NASA and DARPA will test nuclear thermal engines for crewed missions to Mars
The agencies hope to demonstrate the tech as soon as 2027.
Space
SpaceX completes first stacked Starship fueling test
“Today’s test will help verify a full launch countdown sequence," SpaceX said.
Scientists found a new emperor penguin colony by tracking poo markings from space
The colony, like many others, faces an existential threat due to climate change.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Russia will send a 'rescue' spacecraft to the ISS following leak
The mission will replace a damaged Soyuz capsule.
Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit
The anomaly that aborted the attempt has been identified as a 'premature shutdown of first burn of second stage.'
The Webb Telescope's first confirmed exoplanet is 99 percent the diameter of Earth
LHS 475 b is just 41 light years away.
What an 'oddball' star in the Cygnus cluster can teach us about how masers are made
MWC 349A is 30 times bigger than our own sun and one of the brightest radio sources in the sky.
The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbit
Virgin Orbit said the rocket suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching its destination.
NASA's 38-year-old science satellite falls safely to Earth
The reentry comes as officials hope to cut back on space debris.
A dead NASA satellite is returning to Earth after 38 years in space
The likelihood of it hurting anyone is “very low.”
Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90
Apollo 7 paved the way for the moon landing, and brought space flight into the nation's living rooms.
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft returns to Kennedy Space Center
The agency can now take apart the capsule.
NASA officially retires its InSight Mars lander
The agency last heard back from the lander on December 15th.
Radiator leak from Russian ISS module leaves spacewalkers cooling their heels
NASA said the capsule's external radiator cooling loop is the likely culprit.
Everything NASA is taking to the moon before colonizing Mars
The Artemis missions will spend the rest of the decade setting up humanity's first extraterrestrial outpost.
Watch NASA's ocean-monitoring satellite launch here at 6AM ET
SWOT will survey water on almost 90 percent of the Earth's surface.
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission has returned to Earth
The Orion crew vehicle landed in the Pacific Ocean following a near-perfect flight.
Watch NASA's Artemis 1 splashdown here, starting at 11AM ET
Orion's first mission to the Moon will soon draw to a close.
The Biden administration is reportedly drafting an executive order to streamline space rules
The president could sign the order by early next year.
UN passes resolution to curb space debris from anti-satellite missile tests
China, India and Russia all voted against the measure.
