Amazon Planning 3,236-Satellite Constellation for Internet Connectivity By Caleb Henry Amazon is joining the list of companies planning a constellation of thousands of satellites for broadband internet connectivity.
Air Force Space Launch Competition Caught in Political Crossfire By Sandra Erwin House Armed Service Committee Chairman Adam Smith on Thursday sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson questioning "what seems to be a rush to move ahead in the procurement strategy."
NASA Announces Trashy Award-Winning Ideas for Cleaning Space Station By Elizabeth Howell NASA recently selected three winning ideas to compress trash in space with a minimum of fuss.
NASA Will Test 5 Habitat Designs for Its Lunar Gateway Space Station By Elizabeth Howell NASA's Lunar Gateway space station design process is beginning to take shape: The agency has announced five new prototypes that it plans to test on the ground.
Airplane Wing Assembles Like a Jigsaw Puzzle and Can Morph Into Any Shape By Stephanie Pappas The new wing could make for lighter, more efficient airplanes.
These Simulations Reveal What Happened During India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test (Videos) By Doris Elin Salazar A U.S. space and defense software company created two new simulation videos, revealing how the anti-satellite weapon recently launched by India might have looked hitting a satellite in space.
Here's What Elon Musk Had to Say to NASA's Chief Before SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight (Video) By Doris Elin Salazar Hear from the future riders of Crew Dragon, the reusable vehicle developed by SpaceX through a partnership with NASA.
Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Survives Termination Review By Jeff Foust The partial government shutdown earlier this year that delayed elements of other NASA missions may have provided a reprieve of sorts for a troubled instrument on the agency’s next Mars mission.
India's Anti-Satellite Test Created Dangerous Debris, NASA Chief Says By Sarah Lewin India's recent anti-satellite test created 60 pieces of orbital debris big enough to track, 24 of which rise higher than the International Space Station's orbit around Earth.
Next Stop, Triton? Here's Two Wild Ideas to Explore Neptune's Weirdest Moon By Meghan Bartels Neptune's moon Triton is one of the strangest worlds in the solar system — and that's why scientists are exploring mission concepts that could give them a detailed look at it.
India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test Is a Big Deal. Here's Why. By Doris Elin Salazar What type of technology launched in "Mission Shakti"?
Here's What the Speed of Light Looks Like in Slow Motion By Brandon Specktor What does the speed of light look like? CalTech researchers built the world's fastest camera to find out.
Extreme, Hydrogen-Crushing Physicists Are Pushing Us into a 'New Era of Superconductivity' By Rafi Letzter Lanthanum, diamond crushers and advanced computer models are changing the hunt for this extreme quantum mechanical effect.
Tiny Cubesats Could Do Big Science at the Moon and Venus By Sarah Wells Two proposed microsatellites could help NASA explore Venus and the moon.
Ready for the Red Planet! NASA's Mars Helicopter Aces Key Flight Tests By Mike Wall The 4-lb. Mars Helicopter, a technology demonstration that will launch with NASA's next Red Planet rover in July 2020, aced its first-ever test flight under Red Planet conditions.
India Says Its Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Created Minimal Space Debris. Is That True? By Doris Elin Salazar Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nation completed a successful test-fire of its first anti-satellite launch missile, dubbed "Mission Shakti," on Wednesday (March 27).
NASA's Orion Capsule Emergency Abort System Checks Its Attitude in Test By Doris Elin Salazar The Orion crew capsule needs a backup plan if, during the start of a trip to the moon or to deep space, there's a launch malfunction.
US Military Shoots ICBM Target Out of the Sky in Missile Defense Test By Elizabeth Howell Missiles shot from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully destroyed an airborne target Monday (March 25) as part of a U.S. missile defense test, military officials said.
These Scientists Want to Send a NASA Probe to Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io By Meghan Bartels When it comes to moons, potentially habitable worlds tend to steal the spotlight — but NASA may send a mission to a world that's certainly dead biologically, but far from it geologically.
