NASA is accelerating the development of three helicopters that will be deployed into the sky above Mars after a voyage aboard NASA’s Space Reactor‑1 Freedom spacecraft. Slated for launch in…
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with NASA’s Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about what’s needed between now and 2028 and the incremental steps to…
Fall meteor season has begun. Late October not only sees dusk falling ever earlier as ghouls and goblins walk the Earth on Halloween, but it also sees the peak of…
Brown dwarfs are the black (or brown?) sheep of astronomy. They’re too big to be considered a traditional gas planet, but they are too small to have started nuclear fusion…
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 15, 2026 — Agile Space Industries, a leading provider of in-space chemical propulsion solutions, has expanded into the Seattle metropolitan area with the opening of a new…
A Dragon is closing the gap between itself and its destination after a more than two-day-long orbital pursuit. SpaceX’s cargo Dragon, flying the CRS-35 (35th Commercial Resupply Services) mission for…
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You can tell a lot about how a child will age by looking at their parents, and it turns out that this could be true for planetary systems, too. Scientists…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts a spacewalk on Aug. 6, 2026, to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades to its power system. Credit: NASA NASA will preview two…
