NASA and DARPA will test nuclear thermal engines for crewed missions to MarsThe agencies hope to demonstrate the tech as soon as 2027.By K. Holt, 01.24.2023
SpaceX completes first stacked Starship fueling test“Today’s test will help verify a full launch countdown sequence," SpaceX said.By I. Bonifacic, 01.24.2023
Scientists found a new emperor penguin colony by tracking poo markings from spaceThe colony, like many others, faces an existential threat due to climate change. By I. Bonifacic, 01.22.2023
Russia will send a 'rescue' spacecraft to the ISS following leakThe mission will replace a damaged Soyuz capsule.By J. Fingas, 01.12.2023
Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbitThe anomaly that aborted the attempt has been identified as a 'premature shutdown of first burn of second stage.'By A. Tarantola, 01.12.2023
The Webb Telescope's first confirmed exoplanet is 99 percent the diameter of EarthLHS 475 b is just 41 light years away.By A. Tarantola, 01.11.2023
What an 'oddball' star in the Cygnus cluster can teach us about how masers are madeMWC 349A is 30 times bigger than our own sun and one of the brightest radio sources in the sky.By A. Tarantola, 01.10.2023
The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbitVirgin Orbit said the rocket suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching its destination.By M. Moon, 01.10.2023
NASA's 38-year-old science satellite falls safely to EarthThe reentry comes as officials hope to cut back on space debris.By J. Fingas, 01.09.2023
A dead NASA satellite is returning to Earth after 38 years in spaceThe likelihood of it hurting anyone is “very low.”By I. Bonifacic, 01.07.2023
Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90Apollo 7 paved the way for the moon landing, and brought space flight into the nation's living rooms.By W. Shanklin, 01.04.2023
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft returns to Kennedy Space CenterThe agency can now take apart the capsule. By I. Bonifacic, 01.01.2023
NASA officially retires its InSight Mars landerThe agency last heard back from the lander on December 15th. By I. Bonifacic, 12.21.2022
Radiator leak from Russian ISS module leaves spacewalkers cooling their heelsNASA said the capsule's external radiator cooling loop is the likely culprit.By W. Shanklin, 12.15.2022
Everything NASA is taking to the moon before colonizing MarsThe Artemis missions will spend the rest of the decade setting up humanity's first extraterrestrial outpost.By A. Tarantola, 12.15.2022
Watch NASA's ocean-monitoring satellite launch here at 6AM ETSWOT will survey water on almost 90 percent of the Earth's surface.By K. Holt, 12.15.2022
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission has returned to EarthThe Orion crew vehicle landed in the Pacific Ocean following a near-perfect flight.By I. Bonifacic, 12.11.2022
Watch NASA's Artemis 1 splashdown here, starting at 11AM ETOrion's first mission to the Moon will soon draw to a close.By K. Holt, 12.11.2022
The Biden administration is reportedly drafting an executive order to streamline space rulesThe president could sign the order by early next year.By I. Bonifacic, 12.10.2022
UN passes resolution to curb space debris from anti-satellite missile testsChina, India and Russia all voted against the measure.By W. Shanklin, 12.08.2022