Elon Musk says he'll have 1,200 ventilators ready to deliver this week By Mike Wall Elon Musk wants to make a big contribution to the coronavirus fight.
Mobile astronomy: Put the Milky Way in your pocket with 'Our Galaxy' smartphone app By Chris Vaughan A new fun and educational app called "Our Galaxy" lets smartphone users explore the cosmos from the palm of their hand.
NASA supercomputers join fight against coronavirus By Meghan Bartels As the U.S. scrambles to respond to the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, NASA supercomputers are joining the effort to look for potential treatment and vaccine candidates.
Elon Musk offers to make ventilators for coronavirus patients By Mike Wall Elon Musk offered to manufacture breathing machines for sufferers of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
NASA asks public to design sensors for Venus rover concept By Elizabeth Howell NASA is asking the public to help them explore "hell," as the agency terms it — the roasting surface of the planet Venus.
Vega rocket's new 3D-printed thrust chamber passes critical hot-fire test (video) By Elizabeth Howell A successful firing test shows that Europe's lightweight Vega launcher is well on its way to cheaper and more efficient launches in 2025, officials say.
NASA is working with university teams to develop tiny tech for space trips By Elizabeth Howell While NASA has big plans to return humans to the moon in 2024, the agency is also thinking small by working to support the development of tiny robots and satellites.
Watch Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket come together with these behind-the-scenes videos By Elizabeth Howell Several videos from Blue Origin show progress in the design of its latest rocket, New Glenn, as the company ramps up for the first launch next year.
These two tiny spacecraft will help pave the way for astronauts to return to the moon By Elizabeth Howell If NASA astronauts land on the moon as planned in 2024, they'll have an advantage their Apollo predecessors lacked: insights gathered by tiny robotic spacecraft that visit the moon before them.
Chinese smartphone camera photographs Earth from space By Andrew Jones Chinese electronics firm Xiaomi went above and beyond to advertise its latest smartphone, sending the device's 100-megapixel camera into space.
Sex in space: could technology meet astronauts' intimate needs? By Simon Dubé, Dave Anctil Machines could fulfill desires and support humans during space travel.
US Space Force's activities still mysterious despite House hearing By Elizabeth Howell Congress gave the lone employee of the United States Space Force quite a grilling this week, but the public still doesn't know much about the new military branch's activities.
NASA still aiming for 2024 moon landing despite SLS megarocket delays By Doris Elin Urrutia The first launch of NASA's back-to-the moon program has slipped into the second half of next year, but 2024 remains the target for the first crewed lunar landing since the Apollo days.
Elon Musk approves of the US Space Force, eyes 'Star Trek' potential By Mike Wall SpaceX's billionaire founder and CEO said he's onboard with the sixth branch of the U.S. military, which President Donald Trump officially established in December 2019.
RIP, MarCO! The world's first cubesats to Mars are gone for good By Meghan Bartels In September 2019, NASA started the second half of an epic game of Marco Polo; early this month the agency declared it over for good.
Relativity Space will 3D-print rockets at new autonomous factory in Long Beach, California By Mike Wall The company aims to revolutionize rocketry via 3D printing and intelligent automation.
Two private satellites just docked in space in historic first for orbital servicing By Elizabeth Howell In a historic first for satellite operations, one spacecraft "helper" docked with a working satellite to provide life-extension services.
NASA picks moon catapults, lasers, electricity and other wild lunar projects for student contest By Elizabeth Howell NASA has awarded nearly $1 million to student teams looking to deploy robots, towers and other small vehicles alongside moon-roving astronauts.
DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the sky By Elizabeth Howell Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.
