NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station to Answer Questions from High School Students September 30, 2020NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station to Answer Questions from High School Students By NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, currently aboard the I...Read More
Cheops Finds a World That’s Utterly Alien From Anything We Have in the Solar System September 30, 2020Cheops Finds a World That’s Utterly Alien From Anything We Have in the Solar System By Evan Gough The ESA’s CHEOPS (Characterizing Exopla...Read More
Space Force buyers make recruiting pitch to tech companies September 30, 2020Space Force buyers make recruiting pitch to tech companies By Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON — The Pentagon contracting process can be a major ...Read More
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Another Starship Test Tank is Pushed to the Limit and Explodes September 30, 2020Another Starship Test Tank is Pushed to the Limit and Explodes By Matt Williams SpaceX just passed another milestone with the SN7.1 test ...Read More
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US military eyes nuclear thermal rocket for missions in Earth-moon space September 30, 2020US military eyes nuclear thermal rocket for missions in Earth-moon space By DARPA just awarded a $14 million task order that will support...Read More
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Japan's asteroid sample-return spacecraft Hayabusa2 gets extended mission September 30, 2020Japan's asteroid sample-return spacecraft Hayabusa2 gets extended mission By The spacecraft will drop off its precious parcels and th...Read More
Swissto12 and Thales Alenia Space turn to 3D printing for communications satellite parts September 30, 2020Swissto12 and Thales Alenia Space turn to 3D printing for communications satellite parts By Debra Werner SAN FRANCISCO — SWISSto12 is wo...Read More
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Japan’s iQPS to update technology for future radar satellites September 30, 2020Japan’s iQPS to update technology for future radar satellites By Debra Werner SAN FRANCISCO – Like many of its western counterparts, Jap...Read More
OneWeb secures additional financing as bankruptcy restructuring continues September 30, 2020OneWeb secures additional financing as bankruptcy restructuring continues By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — OneWeb has secured an additional $2...Read More
SpaceX has busy manifest of Dragon missions September 30, 2020SpaceX has busy manifest of Dragon missions By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — SpaceX is preparing for a busy schedule of Dragon missions carryi...Read More
Watch Firefly Aerospace test-fire its Alpha rocket in this stunning drone video September 30, 2020Watch Firefly Aerospace test-fire its Alpha rocket in this stunning drone video By An epic set of new videos shows the fiery power of Fir...Read More
SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts name Dragon capsule 'Resilience' September 30, 2020SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts name Dragon capsule 'Resilience' By The next astronauts who will launch on a SpaceX capsule to the Inter...Read More
You don't want to miss Mars shining bright this fall September 30, 2020You don't want to miss Mars shining bright this fall By Mars is lighting up the night sky as the planet heads toward an unusually clo...Read More
Astronomers Find a New Binary Object in the Kuiper Belt September 29, 2020Astronomers Find a New Binary Object in the Kuiper Belt By Evan Gough Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have presen...Read More
NASA astronauts on SpaceX's Crew-1 flight will vote from space September 29, 2020NASA astronauts on SpaceX's Crew-1 flight will vote from space By American astronauts will vote from space in the upcoming presidenti...Read More
Space Force weighing options to modernize ground antennas for military satellites September 29, 2020Space Force weighing options to modernize ground antennas for military satellites By Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON – In a test this summer at ...Read More
NASA and SpaceX wrapping up certification of Crew Dragon September 29, 2020NASA and SpaceX wrapping up certification of Crew Dragon By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are finalizing reviews of minor chan...Read More
Explorer 1: The First U.S. Satellite September 29, 2020Explorer 1: The First U.S. Satellite By Explorer 1 launched the United States into the Space Race. September 30, 2020 at 12:33AM via...Read More
Lego's The Child set will let you build Baby Yoda from 'The Mandalorian' September 29, 2020Lego's The Child set will let you build Baby Yoda from 'The Mandalorian' By Lego fans can finally build the famous Baby Yoda ...Read More
Sputnik: The Space Race's Opening Shot September 29, 2020Sputnik: The Space Race's Opening Shot By The launch of the world's first satellite was the birth of the Space Age. September...Read More
What is a Satellite? September 29, 2020What is a Satellite? By Artificial satellites from Earth have only populated space since 1957, but there are now hundreds of thousands of...Read More
