Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with a ‘nation’ Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket today sent a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the first step of its journey to the International… Read More
News Brief NASA resets date for SLS moon rocket’s first launch to 2020 but still hopes for 2019 Will it fly on 2019 or 2020? NASA’s latest schedule for the maiden launch of its heavy-lift Space Launch System… Read More
Uber plans to extend its flying-car tests to Los Angeles in 2020 with NASA’s help Thanks to a lift from NASA, Uber says it’ll be testing its flying-car prototypes in Los Angeles as well as… Read More
NASA’s Juno orbiter delivers a fresh batch of blimmin’ beauties from Jupiter Artistic amateur astronomers have started leveraging the latest looks from NASA’s Juno orbiter to produce fresh views of Jupiter, including… Read More
Godspeed, Dick Gordon: Seattle-born Apollo 12 astronaut passes away at 88 The first Seattle-born astronaut to fly in space, Dick Gordon, passed away on Monday at his home in California at… Read More
News Brief That’s a wrap! NASA spacewalkers install new HD video camera on space station NASA astronauts finished up this month’s trio of spacewalks with a nearly seven-hour-long outing today — highlighted by the installation of… Read More
Virtual reality takes you on a trip to Mars with NASA rover – and to alien worlds, too NASA has been offering virtual-reality tours of Mars for years — but now, with Google’s help, the space agency has come… Read More
Watch astronauts flip when they get to play with a fidget spinner on the space station We’re not entirely sure if fidget spinners are still a thing on Earth. But judging by a new video from… Read More
NASA could go back to the future and revive moon base plans from a decade ago In the wake of the National Space Council’s first meeting, NASA says it has been told to draw up plans… Read More
News Brief Spacewalkers replace a broken hand on International Space Station’s robotic arm A pair of NASA spacewalkers replaced a faulty gripper on the end of the International Space Station’s Canadian-built robotic arm… Read More
Sizing up billionaire Elon Musk’s big bet on SpaceX’s Big Frickin’ Rocket of the future SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s rocket roadmap just got much bigger than Mars. Now the question is, who else will follow… Read More
2018 turns into 2019 for Webb Space Telescope (and maybe Boeing’s space taxi) NASA says it’s moving the launch date for its $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope from October 2018 to the… Read More
Lockheed Martin adds a lander to its picture for NASA’s future journeys to Mars Lockheed Martin has fleshed out its picture for sending astronauts to the Red Planet by adding a refuelable lander and… Read More
Russia gets on board with NASA to look into Deep Space Gateway in lunar orbit The space station band is getting back together again: Russia and NASA today signed a joint statement voicing support for… Read More
NASA shows off a drive-by snapshot of Earth from OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe During last week’s flyby, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a stunning portrait of Earth’s disk, spanning the Pacific from Australia to… Read More
OSIRIS-REx probe buzzes Earth on its way to an asteroid – and earthlings wave back NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took pictures — and had its picture taken — as it zoomed past Earth today on its… Read More
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Orion engineers win a Silver Snoopy and other NASA accolades REDMOND, Wash. — One of NASA’s most celebrated awards was handed out today, but it didn’t go to an astronaut. Instead,… Read More
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashes down with a crew of mouse-tronauts SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule was set loose from the International Space Station today and returned to Earth with more than… Read More
Fighting for science to the last: Cassini mission ends with smash-up at Saturn Before its destruction, the bus-sized Cassini spacecraft fought Saturn’s buffeting atmosphere to send back scientific data for even longer than… Read More
Hours before its doom, NASA’s Cassini probe takes its parting shots at Saturn The final pictures from NASA’s 13-year-long Cassini mission at Saturn are flowing in – and they’re good to the last drop.… Read More
Cassini orbiter’s team turns Saturn crash into cause for celebration – and for science Twenty years after its launch to Saturn, NASA has set the Cassini orbiter on a course for certain destruction on… Read More
Six hours after launch, U.S.-Russian crew hooks up with International Space Station Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the International Space Station tonight for a five-month tour of duty… Read More
SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk shows off Dragon spaceship and the suit for the ride We’ve already gotten our first peek at the spacesuit that astronauts will wear when they’re riding in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon… Read More
Space station trio returns to Earth: NASA’s Peggy Whitson racks up 665-day record NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two other spacefliers capped off a record-setting orbital mission today with their return from the… Read More
Trump’s choice for NASA chief, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, is likely to boost moonshots The White House has confirmed long-running rumors that President Donald Trump’s pick for NASA administrator is U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine,… Read More
Elon Musk reveals SpaceX’s spacesuit: ‘This actually works’ … and also looks really cool The spacesuit designed to be worn aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule turns up the coolness dial for spaceflight, as befits a… Read More
NASA science aircraft using Seattle as base during mission to capture first video of eclipse The Museum of Flight in Seattle is no stranger to unique aircraft, and Monday’s total solar eclipse is attracting a… Read More
From 1979 to 2017: How we’ve changed since the Northwest’s last total solar eclipse When the daytime sky darkens on Aug. 21, it’ll be the first time in more than 38 years that a… Read More
Three spacefliers join International Space Station’s crew after a quick six-hour trip Three fresh crew members arrived at the International Space Station today aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft today, just six hours… Read More
Augmented reality lets you step through Museum of Flight’s portal and onto NASA’s historic 737 jet Get ready to cross into an interdimensional portal, because one just appeared at Seattle’s Museum of Flight: It’s transporting visitors… Read More
