Watch live Monday: NASA Mars helicopter attempts 1st flight on Red Planet By Space.com Staff The Crew-2 astronauts will take questions from the media during a live event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Saturday (April 17) at 9:45 a.m. EDT (1345 GMT). Watch It live!
On This Day in Space! April 18, 2014: NASA's LADEE probe crashes into the moon By Hanneke Weitering On April 18, 2014, NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) ended its mission by crashing into the moon. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is ready to make its first flight attempt Monday By Doris Elin Urrutia The big day is nearly here for the team behind NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, who've spent six years developing the first aircraft to fly on the Red Planet.
These 4 Crew-2 astronauts are ready to ride a SpaceX rocket into orbit By Amy Thompson NASA's next crew of astronauts are ready to strap into a SpaceX Dragon capsule and blast off into space.
Russia joins China's mission to sample an asteroid and study a comet By Andrew Jones China has selected a Russian science payload to fly on an upcoming mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid and later visit a main-belt comet.
Lyrid meteors face off against a bright moon this week By Joe Rao The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on Thursday morning (April 22), the first good meteor shower in nearly four months, although a bright moon could interfere.
Japanese ispace lander to carry UAE moon rover to lunar surface in 2022 By Mike Wall The United Arab Emirates' robotic Rashid moon rover will be delivered to the lunar surface in 2022 by HAKUTO-R, a lander built by the Japanese company ispace.
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity won't fly until next week at the earliest By Mike Wall The team will modify and reinstall Ingenuity's flight-control software.
Watch live Monday: NASA Mars helicopter attempts 1st flight on Red Planet By Space.com Staff The Crew-2 astronauts will take questions from the media during a live event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Saturday (April 17) at 9:45 a.m. EDT (1345 GMT). Watch It live!
On This Day in Space! April 18, 2014: NASA's LADEE probe crashes into the moon By Hanneke Weitering On April 18, 2014, NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) ended its mission by crashing into the moon. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
As NASA troubleshoots its Mars helicopter, Perseverance rover keeps busy By Elizabeth Howell The Ingenuity helicopter's first flight on Mars has been delayed, but NASA's Red Planet teams are staying busy with the larger Perseverance mission.
Alien hunters should search for artifacts on the moon, study suggests By Charles Q. Choi The famous equation used to search for alien civilizations has now inspired a new formula to hunt for alien artifacts within our solar system.
Enceladus may have ocean currents like we see around Antarctica By Elizabeth Howell The ocean of the water-spurting moon Enceladus might be more active than scientists realized.
Mars' dark streaks are probably caused by dry landslides By Mike Wall A recent study found that these dark marks, known as recurring slope lineae, surged following the massive 2018 dust storm that killed NASA's Mars rover Opportunity.
Lyrid meteors face off against a bright moon this week By Joe Rao The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on Thursday morning (April 22), the first good meteor shower in nearly four months, although a bright moon could interfere.
Lyrid meteor shower 2021: When, where & how to see it By Jesse Emspak In late April, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a view of the Lyrid meteor shower, the dusty trail of a comet with a centuries-long orbit around the sun.
April new moon 2021: Planets become more visible before the moon occults Mars By Jesse Emspak The new moon occurs Sunday, April 11, at 10:30 p.m. EDT (0230 GMT on April 12), a week before our natural satellite passes in front of Mars.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more! By Chelsea Gohd This Friday (April 9), Space Chat will explore SpaceX's upcoming Crew-2 mission.
'For All Mankind' actor lauds alternative-history show's family feel By Elizabeth Howell Actor Casey W. Johnson says that one of the most enjoyable things about being on the series has been "the family dynamic."
This week in our Space.com forums: SpaceX prizes, first eclipses, and black holes! By Mohamed Mohammed Our latest giveaway kicks off and the community chats about the first time they saw an eclipse. And then, we dive deep into black holes!
