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NASA VIPER Rover

Moons

NASA’s VIPER rover won’t be going to the moon after all NASA’s VIPER rover won’t be going to the moon after all

Martian landscape simulation room in CHAPEA Mars Dune Alpha

Mars

What it was like to spend a year in NASA’s Mars base simulation What it was like to spend a year in NASA’s Mars base simulation

Screenshot from music video for Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"

Deep Space

NASA beamed Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ to her favorite planet NASA beamed Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ to her favorite planet

Silhouette of moon

Moons

There really are moon lava tunnels—and humans may live in them one day There really are moon lava tunnels—and humans may live in them one day

Starship test launch in 2021

NASA

SpaceX’s Starship may mess up the lunar surface SpaceX’s Starship may mess up the lunar surface

NASA's Orion Capsule is drawn into the well deck of the USS Portland during recovery operations after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, on December 11, 2022. - Orion was launched November 16 on the Artemis rocket for a 25-day mission to the Moon. The main goal of this mission was to test Orion's heat shield -- for the day when it is humans and not test mannequins riding inside. (Photo by Mario Tama / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MARIO TAMA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NASA

How NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth How NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth

By Marcos Fernandez Tous / The Conversation

International Space Station orbiting above Earth

International Space Station

NASA is paying SpaceX to destroy the International Space Station NASA is paying SpaceX to destroy the International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson is pictured in her spacesuit prior to the start of a science and maintenance spacewalk that ended early after her suit experienced a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit.

International Space Station

NASA is having one rough summer NASA is having one rough summer

Concept art of asteroid entering planet's atmosphere

NASA

What would we do if an asteroid slammed Earth on July 12, 2038? What would we do if an asteroid slammed Earth on July 12, 2038?

Artist concept art of Voyager 1

Deep Space

Voyager 1 defies the odds yet again and is back online Voyager 1 defies the odds yet again and is back online

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm while maneuvering a roll-out solar array toward the International Space Station's truss structure 257 miles above the Pacific Ocean. In the rear, is the SpaceX Dragon crew vehicle that docked to the Harmony module's forward port on March 3 carrying four SpaceX Crew-6 crew members.

International Space Station

‘Check his pulse one more time’: NASA accidentally airs ISS emergency test ‘Check his pulse one more time’: NASA accidentally airs ISS emergency test

Astronaut conducting spacewalk outside ISS

Biology

NASA astronauts will scrape microorganisms off ISS during upcoming spacewalk NASA astronauts will scrape microorganisms off ISS during upcoming spacewalk

Starship fourth liftoff

Engineering

SpaceX’s fourth Starship launches SpaceX’s fourth Starship launches

Boeing Starliner launch

International Space Station

Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission for NASA Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission for NASA

Image of June 3, 2024, solar flare

NASA

Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare

Panels A, B, and C each show stereographic image pairs of the asteroid Dinkinesh taken by the L’LORRI Instrument aboard NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft. The images were taken in the minutes around closest approach on November 1, 2023. The yellow and rose dots indicate the trough and ridge features, respectively. These images have been sharpened and processed to enhance contrast. Panel D shows a side view of Dinkinesh and its satellite Selam taken a few minutes after closest approach.

NASA

The odd moon orbiting a ‘Dinky’ asteroid is actually two moons fused together The odd moon orbiting a ‘Dinky’ asteroid is actually two moons fused together

By Laura Baisas

An artist’s impression of ESA’s ExoMars rover, Rosalind Franklin.

Energy

Europe’s first Mars rover will use nuclear-powered heaters Europe’s first Mars rover will use nuclear-powered heaters

NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel

International Space Station

NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel

By Briley Lewis

Concept art of lunar base with floating train path alongside astronauts

Engineering

Wild NASA proposal envisions magnetic hover trains on the moon Wild NASA proposal envisions magnetic hover trains on the moon

a small asteroid orbits around a larger one

NASA

‘Lucy’s baby’ asteroid is only about 2 to 3 million years old ‘Lucy’s baby’ asteroid is only about 2 to 3 million years old

By Laura Baisas