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SpaceX Will Fly a Private Passenger Around the Moon on Its Giant BFR Rocket
September 13, 2018 | ArticleA "private passenger" has signed up for a circumlunar flight aboard SpaceX's BFR rocket-spaceship combo, company representatives announced via Twitter this evening (Sept. 13).
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ICESat-2: Tracking Earth's Ice with Unparalleled Detail
September 13, 2018 | ReferenceNASA's new ice-monitoring satellite ICESat-2 can watch ice thickness change to within the width of a No. 2 pencil every year. It took a decade to develop the technology to yield such precision, but it will help scientists better predict how melting ice wi
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NASA's Ice-Monitoring Space Laser Ready for Saturday Launch
September 13, 2018 | ArticleA laser-firing, ice-monitoring NASA spacecraft has been cleared for liftoff.
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Russian Space Agency to NASA: Investigation Into Space Station Leak Is Under Way
September 13, 2018 | ArticleTwo weeks after astronauts and cosmonauts repaired an air leak at the International Space Station, investigators are still trying to figure out how the tiny hole got there.
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Apollo 7: A Test of Spacecraft and Crew
September 13, 2018 | ReferenceThe first crewed launch of the program proved that the Apollo spacecraft could get astronauts to the moon.
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National Air and Space Museum to Mark Apollo 11 50th Anniversary
September 13, 2018 | ArticleThe Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will mark the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission with a week-long "First Moon Landing Celebration" and with a series of events leading up to the July 2019 commemoration.
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Meet the Astronaut 'Den Mother' Who Takes Care of NASA's 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class
September 13, 2018 | ArticleCanadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is the class supervisor for the 2017 class of astronaut candidates, who are expected to be the ones eventually exiting low Earth orbit for missions to the moon — and perhaps even to Mars, if NASA predictions of today hold.
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Space Station Commander: It's 'Absolutely a Shame' to Suggest Astronauts Caused Air Leak
September 12, 2018 | ArticleThe leader of the current mission aboard the International Space Station is hitting back against the suggestion that he or one of his crewmates might have caused the orbiting lab's recent air leak.
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NASA's Spirit Rover: Revealing Mars' Early, Wet History
September 12, 2018 | ReferenceThe Spirit rover discovered evidence of the red planet's history and was a trailblazer for future Mars rovers.
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NASA's Orion Space Capsule Aces Final Parachute Test Before Moon Flight
September 12, 2018 | ArticleA test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely touched down on Earth today (Sept. 12) under three parachutes, completing a crucial test to get the vehicle ready for a journey around the moon and back.
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