Chelsea Gohd served as a Senior Writer for Space.com from 2018 to 2022 before returning in 2026, covering everything from climate change to planetary science and human spaceflight in both articles and on-camera in videos. With a M.S. in Biology, Chelsea has written and worked for institutions including NASA JPL, the American Museum of Natural History, Scientific American, Discover Magazine Blog, Astronomy Magazine, and Live Science. When not writing, editing or filming something space-y, Gohd is writing music and performing as Foxanne, even launching a song to space in 2021 with Inspiration4. You can follow her online @chelsea.gohd and @foxanne.music
Latest articles by Chelsea Gohd

Sian Proctor makes history with SpaceX's Inspiration4 as first-ever Black female spacecraft pilot
By Chelsea Gohd published
Sian Proctor is making history as the first-ever Black female spacecraft pilot.

Watch Netflix's SpaceX Inspiration4 launch webcast with this celebrity-packed countdown event
By Chelsea Gohd published
Are you counting down to SpaceX's Inspiration4 launch? Join celebrity guests and the mission's four soon-to-be astronauts for a livestream, hosted by Netflix.

Inspiration4's Hayley Arceneaux will be youngest American to reach space and 1st spaceflyer with a prosthesis
By Chelsea Gohd published
This week, a crew of four spaceflyers will launch as part of the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth. But this isn't the only major "first" for Inspiration4.

Sian Proctor to take Afrofuturism art, science and a lifelong passion for exploration to space on private Inspiration4 mission
By Chelsea Gohd published
With the Inspiration4 mission, Sian Proctor will become an astronaut with her art after decades of dedication to science and space.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, commander of the private Inspiration4 space mission, is bringing his spaceflight vision to life
By Chelsea Gohd published
According to Inspiration4's fearless leader, commander Jared Isaacman, the "stars have always aligned" for the charitable mission to Earth orbit.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity flies low and slow on lucky flight 13
By Chelsea Gohd published
Number 13 was good luck for NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, as the tenacious little craft seamlessly completed its 13th flight on the Red Planet on Saturday (Sept. 4).

'Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space,' a docuseries on SpaceX's 1st all-civilian spaceflight, launches on Netflix
By Chelsea Gohd published
The private Inspiration4 astronauts on SpaceX's first all-civilian spaceflight star in a new Netflix documentary on their historic flight.

Satellite images show extreme flooding in New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
By Chelsea Gohd published
The epic storm that swept across the eastern United States this week hit New Jersey so hard that satellites saw the damage from space.

Inspiration4 astronauts to conduct health research on private SpaceX mission
By Chelsea Gohd published
The private astronauts of Inspiration4 will be helping to expand our understanding of how space affects the human body on their mission around Earth.

NASA just cut a 10-cent check to kick-start moon mining tech
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA has cut a 10 cent check to space startup Lunar Outpost in the first-ever payment to a company to mine the moon.

SpaceX faces possible liquid oxygen shortage for rocket fuel amid pandemic
By Chelsea Gohd published
As hospitals struggle to figure out how to treat patients, SpaceX fears a liquid oxygen shortage that could also jeopardize upcoming launches.

International Space Station could be followed by commercial space stations after 2030, NASA says
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA hopes that commercial space stations will orbit Earth once the International Space Station eventually retires, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said today (Aug. 25) at the 36th Space Symposium.

SpaceX paused Starlink launches to give its internet satellites lasers
By Chelsea Gohd published
SpaceX hasn't launched any Starlink internet satellites since June. It turns out it's because the company has been adding "lasers."

Why Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin gets so much hate
By Chelsea Gohd published
These days, it feels as though billionaire-backed space companies are launching off Earth all the time. So why does Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin seem to be in the hot seat?

NASA chief Bill Nelson optimistic about Artemis moon landing goals amid big delays
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA has no plans of backing down from its moon landing goal despite recent obstacles, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said today (Aug. 24) at the 36th annual Space Symposium.

Record temperatures, fire clouds and drought ravage Earth in scorching-hot 2021
By Chelsea Gohd published
2021 is "virtually certain" to be one of the top 10 hottest years on record, and "fire clouds," could become a summer staple, scientists revealed in a monthly briefing today (Aug. 19).

'Star Trek' legend Nichelle Nichols caught in ongoing conservatorship battle: report
By Chelsea Gohd published
Beloved "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols is caught in the middle of a conservatorship battle as she fights her own battle with dementia.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA over denied moon lander contract
By Chelsea Gohd published
Blue Origin is now suing NASA in its latest attempt to push back against the agency's decision to award SpaceX its moon lander contract.

SpaceX's 1st private astronaut mission, Inspiration4, is just one month from launching into history
By Chelsea Gohd published
In just one month, SpaceX will make history with Inspiration4 — the world's first all-civilian spaceflight — the mission's crew couldn't be more excited.

Perseverance Mars rover fumbled 1st sampling attempt because of 'unique' powdery rock, NASA finds
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA's Perseverance rover's first sample collection didn't go as planned due to trouble with a "unique" and unexpectedly powdery Mars rock.

Stuck valves on Boeing's Starliner keep critical space station test flight on hold
By Chelsea Gohd published
Boeing's Starliner capsule is still under repair as the company works to figure out what's going on with its faulty valves.

US astronaut moon landing 'not feasible,' by 2024 due to spacesuit delay, NASA's inspector general finds
By Chelsea Gohd published
Because of anticipated delays in spacesuit development, it is "not feasible" for NASA to land humans on the moon by the agency's hopeful deadline of 2024, a report has found.

Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede stuns in new infrared image from NASA's Juno probe
By Chelsea Gohd published
Scientists are using infrared to better explore Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.
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