SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Suffers Anomaly During Engine Test By Amy Thompson A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft suffered an anomaly during an engine test in Florida Saturday (April 20), company officials said.
The Most Amazing Space Photos This Week! By Doris Elin Salazar Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.
Mars 2020 Rover Assembled and Tested Ahead of Launch Next Year By Elizabeth Howell Technicians have assembled the capsule that will keep NASA's Mars 2020 rover secure for its wild ride to the Red Planet's surface.
Independent Report Concludes 2033 Human Mars Mission Is Not Feasible By Jeff Foust An independent report concluded that NASA has no chance of sending humans to Mars by 2033, with the earliest such a mission could be flown being the late 2030s.
Iger: Star Wars Movies Will Go on 'Hiatus' After Episode IX By George Marston With a pivot to TV projects.
These Wisps Around Black Holes Could Reveal How the Cosmic Beasts Eat By Rafi Letzter The international team responsible for the first-ever image of a black hole's shadow already has plans to take a better, more detailed image.
Here's How to Share Your 'Earth Day' Photos with NASA By Elizabeth Howell NASA has a new social media campaign to gear up its audience for Earth Day, an annual event to celebrate our planet – and the importance of protecting the environment – on April 22.
Tickets on Sale for 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Documentary 'What We Left Behind' By Scott Snowden The long-awaited, crowdfunded 'DS9' documentary will screen on May 13.
SpaceX's Next Space Station Cargo Launch Delayed to April 30 By Mike Wall SpaceX has pushed back the launch of its next robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station by four days, to April 30.
Defense Officials Get a Grilling at Space Force Hearing By Sandra Erwin Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said the hearing was an "opportunity to continue to gather facts and to fully explore the proposal."
Cosmic Crustacean Makes Great Birthday Card for Hubble's 29th Year (Image) By Doris Elin Salazar On April 18, the European Space Agency released an image featuring the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's birthday coming up next week.
Part 1 of 'The Orville' Season Finale Shows Humanity in Series' Characters By Scott Snowden A slower, thoughtful episode beautifully observes and parodies human behavior in "The Orville" season's penultimate episode.
We Could Soon Watch a Black Hole in Action, Gobbling Up Matter in Real Time By Rafi Letzter The huge team behind the Event Horizon Telescope already made news with their first image of a black hole. But they've got bigger ambitions.
Is Emperor Palpatine Returning in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? By George Marston It sure looks that way.
Space News Webcasts: Next Space Station Crew Takes Questions By SPACE.com Staff The next space station crew will discuss their upcoming mission today at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT). Watch it live here.
April's Lyrid Meteors Peak Early this Week, But the Moon May Interfere By Joe Rao One of the oldest known annual meteor showers, peaking early this week, may unfortunately be hindered by an almost-full moon.
On This Day in Space! April 20, 2016: Moon Doesn't Turn Green, Despite Internet Rumors By Hanneke Weitering On April 20, 2016, the moon did not turn green, despite a viral internet meme. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space videos series!
Tiny Mercury May Have a Solid Metallic Core That Rivals Earth's By Meghan Bartels A solid metallic core nearly as large as Earth's might be lurking deep within the solar system's smallest planet.
April Full Moon 2019: The 'Pink Moon' Rises Tonight! By Jesse Emspak The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, will occur on April 19 at 7:12 a.m. EDT (1112 GMT).
