Spacewalkers finish up wiring job in orbit A U.S.-Canadian spacewalking duo wrapped up a series of three outings over the span of three and a half weeks,… Read More
Uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi delayed; crewed flight to be extended NASA today confirmed that the first uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station would… Read More
Astronauts (male and female) hook up batteries during not-so-historic spacewalk Today’s spacewalk at the International Space Station wasn’t as historic as it was originally meant to be, but it got… Read More
VP Mike Pence sets 5-year deadline for landing Americans at moon’s south pole Vice President Mike Pence today called for American astronauts to return to the moon in five years, laying down a… Read More
NASA reshuffles spacewalk lineup, with all-female outing ruled out due to suit size History’s first all-female spacewalk will have to wait for another time after NASA switched the lineup for two upcoming extravehicular… Read More
Surprise! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe catches asteroid spewing bits into space NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has spotted something that hasn’t been seen up close on an asteroid before: plumes of particles erupting… Read More
Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months… Read More
NASA considers shifting a key test flight beyond the moon to commercial rockets NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Senate hearing today that his agency is looking into an option to double up… Read More
White House budget proposal tightens the screws on science, from space to salmon The White House’s $4.7 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2020 aims to give a boost to the Space Force,… Read More
SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship splashes down at end of crucial space station trip SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean today, ending a six-day uncrewed test run preparing the way… Read More
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship makes maiden flight with robo-rider named Ripley SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was sent into space atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight, beginning a crucial test of a spaceship… Read More
UW researchers and Florida middle school students form unusual bond over cosmic kidney stones Eight students from a low-income sugarcane town in South Florida spent months on a robotics project tackling kidney stones in… Read More
NASA, SpaceX and a test dummy are ready for Dragon 2’s first trip to space station NASA gave the all-clear today for the first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship to the International Space Station… Read More
Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the first human explorers head for Mars, they’re likely to have a non-human judging their performance… Read More
After twin-astronaut tests, NASA readies new wave of studies on space health risks WASHINGTON, D.C. — Almost three years after NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned from spending nearly a year in orbit, researchers are… Read More
NASA lays out its commercial roadmap for putting astronauts on the moon in 2028 WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s leaders put out their pitch today for commercial ventures to build the hardware needed to put American… Read More
NASA’s deputy chief echoes JFK in a pitch for commercial space ventures WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s No. 2 official channeled President John F. Kennedy today in a pitch designed to please space industry… Read More
Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead After months of silence from Mars, NASA finally read the rites over its Opportunity rover, hailing the six-wheeled machine as… Read More
Astronauts install Tethers Unlimited’s 3-D printer plus recycler on space station NASA astronauts on the International Space Station have installed the first integrated 3-D printer and plastic recycler to go into… Read More
NASA and President Trump pay tribute to fallen astronauts in shutdown’s wake NASA highlighted the legacy of astronauts lost in tragic missions including 1967’s Apollo 1, the shuttle Challenger’s launch in 1986… Read More
Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next? Farewell, WALL-E and EVE: NASA says it’s lost contact with two briefcase-sized MarCO nanosatellites, more than two months after their… Read More
Hey, kids! Here’s your chance to re-enact the Apollo 11 moon landing with robots Fifty years after the first Apollo moon landing, students from across the country will get a chance to re-enact the… Read More
NASA shuffles crew for Boeing Starliner space taxi’s test flight due to medical issue NASA says a medical issue is forcing a switch in the crew for the Boeing Starliner space taxi’s first crewed… Read More
Hubble Space Telescope team hits ‘reset’ to get balky camera back to doing science NASA says the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 is back to doing science observations, a week after it… Read More
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship leaves space station and splashes down in the dark SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean tonight, bringing science experiments and used hardware from the… Read More
Hubble Space Telescope’s team works to revive camera amid NASA shutdown Engineers are working to bring the Hubble Space Telescope’s wide-angle camera back into operation after a hardware problem knocked it… Read More
Government shutdown is putting a damper on science in Seattle and elsewhere It’s been called the “Super Bowl of Astronomy,” but when the American Astronomical Society’s winter meeting plays out in Seattle… Read More
New Horizons team celebrates history’s farthest flyby with New Year’s sparkle LAUREL, Md. — Hundreds of well-wishers took part in a different kind of New Year’s countdown, 33 minutes past midnight,… Read More
New Horizons team gets first fuzzy glimpse of elongated icy world on solar system’s edge LAUREL, Md. — The science team for NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft released its first multi-pixel view of an icy world… Read More
Ho, ho, Juno! NASA orbiter delivers lots of holiday goodies from Jupiter’s north pole Santa Claus isn’t the only one bearing gifts from the north pole at this time of year. NASA’s Juno orbiter… Read More
