Parachutes, Abort Engines Are Key Challenges for SpaceX's Crew Dragon Capsule By Rod Pyle Elon Musk and Jim Bridenstine came together recently to discuss the remaining challenges for Commercial Crew.
RIP, Van Allen Probes! NASA Ends 7-Year Mission to Explore Earth's Radiation Belts By Meghan Bartels Another long-lived NASA mission has come to an end, this one after more than seven years of dancing through the perilous belts of radiation around Earth.
NASA Astronauts Make History with 1st All-Woman Spacewalk By Chelsea Gohd Today (Oct. 18), NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir embarked on the first spacewalk in history to be completed by a team of all women.
This Poofy, Inflated Exoplanet Is One of the Puffiest Ever Seen By Charles Q. Choi Giant alien worlds with searing, close orbits to their host stars can inflate like balloons. Now astronomers have discovered one so puffy that it is one of the least dense planets ever discovered.
Trump Hails NASA Astronauts on 1st All-Woman Spacewalk in History By Tariq Malik 'You're very brave people," Trump says.
Josie and the Pussycats are Heading to Outer Space By George Marston Josie and the Pussycats are heading into outer space in a new digital-first series debuting on comiXology, as announced via ScreenRant.
Moon VIPER: NASA Wants to Send a Water-Sniffing Rover to the Lunar South Pole in 2022 By Meghan Bartels NASA is already pulling together plans for what could become its first long-lived robotic rover on the moon's surface, designed to sniff out water and targeting a landing date of 2022.
NASA Just Unveiled the Spacesuit to be Worn by First Woman on the Moon By Chelsea Gohd NASA on Tuesday (Oct. 15) unveiled new prototypes of the spacesuits that will be worn by the first woman to walk on the moon.
Parachutes, Abort Engines Are Key Challenges for SpaceX's Crew Dragon Capsule By Rod Pyle Elon Musk and Jim Bridenstine came together recently to discuss the remaining challenges for Commercial Crew.
RIP, Van Allen Probes! NASA Ends 7-Year Mission to Explore Earth's Radiation Belts By Meghan Bartels Another long-lived NASA mission has come to an end, this one after more than seven years of dancing through the perilous belts of radiation around Earth.
RIP, Van Allen Probes! NASA Ends 7-Year Mission to Explore Earth's Radiation Belts By Meghan Bartels Another long-lived NASA mission has come to an end, this one after more than seven years of dancing through the perilous belts of radiation around Earth.
An Asteroid-Smashing Star Ground a Giant Rock to Bits and Covered Itself in the Remains By Rafi Letzter Good news for scientists. Bad news for any asteroid dwellers.
European-Russian ExoMars Rover Team in 'Race Against the Clock' to Fix Parachutes for 2020 Launch By Mike Wall The European-Russian ExoMars 2020 mission will have to find some parachute fixes fast if it wants to be ready for launch next summer.
Venus May Not Have Been As Earthlike As Scientists Thought By Elizabeth Howell Was Venus once covered in a liquid water ocean? A new study suggests it was not, which could diminish hope that eons ago, warm and wet conditions allowed life to arise on the planet.
A Churning 'Molten Blob' of Planet May Be Easier to Find. Here's Why. By Meghan Bartels The smaller a planet, the more difficult it is to spot — which is frustrating for scientists hoping to find Earth-like worlds.
The Orionid Meteor Shower 2019 Peaks Soon: Here's What to Expect By Joe Rao October's Orionid meteor shower is one of the most reliable of the annual displays of "shooting stars." Unfortunately, this year, the Orionids are going to face a handicap.
Space Launch Calendar 2019: Sky Events, Missions & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to SpaceX's launch schedule, other rocket missions, astronomical events of the next year, as well as milestones for spacecraft already in travel.
Brilliant Midnight Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Northeast China By Tariq Malik What appears to be a dazzling meteor lit up the sky over northeast China on Friday (Oct. 11), appearing as a brilliant fireball in surveillance video of the event.
Josie and the Pussycats are Heading to Outer Space By George Marston Josie and the Pussycats are heading into outer space in a new digital-first series debuting on comiXology, as announced via ScreenRant.
Cute Goose (and Captain Marvel) Figure Set Coming in 2020 By Newsarama Staff A new Goose the Flerken figure is coming for Captain Marvel fans. It lands in 2020.
What's the Best 'Star Trek' Movie and Why Is It 'Galaxy Quest'? New Documentary Has Answers By Chelsea Gohd A new "Galaxy Quest" documentary, highlights the magic of the 1999 film.
