SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth After Space Station Cargo Delivery By Hanneke Weitering A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is returning to Earth today (June 3) after spending nearly a month docked at the International Space Station (ISS).
Here's How Europe's Rosalind Franklin Rover Will Phone Home From Mars By Elizabeth Howell Europe's future Mars rover has a place to call home while en route to Red Planet discoveries. The European Space Agency opened its new rover operations control center May 30 in Turin, Italy.
Sailing on Sunbeams: Planetary Society's LightSail 2 to Soar Higher Than Space Station By Elizabeth Howell A spacecraft powered by sunlight is expected to launch on June 22, capping off a yearslong odyssey for The Planetary Society.
60-Year-Old Aurora Comes to Life in Vintage Film and Drawings By Meghan Bartels Six decades ago, a magnificent red splotch spread across the sky — and now, scientists think that by piecing together footage of the event, they better understand even older auroras.
SpaceX Raises Over $1 Billion Through Two Funding Rounds By Caleb Henry SpaceX has raised over $1 billion in new capital this year as it embarks on the deployment of its Starlink broadband constellation, according to regulatory filings published Friday.
This Weird Galaxy Is Creeping Up on Our Milky Way By Kasandra Brabaw A gorgeous new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope depicts Messier 90, a spiral galaxy roughly 60 million light-years away from our own Milky Way — but getting closer.
With End in Sight, Spitzer Space Telescope Releases Glorious Nebula Images By Meghan Bartels NASA has released a stunning pair of images taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, an instrument the agency will be shutting down on Jan. 30, 2020.
China's First Mars Spacecraft Undergoing Integration for 2020 Launch By Andrew Jones China remains on schedule to ready its first independent mission to Mars in time for a short launch window in mid-2020, according to a leading space official.
NASA Chief Says Debate Only Beginning Over Funding 2024 Return to the Moon By Jeff Foust NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the request to raise the agency's 2020 budget for the Artemis lunar program was not dead despite a lack of action on it by House appropriators.
NASA Still Aiming for 2020 First Launch of Space Launch System Megarocket By Jeff Foust NASA believes it is still possible to perform the first launch of the Space Launch System before the end of 2020.
30 'Homeless' Binary Stars Spotted Drifting in the Void Outside Any Known Galaxy By Brandon Specktor The universe may be full of binary stars that have been exiled from their home galaxies, thanks to one star's rowdy behavior.
Here's Why Astronomers Are So Worried About SpaceX's Planned 'Megaconstellation' By Rafi Letzter SpaceX put 60 bright satellites in space May 23, and astronomers are sounding the alarm about the eventual 12,000-strong Starlink constellation SpaceX plans.
Engineer Charged with Falsifying Inspections of SpaceX Hardware By Jeff Foust Federal prosecutors have charged a man with falsifying inspection records for hardware his company produced for SpaceX, highlighting an issue about the overall aerospace industry supply chain.
These Are the Private Lunar Landers Taking NASA Science to the Moon By Mike Wall A look at the three commercial spacecraft that will carry NASA payloads to the lunar surface in 2020 and 2021.
Weird 'Fettucine' Rocks May Help Us Spot Life on Mars By Meghan Bartels Let's be very clear: No one is suggesting that Martians feast on pasta during a Red Planet all-you-can-eat buffet.
SpaceX Says Its 60 Starlink Satellites Are All Phoning Home (and Fading Out) By Mike Wall The first 60 Starlink satellites have notched a number of important milestones since their launch to low-Earth orbit last Thursday (May 23), company representatives said.
Vortex Rocket Engine for Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Passes Big Test By Elizabeth Howell A new video shows a spectacular ribbon of flame emanating from a Sierra Nevada Corp. engine during a test for future United States cargo launches.
NASA Just Picked These 3 Companies to Build Private Moon Landers for Lunar Science By Meghan Bartels NASA has picked Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Orbit Beyond to build private moon landers to fly science experiments to the moon in 2020 and 2021.
UFOs Are Real, But Don't Assume They're Alien Spaceships By Mike Wall UFOs are very real, as we have recently seen — but that doesn't mean E.T. has been violating our airspace.
Carnivores Roam the Springtime Night Sky By Joe Rao During the last days of May and the first of June, navigating a cluster of carnivorous constellations can help you identify star patterns, including the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and the Lion (Leo).
