SpaceX to Let Its 'Starhopper' Starship Prototype Off Its Leash Soon By Mike Wall The Starhopper spacecraft, a prototype of SpaceX's Starship Mars vehicle, is scheduled to make its first untethered test flight soon.
How We Could Make Mars Habitable, One Patch of Ground at a Time By Mike Wall Transforming Mars into a life-friendly world doesn't have to be a herculean, planet-wide effort.
Book Excerpt: 'Archaeology From Space' By Mindy Weisberger 'Space archaeology' is transforming how experts study ancient civilizations.
Archinaut, a Construction Robot for Space, Could Launch a Test Flight in 2022 By Mike Wall NASA has awarded California startup Made In Space $73.7 million to give the company's "Archinaut" spacecraft-assembly technology an orbital test.
Amazon Lays Out Satellite Constellation Service Goals, Deployment and Deorbit Plans to FCC By Caleb Henry Amazon released more details on its plan to deploy broadband satellites, telling U.S. telecom regulators service can start in limited areas with less than a fifth of the total constellation.
Firefly to Partner with Israel Aerospace Industries on Moon Lander By Jeff Foust Firefly Aerospace announced July 9 it plans to work with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the manufacturer of the Beresheet lunar lander, to develop its own lunar landers for NASA.
Why Is the Apollo Reflector Experiment Still Operating, 50 Years Later? By Elizabeth Howell An epic lunar laser experiment is still going strong, five decades after the Apollo astronauts set it up on the surface.
Nearly 200K People Have Signed Up to Steal Alien Secrets from Area 51 in Late-Summer Raid By Brandon Specktor More than 200,000 Facebook users say they're interested in joining a raid on Nevada's infamous Area 51 air base this summer.
Polish Space Startup Puts First Nanosats Into Orbit, Eyes Constellation and Production Facility By Jaroslaw Adamowski Polish space startup SatRevolution successfully deployed its first two nanosats, the Swiatowid and the KRAKsat, into orbit from the International Space Station July 3.
Robotic SpaceX Cargo Mission Could Aid Space Settlement By Mike Wall The next SpaceX mission to the International Space Station (ISS) may be uncrewed, but it could nonetheless eventually help humanity extend its footprint far beyond low Earth orbit.
Report Makes Case for Space-based Asteroid Tracking Telescope By Jeff Foust A report last month has buoyed the efforts of scientists seeking a dedicated mission to search for near Earth objects, although NASA has yet to commit to funding that mission.
Lunar GPS? NASA Knows How to Help Astronauts Navigate By Elizabeth Howell When the next generation of crews lands on the moon's surface — which could happen as early as 2024 — NASA plans to use a lunar GPS to help astronauts find their way.
NASA's 'Green' Fuel Satellite Passes Its First Test By Kasandra Brabaw The future of space travel is looking green.
LightSail 2 Beams 1st Photos Home from Orbit! How to Track the Little Satellite. By Amy Thompson The Planetary Society's solar-sailing spacecraft LightSail 2 beamed back its first views of Earth on Sunday (July 7). And you can keep close tabs on the little satellite — here's how.
Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane Caught on Camera (Photo) By Leonard David Skywatcher and satellite tracker Ralf Vandebergh recently caught a rare glimpse of the U.S. Air Force's secretive vehicle doing its thing in orbit.
LightSail 2 Sends Back 1st Signals from Its Solar-Surfing Test Flight By Doris Elin Salazar The roughly 11-lb. (5 kilograms) cubesat is designed to showcase that efficient solar sailing is possible.
Starlink Failures Highlight Space Sustainability Concerns By Jeff Foust The failure of at least five percent of the first batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites has put a spotlight on the growing concerns with dead satellites in low Earth orbit.
InSight Team Gets Look at Stuck 'Mole' on Mars By Doris Elin Salazar The InSight Mars lander team is "elated" that the robot succeeded in lifting away the support structure surrounding stuck burrowing heat probe.
Orion Capsule's Launch-Abort System: How It Works By Stefano Coledan A brief primer on the safety gear that will show its mettle during a flight test tomorrow (July 2).
A BFF in Space! Bioprinter Will 3D-Print Human Tissue on the Space Station By Elizabeth Howell A new 3D printer aims to create human tissue in space after it launches to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX cargo mission in July.
