Pepsi Drops Plans to Use Orbital Billboard By Jeff Foust Pepsi says it will not pursue plans to advertise its products in space using a Russian startup.
Owen Garriott, Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 88 By Robert Z. Pearlman Owen Garriott, a Skylab and space shuttle astronaut who was the first to use amateur radio from orbit, has died at the age of 88
SpaceX's Center Core Booster for Falcon Heavy Rocket Is Lost at Sea By Mike Wall The center core booster of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket was lost at sea after its April 11 landing.
SpaceIL's Beresheet Lunar Lander: Israel's 1st Trip to the Moon By Charlie Wood Going to the moon is hard, and Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL is one of a handful of organizations that knows exactly how hard.
Science Channel Chronicles Israel's 1st Moon Mission in Documentary Tonight By Sarah Lewin A new documentary April 15 from Science Channel follows SpaceIL's Beresheet mission, the Israeli moon lander that failed and crashed into the lunar surface.
Tax Day 2019 Reaches Astronauts in Space, Too By Hanneke Weitering For U.S. citizens, there's no escaping Tax Day — not even if you've left planet Earth.
Apollo 11 Spacecraft on Display in Seattle for 50th Anniversary By Robert Z. Pearlman Fifty years after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, the spacecraft that carried the first astronauts to land on the moon has again returned to the United States' west coast.
Of Mice and Microgravity: How Spacefaring Rodents Adapt to Life in Space (Video) By Charles Q. Choi Mice on Earth may like running in wheels, but mice in space apparently take advantage of the microgravity to run in circles by bouncing off the walls.
There Are Bacteria and Fungi All Over the Space Station, and Now We Know What They Are By Elizabeth Howell Just like on Earth, there is a robust population of bacteria and fungi on the International Space Station (ISS) — and a new study catalogues its exact composition.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch Cutting-Edge NASA Space Tech By Elizabeth Howell A recent epic SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch — only the second trip to space for this rocket line — brings a set of NASA technologies one step closer to getting its own ride into orbit.
Space Is Hard, Beresheet Israeli Lunar Crash Proves Again By Meghan Bartels An unassuming spacecraft called Beresheet shot for the moon. It couldn't quite stick the landing, but it has plenty of company in its disappointing fate.
Stratolaunch Flies World's Largest Plane for the First Time By Tariq Malik Stratolaunch, the private launch company founded by the late billionaire Paul Allen, has just flown the world's largest aircraft for the first time.
Israel Will Build Another Moon Lander By Mike Wall The team behind the nation's Beresheet probe, which crashed during its historic lunar-landing attempt Thursday (April 11), will take another crack at Earth's nearest neighbor.
Looking Up from Down Under: Australia Partners with Boeing to Boost Its Young Space Program By Hanneke Weitering Australia's space agency is teaming up with Boeing to give a boost to the budding space industry in the land Down Under.
NASA Chooses SpaceX to Launch Asteroid-Walloping Mission By Mike Wall A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft in June 2021, agency officials announced Thursday (April 11).
3 New Rockets Are on Track for 1st Test Flights in 2021 By Hanneke Weitering Three new commercial rockets are on track to make their first test flights in 2021.
Israeli Moon Lander Suffered Engine Glitch Before Crash By Hanneke Weitering The Israeli spacecraft that crashed into the moon on April 11 was having problems with its main engine and was unable to slow down in time before it smashed into the lunar surface.
SpaceX Recovered Falcon Heavy Nose Cone, Plans to Re-fly it This Year (Photos) By Mike Wall SpaceX recovered the payload fairing during yesterday's Falcon Heavy megarocket launch and plans to employ it on another mission this year, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
Israeli Lander Failure Marks 1st Moon Crash in 48 Years By Rafi Letzter Beresheet's moon crash was the first in nearly half a century. But back in the day, moon crashes happened all the time.
Lockheed Martin Proposes 'Early Gateway' to Put Astronauts on the Moon by 2024 By Hanneke Weitering Here's how Lockheed wants to put "boots on the moon."
