Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms
NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronauts to Earth in February 2025. Their Starliner capsule will come back empty over thruster concerns.
NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership participate in a live news conference on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston where they provided an update…
Is Science Slowing Down?
Paradoxically, even though we produce more scientific output than ever before – each year, researchers around the world publish millions of academic papers – the pace of scientific discovery is…
Quantum data beamed alongside ‘classical data’ in the same fiber-optic connection for the 1st time
Scientists have transmitted quantum and conventional internet data through the same fiber-optic channel, meaning a future quantum internet could theoretically use existing infrastructure.
SpaceX’s private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts
Two women astronauts on Polaris Dawn are set to break an altitude record set in 1990. Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon will fly higher than any female astronaut before them.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 125 —Back to Space School 2024
On Episode 125 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq chat about the next 9 months in space.
What happens when your warp drive fails? Scientists have the answer
Scientists have “boldly gone” where no one has gone before, discovering what would happen if a faster-than-light warp drive like the one used in Star Trek were to fail.
NASA Funds Studies to Support Crew Performance on Long-Duration Missions
The crew of the Human Exploration Research Analog’s Campaign 7 Mission 1 clasp hands above their simulated space habitat’s elevator shaft. Credit: NASA NASA is funding 11 new studies to…
First Look at Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft
The Dash 7 that will be modified into a hybrid electric research vehicle under NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project on display with its new livery for the first…
NASA Ames Stars of the Month: August 2024
The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, Taryn Kavanagh, Andro Rios, and Hami Ray. Their commitment to the NASA mission…