefly Aerospace uses rocket engine to light birthday candles in epic cake video
Firefly Aerospace uses rocket engine to light birthday candles in epic cake video By The folks at Firefly Aerospace took a brief break fr...Read More
NASA Names Joel Montalbano International Space Station Program Manager
NASA Names Joel Montalbano International Space Station Program Manager By Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Explora...Read More
SpaceX successfully launches a U.S. Space Force GPS 3 satellite, recovers rocket’s first stage
SpaceX successfully launches a U.S. Space Force GPS 3 satellite, recovers rocket’s first stage By Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Fal...Read More
Hubble Space Telescope to feature on American Innovation $1 coin
Hubble Space Telescope to feature on American Innovation $1 coin By The Hubble Space Telescope will be honored on a new golden dollar coi...Read More
SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force, sticks rocket landing
SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force, sticks rocket landing By A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched an advanced GPS sat...Read More
Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life
Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life By Evan Gough We all know how exploration by rover wor...Read More
NASA Invests $51 Million in Innovative Ideas from US Small Businesses
NASA Invests $51 Million in Innovative Ideas from US Small Businesses By NASA has selected 409 technology proposals for the first phase o...Read More
Asteroid impact, not volcanic activity, killed the dinosaurs, study finds
Asteroid impact, not volcanic activity, killed the dinosaurs, study finds By An asteroid impact, not volcanic activity, killed the dinosa...Read More
Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July
Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July By David Dickinson Watch for comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at dusk in late July... if it survives periheli...Read More
Hughes, Inmarsat urge FCC restrictions on subsidized C-band satellites
Hughes, Inmarsat urge FCC restrictions on subsidized C-band satellites By Caleb Henry WASHINGTON — Hughes Network Systems and Inmarsat a...Read More
NASA Science Hosts Public Town Hall to Provide Updates
NASA Science Hosts Public Town Hall to Provide Updates By NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a virtual community town hall with...Read More
Space Force to stand up three major commands, lower echelons to be called ‘deltas’
Space Force to stand up three major commands, lower echelons to be called ‘deltas’ By Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has...Read More
'Asteroid Hunters' comes to IMAX this fall. See the trailer here (exclusive video)
'Asteroid Hunters' comes to IMAX this fall. See the trailer here (exclusive video) By You can now get a taste of IMAX's new f...Read More
SpaceX to launch an advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force today. Here's how to watch.
SpaceX to launch an advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force today. Here's how to watch. By SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Falcon ...Read More
Celebrate Asteroid Day 2020 with live talks about planetary defense
Celebrate Asteroid Day 2020 with live talks about planetary defense By The Asteroid Foundation is hosting a five-hour series of panels an...Read More
House, Senate continue work on space-related legislation
House, Senate continue work on space-related legislation By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — Key members of the House and Senate say they continu...Read More
Final Beidou-3 satellite reaches operational orbit, China’s launch sites gear up for July missions
Final Beidou-3 satellite reaches operational orbit, China’s launch sites gear up for July missions By Andrew Jones HELSINKI — China’s fi...Read More
Steampunk space exploration? Icy moon robot could hop around on steam power.
Steampunk space exploration? Icy moon robot could hop around on steam power. By Icy moon explorers may someday hunt for life using an old...Read More
Giant star pulls off vanishing act. Did it become a black hole or was it all an illusion?
Giant star pulls off vanishing act. Did it become a black hole or was it all an illusion? By An unstable massive star has suddenly vanish...Read More
Boeing gives Starliner crew capsule's parachutes a workout in drop test (video)
Boeing gives Starliner crew capsule's parachutes a workout in drop test (video) By Starliner's chutes performed well during a dro...Read More
NASA continues efforts to set up long-term SLS production
NASA continues efforts to set up long-term SLS production By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — NASA has taken another step in its efforts to estab...Read More
Exolaunch and NanoAvionics sign contracts for SpaceX flights
Exolaunch and NanoAvionics sign contracts for SpaceX flights By Debra Werner SAN FRANCISCO – German launch services provider Exolaunch a...Read More
A brand new magnetar found, it’s only 240 years old
A brand new magnetar found, it’s only 240 years old By Paul M. Sutter Magnetars are some of the most ridiculous objects in the universe. ...Read More
Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A Newly-Discovered Planet Might Help Answer This
Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A Newly-Discovered Planet Might Help Answer This By Matt Williams The recent discovery...Read More
Deep Down in Ocean Worlds, it’s Difficult to Tell Where the Oceans End and the Rock Begins
Deep Down in Ocean Worlds, it’s Difficult to Tell Where the Oceans End and the Rock Begins By Evan Gough We all know what water is. And w...Read More
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule looked 'pretty awesome' in spacewalk, astronaut says
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule looked 'pretty awesome' in spacewalk, astronaut says By During last Friday's spacewalk (June...Read More
More Evidence that Europa’s Oceans Could be Habitable
More Evidence that Europa’s Oceans Could be Habitable By Evan Gough At first glance, Jupiter’s moon Europa doesn’t seem much like Earth. ...Read More
Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023
Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023 By Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance O...Read More
A tiny Chinese satellite spotted the 2019 total solar eclipse from the moon
A tiny Chinese satellite spotted the 2019 total solar eclipse from the moon By A tiny Chinese satellite in lunar orbit captured incredibl...Read More
NASA Plans for More SLS Rocket Boosters to Launch Artemis Moon Missions
NASA Plans for More SLS Rocket Boosters to Launch Artemis Moon Missions By NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch Sys...Read More
Astronaut Drops a Mirror During a Spacewalk. Now There’s Another Piece of Space Junk
Astronaut Drops a Mirror During a Spacewalk. Now There’s Another Piece of Space Junk By Nancy Atkinson Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth i...Read More
Giant star spots, not dust, likely culprit in dimming of Betelgeuse
Giant star spots, not dust, likely culprit in dimming of Betelgeuse By Astronomy Now An artist’s impression of huge star spots on the su...Read More
To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster—nuclear-powered rockets may be the answer
To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster—nuclear-powered rockets may be the answer By There are a lot ...Read More
Space junk: Astronomers worry as private companies push ahead with satellite launches
Space junk: Astronomers worry as private companies push ahead with satellite launches By Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, the lower...Read More
The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110
The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110 By Evan Gough So you want to colonize Mars, huh? Well Mars is a long ways away, and in o...Read More
Canada is Going to be Building Canadarm3 for the Artemis Missions
Canada is Going to be Building Canadarm3 for the Artemis Missions By Nancy Atkinson When you need a robotic arm in space, you call in the...Read More
A vast stellar nursery, a familiar target for amateurs, reveals its brilliant majesty
A vast stellar nursery, a familiar target for amateurs, reveals its brilliant majesty By Astronomy Now The Swan Nebula, also known as M17...Read More
Attention shifts to implementation of new commercial remote sensing regulations
Attention shifts to implementation of new commercial remote sensing regulations By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — As revised commercial remote ...Read More
Want to learn how to survive on Mars? Look to Antarctica.
Want to learn how to survive on Mars? Look to Antarctica. By One is blinding white and the other a dull, dusty red. But both are cold, ba...Read More
How will astronauts poop on the moon? New NASA challenge aims to flush this mystery
How will astronauts poop on the moon? New NASA challenge aims to flush this mystery By In a new contest, NASA is calling on innovators fr...Read More
Dust plume bigger than Texas crashes into the US
Dust plume bigger than Texas crashes into the US By A huge plume of Sahara Desert dust that drifted across the Atlantic Ocean has reache...Read More
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