NASA on Track for Future Missions with Initial Artemis II Assessments
Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft on top of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launch on the agency’s Artemis II test flight, at 6:35 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April…
Pentagon officially ends OCX program, citing risk and delays
The decision to terminate RTX’s contract for the next-generation GPS ground system follows testing failures and years of cost growth The post Pentagon officially ends OCX program, citing risk and…
NASA shuts down Voyager 1 instrument to keep probe exploring interstellar space
NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent into space.
NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage
NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency’s Michoud…
600 rocket landings! SpaceX notches another milestone during Sunday Starlink launch (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on April 19. The mission featured the 600th landing of a Falcon…
Exoplanets Without Lots of Water Can’t Maintain Their Carbon Cycles
Water is critical to life because cells need liquid to function. That’s why scientists focus on finding and studying exoplanets in habitable zones. But even if they’re in habitable zones,…
Scientists found a ‘bathtub ring’ on Mars. Could it be evidence of an ancient Red Planet ocean?
A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 34th Resupply Launch to Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft with its nosecone open and carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware as NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station for…
Astronauts face grip strength challenge in space and on Earth, scientists find
It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found.
Latvia joins the Artemis Accords
Latvia is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords as part of a new push to use the Accords to foster cooperation on NASA’s lunar exploration ambitions. The post…