UAE's Hope mission is about to reach Mars and the stakes are high By Meghan Bartels Tomorrow, history and the hopes of the Arab world will hang on the endurance and independence of six engines charged with steering an SUV-sized spacecraft into orbit around Mars.
The International Space Station will fly over Super Bowl 2021 stadium for the big game By Tariq Malik Astronauts on the International Space Station just might have the ultimate nosebleed seats for Super Bowl 2021.
Clues about Mars' atmosphere may lie on the surface of its moon Phobos By Elizabeth Howell The doomed Martian moon Phobos, which is on a slow death spiral above the Red Planet, may hold some secrets about how Mars was formed.
SpaceX secures contract to launch NASA's SPHEREx astrophysics mission By Chelsea Gohd SpaceX will be launching an astrophysics mission for NASA.
Mars ahead! China's Tianwen-1 mission snaps 1st photo of Red Planet. By Andrew Jones China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft snapped its first image of Mars as the mission makes its final approach; the probe will enter orbit around the Red Planet in less than a week.
China launches new satellite for communications and technology tests By Andrew Jones China carried out its fourth orbital space launch on Thursday, sending a large satellite towards geostationary orbit from the hills of Xichang in the southwest of the country.
NASA has a lot to tackle this year as Biden takes charge. Here's what the agency's acting chief has to say. By Meghan Bartels NASA has a big year ahead of it: Landing on Mars, further delivering on the promise of commercial flights to the International Space Station, tackling climate change, and much, much more.
NASA picks Firefly Aerospace to deliver science payloads to the moon in 2023 By Samantha Mathewson NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to deliver 10 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations to the moon in 2023.
This Super Bowl ad will invite you to join a billionaire's 'Inspiration4' launch on a SpaceX rocket By Amy Thompson A commercial directed by Bryce Dallas Howard for billionaire Jared Isaacman's Inspiration4 spaceflight on a SpaceX spacecraft will launch during Super Bowl LV.
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Millie Hughes-Fulford, NASA's first female payload specialist in space, dies at 75 By Robert Z. Pearlman The first American woman to launch into space who was not a professional astronaut but a working scientist, Millie Hughes-Fulford, has died at the age of 75.
US still committed to landing Artemis astronauts on the moon, White House says By Elizabeth Howell White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday (Feb. 4) that President Joe Biden will carry on the Artemis program to land humans on the moon in the coming years.
Northrop Grumman test-fires rocket motors for new Vulcan Centaur booster By Elizabeth Howell Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance successfully performed a crucial rocket motor test for ULA's next-generation rocket, Vulcan Centaur, in preparation for a debut launch later this year.
You can watch SpaceX launch a Starlink satellite fleet before dawn on Sunday. Here's how. By Mike Wall SpaceX will launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Sunday (Feb. 7) on a record-tying mission, and you can watch the action live.
SpaceX's Starlink satellite megaconstellation launches in photos By Space.com Staff See photo's of SpaceX's Starlink missions to deploy thousands of small internet satellites into orbit.
Northrop Grumman names spacecraft for NASA 'Hidden Figure' Katherine Johnson By Robert Z. Pearlman A NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send the first American into orbit is the namesake for a resupply craft that will support the astronauts circling Earth today.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO By Samantha Mathewson Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday (Feb. 2) that he is stepping down this year to focus on other initiatives, including his spaceflight company Blue Origin.
China's iSpace fails to reach orbit in 2nd launch attempt By Elizabeth Howell The first private Chinese company to reach orbit met with failure Monday (Feb. 1) during its second attempt to go to space.
