Will Apollo Nostalgia Help NASA Get Its Artemis Moon Money? By Mike Wall The wave of Apollo 11 nostalgia that's building in the public consciousness ahead of the landing's 50th anniversary certainly won't hurt the Artemis project's funding prospects.
NASA's 2020 Mars Rover Gets Its 1st Wheels, and a Mast, Too (Ahoy!) By Mike Wall Engineers have installed the headlike mast on the Mars 2020 rover and put on a (temporary) set of wheels as well.
A NASA Atomic Clock on SpaceX's Next Falcon Heavy Will Pioneer Mars Travel Tech By Meghan Bartels NASA has so many spacecraft at Mars that it's a challenge to communicate with them all, but technology being launched later this month could eliminate that problem in the future.
NASA Chief Says Returning Astronauts to the Moon Could Cost $30 Billion By Meghan Bartels It was always going to be expensive, but NASA's first cost estimate for the agency's push to land humans on the moon by 2024, is finally here — and it's surprisingly cheap.
Astronaut Snaps Stunning View of Venus Over an Earth Sunrise By Passant Rabie A photo of Earth at sunrise shows Venus, our closest neighboring planet, shining in the distance above Earth's shimmering blue horizon.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Probe Breaks Its Close-Orbit Record at Asteroid Bennu By Mike Wall NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling probe has shattered the close-orbit record it set less than six months ago.
International Experiments Selected for China's Space Station By Leonard David The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the China Manned Space Agency have announced the winners of their joint opportunity to conduct experiments onboard the China Space Station.
NASA Wants to Build a 'Starshade' to Hunt Alien Planets. Here's How It Would Work By Mike Wall Starshade exoplanet-hunting missions may be technologically daunting, but they're not beyond NASA's reach, recent research suggests.
Meet Ariane 6 and Vega C: Europe's New 'Rideshare' Rockets (Videos) By Elizabeth Howell Europe is taking advantage of the small-satellite trend by building two rockets that act as a rideshare, taking several spacecraft up at the same time.
Relativity to Build Factory for 3D-Printed Rockets at NASA's Stennis Space Center By Jeff Foust Small launch vehicle developer Relativity announced June 11 it will establish a production facility for its Terran 1 rocket at NASA's Stennis Space Center.
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.
NASA Eyes Wild Space Tech Ideas to Mine the Moon (and Asteroids, Too!) By Elizabeth Howell Two far-off NASA concepts could quickly survey lunar craters for astronauts and help identify mining resources on nearby asteroids.
Montblanc Evokes Astronaut View of Earth With New StarWalker Pens By Robert Z. Pearlman Montblanc is capping its trademark "snow peak" with the much higher perch of outer space.
Bigelow Space Wants to Launch You Into Orbit with SpaceX for $52 Million By Mike Wall Bigelow Space Operations plans to take advantage of the increased commercialization of the International Space Station.
World Cup 2019: Astronaut Cheers on US Women's Soccer Team from Space By Elizabeth Howell Talk about nosebleed seats. A U.S. astronaut had the perfect view of the French stadium hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Used SpaceX Rocket Launches 3 Radarsat Satellites, Aces Foggy Landing By Amy Lynn Thompson SpaceX successfully launched its seventh space mission of the year today (June 12), delivering a trio of Earth-observing satellites into orbit.
A Used SpaceX Rocket Will Launch 3 Satellites Today! Watch It Live By Mike Wall SpaceX will launch three next-generation Earth-observing satellites for the Canadian Space Agency Wednesday (June 12), and you can watch the liftoff live.
Space Webcasts: SpaceX Radarsat Satellite Launch, NASA Hidden Figures Celebration By SPACE.com Staff SpaceX will use a Falcon 9 rocket to launch three new Earth-observing satellites for the Canadian Space Agency on Wednesday (June 12) at 10:17 a.m. EDT (1417 GMT). Watch it live here!
Fusion-Powered Spacecraft Could Be Just a Decade Away By Mike Wall The Direct Fusion Drive engine could take flight for the first time in 2028 or so, if all goes according to plan.