Just A Couple Of Weeks From Now, OSIRIS-REx Will Grab A Sample From Bennu September 29, 2020Just A Couple Of Weeks From Now, OSIRIS-REx Will Grab A Sample From Bennu By Evan Gough NASA is about to achieve another first for their ...Read More
NASA picks SpaceX to launch probe to study interstellar boundary September 29, 2020NASA picks SpaceX to launch probe to study interstellar boundary By NASA has tapped SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch a new mission ...Read More
World Space Week 2020: Join the UN satellite celebration next week September 29, 2020World Space Week 2020: Join the UN satellite celebration next week By World Space Week is held each year from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, and this...Read More
Small air leak on space station traced to Russian service module September 29, 2020Small air leak on space station traced to Russian service module By Investigators have traced the source of the leak to the "main wo...Read More
A better way to search for traces of life on Mars — and beyond! (op-ed) September 29, 2020A better way to search for traces of life on Mars — and beyond! (op-ed) By Distinguishing biological organic molecules from others could ...Read More
Pictures from space! Our image of the day September 29, 2020Pictures from space! Our image of the day By NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Ryzhikov...Read More
Swarm Technologies reveals plan to connect devices for $5 per device per month September 29, 2020Swarm Technologies reveals plan to connect devices for $5 per device per month By Debra Werner SAN FRANCISCO – Swarm Technologies, a Si...Read More
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Climate Change is Making the Atmosphere Worse for Astronomy September 29, 2020Climate Change is Making the Atmosphere Worse for Astronomy By Evan Gough Modern astronomical telescopes are extraordinarly powerful. And...Read More
We Might Have a New Mini-Moon Soon September 29, 2020We Might Have a New Mini-Moon Soon By Nancy Atkinson Is it a new asteroid mini–moon or a human-made mini-moon? That’s the question about ...Read More
Op-ed | Social distancing, self-isolation, and … space debris? September 29, 2020Op-ed | Social distancing, self-isolation, and … space debris? By Liz Pillow The pandemic of 2020 has brought great loss and suffering, ...Read More
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What the Aztecs thought about solar eclipses September 29, 2020What the Aztecs thought about solar eclipses By A recent survey sheds some light on what the mighty Aztecs thought about the rare and won...Read More
SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA pushed back to Oct. 31 September 29, 2020SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA pushed back to Oct. 31 By The target launch date for SpaceX's Crew-1 mission has been pus...Read More
Kepler launches first internally produced satellites September 29, 2020Kepler launches first internally produced satellites By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — Canadian startup Kepler Communications launched Sept. 28...Read More
NASA still searching for source of ISS air leak September 28, 2020NASA still searching for source of ISS air leak By Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — NASA says they are still not sure of the source of a small ai...Read More
We now know exactly how much radiation astronauts will face on the moon September 28, 2020We now know exactly how much radiation astronauts will face on the moon By We finally know what kind of radiation environment future moon...Read More
New Radio Telescope Is Going to Fly to the Far Side of the Moon to Listen to the Signals From the Early Universe September 28, 2020New Radio Telescope Is Going to Fly to the Far Side of the Moon to Listen to the Signals From the Early Universe By Andy Tomaswick The ph...Read More
Ancient Terrain on Venus Looks Like it Was Formed Through Volcanism September 28, 2020Ancient Terrain on Venus Looks Like it Was Formed Through Volcanism By Matt Williams A new study shows that some of the oldest surface fe...Read More
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote from space September 28, 2020NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote from space By NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote in the upcoming presidential election from space....Read More
Harvest Moon 2020: When and how to see October's full moon September 28, 2020Harvest Moon 2020: When and how to see October's full moon By The full moon of October 2020 also carries the title of the Harvest Moo...Read More
On Mars, 4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the south pole ice cap September 28, 2020On Mars, 4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the south pole ice cap By Remnants of water once found on the surface of Mars may be hidd...Read More
US faces tight timeline for 2024 moon landing, NASA chief tells Senate September 28, 2020US faces tight timeline for 2024 moon landing, NASA chief tells Senate By NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the landing system and ...Read More
The Newest Picture of Jupiter and Europa Captured by Hubble September 28, 2020The Newest Picture of Jupiter and Europa Captured by Hubble By Evan Gough The venerable Hubble Space Telescope has given us another gorge...Read More