Articles about NASA – Page 13 of 24

U.S.-Russian crew lifts off on two-day trip to International Space Station

News Brief: Russia launched a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today, sending two NASA astronauts and a… Read More

Relativity strikes deal with NASA to use rocket engine test complex in Mississippi

Relativity, a rocket startup with roots at Blue Origin and SpaceX, says it has been awarded an exclusive 20-year lease… Read More

Did space scramble Scott Kelly’s genes so much he’s no longer a twin? Um, not really

My Twitter feed was buzzing this week with reports that Scott Kelly’s genes were knocked permanently out of phase because… Read More

NASA’s acting administrator says he’ll retire in April, adding to power vacuum

Robert Lightfoot, who has been serving as NASA’s acting administrator since the start of the Trump administration, says he’ll be… Read More

BluHaptics and Tethers Unlimited get in on $750,000 grants from NASA program

Space projects led by two small businesses headquartered in Washington state — Seattle-based BluHaptics and Bothell-based Tethers Unlimited — are among 128… Read More

Space station trio gets warm welcome back to Earth in frosty Kazakhstan

News Brief: Three spacefliers touched down amid subfreezing temperatures in Kazakhstan tonight, closing out their 168-day mission on the International… Read More

NASA fires shuttle rocket engine to the max during test for Space Launch System

Like a “Spinal Tap” guitarist, NASA turned the dial up to 11 today on a souped-up rocket engine from the… Read More

National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China

Space industry deregulation, and the potential perils posed by China’s space program, shared the spotlight at today’s meeting of the… Read More

NASA budget proposal boosts commercial role in space station and moon missions

The White House’s proposed five-year budget plan would provide a bigger boost to commercial space efforts, including a potential handover… Read More

Fresh raw imagery from NASA’s Juno orbiter puts Jupiter’s fans in 11th heaven

NASA’s Juno orbiter has sent back its 11th crop of close-ups from Jupiter, and that means it’s time for another… Read More

Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questions

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk makes it sound as if he always wanted to put a Tesla Roadster, and not much… Read More

Brouhaha builds over Bill Nye the Science Guy’s date for State of the Union Address

Bill Nye the Science Guy is going to the State of the Union Address, but as a guest of President… Read More

NASA’s Day of Remembrance highlights 15th anniversary of shuttle Columbia’s loss

News Brief: The last Thursday of January is NASA’s time to pay tribute to fallen astronauts, including 1967’s Apollo 1… Read More

White House gets pushback on plan to phase out space station funding by 2025

White House budget plans are zeroing in on zeroing out federal funding for the International Space Station by 2025, to… Read More

Spacewalkers put new hand on robot arm

News Brief: NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle spent nearly seven and a half hours on a spacewalk… Read More

Doll of the year: 2018’s top American Girl is an aspiring astronaut named Luciana Vega

American Girl put a Space Age spin on the centuries-old tradition of dress-up dolls today by unveiling a spacesuit-clad character… Read More

Iconic free-flying shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless passes away at the age of 80

News Brief: Retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft, has died at the… Read More

NASA picks a drone for Titan and a return to a comet as prospects for future probes

A rotorcraft that could flit around the Saturnian moon Titan and a probe that could bring a sample back from… Read More

Juno probe’s new Jupiter pictures rate a 10

It’s been just three days since NASA’s Juno orbiter had its most recent close encounter with Jupiter, but image-processing gurus… Read More

A new trio settles in on the space station

News Brief: The International Space Station’s crew is back up to its full complement of six, thanks to today’s arrival… Read More

SpaceX takes rocket reusability to new heights with launch to space station

For the first time, SpaceX has sent a refurbished Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station from a refurbished… Read More

Our solar system has met its match: AI helps scientists find a star’s eighth planet

We’re not alone. At least when it comes to solar systems with the same number of major planets as ours.… Read More

Three spacefliers get a wintry homecoming after leaving International Space Station

News Brief: Three spacefliers landed safely in the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan today after riding their Russian Soyuz spacecraft down… Read More

Tethers Unlimited wins NASA grant to work on future FabLab for 3-D printing in space

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited is getting a shot at helping to create an advanced fabrication facility that could manufacture and… Read More

UW team wins NASA’s nod for small satellites with magnetic braking systems

NASA says it’ll provide resources for a University of Washington research team that’s working on a concept to put small… Read More

NASA turns to Voyager’s dormant thrusters for first time in 37 years – and they work!

Imagine you had a car sitting in storage since 1980, and suddenly you needed to start it up. Now imagine… Read More

Thanksgiving on the space station: Just another day at the office, but with turkey

Thanksgiving Day is a workday on the International Space Station, but it’s still a special day for the station’s six… Read More

Night launch sends next-gen JPSS-1 weather satellite (and more) into orbit

The first in a series of four next-generation weather satellites, known as the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 or JPSS-1, is… Read More

Get a double dose of ‘Year in Space’ lore from astronaut (and author) Scott Kelly

Space fans are used to seeing double when they’re keeping track of twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, but this… Read More

SNC shows off video of what could be Dream Chaser space plane’s last test flight

Last weekend’s drop test of a prototype Dream Chaser space plane went so well that the next flight might be… Read More