China's Mars rover Zhurong just snapped an epic self-portrait on the Red Planet (photos) By Tereza Pultarova China's Mars rover Zhurong used a tiny camera to snap a self portrait of itself with its lander on the Red Planet.
China's Mars rover Zhurong spotted from space by NASA orbiter (photos) By Mike Wall The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped a shot of China's first-ever Red Planet rover, called Zhurong, on June 6, about three weeks after the wheeled robot touched down.
Collins Aerospace to support NASA life support systems at new Houston Spaceport campus By Robert Z. Pearlman More than 50 years after it provided the communications link between Houston and the moon, Collins Aerospace is again helping connect "Space City" with the future of U.S. activities in space.
Space shuttle simulator returns to NASA to be restored for display By Robert Z. Pearlman A space shuttle simulator has returned to NASA's Johnson Space Center almost a decade after it was last "flown."
China rolls rocket to pad ahead of crew launch to Tianhe space station By Elizabeth Howell China is getting ready to send three taikonauts to its new space station core module, although we don't yet know when it will happen and who will go.
Venus wins stunning 3rd new mission, this time from Europe By Meghan Bartels Venus scientists have long complained that their target wasn't getting its due in robotic investigators. Now, a third new mission to Earth's mysterious twin has been announced in just over a week.
Senate passes huge tech funding bill, includes $10 billion for NASA moon landers By Mike Wall The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would allocate nearly $250 billion to American scientific and technical research — including $10 billion for NASA to fund private crewed moon landers.
NASA to name winners of human tissue growth challenge today. Here's how to watch online. By Amy Thompson NASA is about to announce the winners of its latest Centennial Challenge to grow human tissue in a lab, and you can watch the action live online.
Russia wants you to buy a seat on a Soyuz mission to the space station By Mike Wall Glavkosmos, the marketing and management arm of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, is inviting folks to buy a trip to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 7th flight on the Red Planet By Mike Wall Ingenuity took to the Martian skies again on Tuesday (June 6), making its first sortie since battling through an in-flight anomaly on May 22.
Jupiter's Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, looks amazing in these 1st photos from NASA's epic Juno flyby By Mike Wall The photos from a historic flyby of Ganymede, the solar system's largest moon, are starting to roll in.
Russia threatens to leave International Space Station program over US sanctions: reports By Elizabeth Howell Russia's space chief is threatening to leave the International Space Station program in 2025 unless the United States lifts sanctions against the Russian space sector.
Relativity Space unveils fully reusable, 3D-printed Terran R rocket By Mike Wall Relativity Space revealed details of Terran R, a new two-stage rocket that's key to the Southern California startup's bold off-Earth goals, which include helping humanity get a foothold on Mars.
United Launch Alliance delays Atlas V rocket launch for US Space Force By Amy Thompson United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s next Atlas V launch will have to wait a little longer as the liftoff has been delayed, the company announced Friday (June 5).
Astra to acquire propulsion company Apollo Fusion for launches beyond low Earth orbit By Mike Wall Astra announced on Monday (June 7) that it's acquiring Apollo Fusion, a company that builds electric-propulsion spacecraft engines.
Behind Blue Origin bids: RR Auction vets viers for New Shepard seat By Robert Z. Pearlman Boston-based firm RR Auction is vetting the people bidding to fly to space this summer on Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle.
Jeff Bezos will join passengers launching into space on Blue Origin's 1st crewed flight By Meghan Bartels The Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder announced on Instagram that he and his brother would fly on the New Shepard vehicle's first crewed flight, scheduled for July 20.
Why Venus is back in the exploration limelight By Mike Wall We may be witnessing the start of a bona fide Venus exploration campaign.
Air pollution from reentering megaconstellation satellites could cause ozone hole 2.0 By Tereza Pultarova Chemicals produced by re-entering megaconstellation satellites will likely alter the Earth’s upper atmosphere and damage the protective ozone layer.
