Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon Kettle Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat Science02 Jul 2024 | 15
Mars is slam-dunked by hundreds of basketball-sized meteorites every year Impact studies crucial for accurately determining Red Planet's age Science29 Jun 2024 | 19
NASA tests the ups and downs of air taxi comfort with VR Nobody would want a roller coaster ride in one of these long-promised flying cabs Offbeat28 Jun 2024 | 10
Perseverance pays off as Mars rover's SHERLOC brought back from the brink Bot's arm used to free instrument's dust cover and return to science Science27 Jun 2024 | 12
Elon Musk to destroy the International Space Station – with NASA's approval, for a fee SpaceX wins contract for 'deorbit vehicle' at a pleasing price Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 151
NASA ought to pay up after space debris punched a hole in my roof, homeowner says Otero family sues Uncle Sam for $80K+ to make everything right Science24 Jun 2024 | 53
Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July – with no new departure date If it's Boeing, it isn't going joke gets a bit real for 'nauts Science24 Jun 2024 | 49
NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb Science21 Jun 2024 | 99
Voyager 1 makes stellar comeback to science operations Engineers coax veteran probe back to health Science14 Jun 2024 | 31
NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake Simulation stimulates social media panic Bootnotes13 Jun 2024 | 17
Dr Ed Stone, former director of JPL, Voyager project scientist, dies at 88 Obit A legacy of scientific discovery, inspiration and engagement Science13 Jun 2024 | 18
Boeing's Starliner makes it into orbit at long last – with human crew aboard Let's get that brave duo to the ISS and then home to Earth safely Science05 Jun 2024 | 35
Hubble plays spin the bottle with last few gyros Time to dust off those contingency plans? Science04 Jun 2024 | 26
Boeing's Starliner finds yet another way to not reach space 'Unfortunately a power supply generally does not fail ... until it does' Science03 Jun 2024 | 67
NASA and ESA take a close look at Europe's International Habitation Module Astronauts clamber around a mock-up, launch of the real thing is only 4 years away Science31 May 2024 | 6
NASA, Boeing opt to fly leaky thruster as-is for first crewed Starliner CST-100 mission Will Boeing's Padstayer become Padleaver on June 1? Science28 May 2024 | 65
55 years ago, Apollo 10's crew turned the airwaves blue Shockingly, astronauts can curse when in high-stress situations Science21 May 2024 | 67
Another week, another leak for Boeing's Starliner crew capsule This bird isn't going to space for a while Science20 May 2024 | 27
Rosalind Franklin rover gets another shot at Mars after string of bad luck Could 2030 bring touchdown at last? Science17 May 2024 | 5
Hubble Space Telescope hasn't had any visitors for 15 years STS-125 – the Space Shuttle mission that almost never happened Science14 May 2024 | 26
SpaceX set to literally rock Florida with more and bigger Starship launches Of course the FAA wants a look at the environmental impact of Musk's plans Science10 May 2024 | 32
Look to the skies this weekend as solar storms strike Earth Video Northern Lights may be visible way further south than usual thanks to outbursts from our Sun Science10 May 2024 | 28
NASA's planet hunter shakes off reaction wheel woes and gets back to work No more stress for TESS Science08 May 2024 | 14
Clock is ticking for NASA to fix bucket of issues before next Artemis mission Heat shield that looks like the surface of the Moon plus fiberglass doors on the launch platform on the list Science03 May 2024 | 32
NASA plasma propulsion project promises Mars in a flash System would also make it easier to transport much heavier spacecraft Science02 May 2024 | 24
NASA solar sail boom demonstrator reaches orbit Big things come in small packages Science02 May 2024 | 16
NASA's Psyche hits 25 Mbps from 140 million miles away – enough for Ultra HD Netflix Laser beam comms are fast, so long as the weather cooperates Science27 Apr 2024 | 55
Ex-Space Shuttle boss corrects the record on Hubble upgrade mission Under Flight Rules, the crew should have turned back to Earth Science26 Apr 2024 | 44
Voyager 1 regains sanity after engineers patch around problematic memory All from billions of miles away Science23 Apr 2024 | 40
NASA solar sail to be Siriusly visible in orbit from Earth Updated Look out for a new star next week Science19 Apr 2024 | 21
NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts Science18 Apr 2024 | 13
Mars helicopter sends final message, but will keep collecting data One last software update installed safely, reconfigured it as 'stationary testbed' Science18 Apr 2024 | 21
NASA confirms nuclear-powered Dragonfly drone is going to Titan Whew! Relief for boffins as rotorcraft slated to arrive at Saturn moon in 2034 Science17 Apr 2024 | 13
NASA confirms Florida house hit by a piece of ISS battery pack Who needs aircon when you have NASA to punch holes through your home? Science16 Apr 2024 | 39
NASA needs new ideas and tech to get Mars Sample Return mission off the ground Current plans are too expensive and slow, meaning China could win race to score red rocks Science16 Apr 2024 | 46
NASA tries to jog Voyager 1's memory from 15 billion miles away Since you can't get a soldering iron out there, the fix will be in software Science15 Apr 2024 | 14
NASA taps trio of companies to build the next generation of lunar rover At $4.6 billion, this Moon malarkey is getting expensive Science04 Apr 2024 | 13
65 years ago, America announced the names of its first astronauts The Mercury 7: 'Not one of us knew what he was in for' Science04 Apr 2024 | 16
US reckons it's about time the Moon had its own time zone What's a few microseconds between friends? Quite a lot actually Science03 Apr 2024 | 60
NASA gives IXPE observatory the Ctrl-Alt-Del treatment to make it talk sense Hardware misbehaving in orbit? Time for a reset on the avionics Science27 Mar 2024 | 6
NASA to shoot rockets at April solar eclipse to see how it messes with the atmosphere Boffins hope to better understand how phenomena disrupt comms tech in order to prevent future outages Networks27 Mar 2024 | 2
DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with drafting lunar train blueprints Um. Let's successfully land on Moon without immediately faceplanting first, amirite? Science20 Mar 2024 | 63
Swift enters safe mode over gyro issue while NASA preps patch to shake it off Gamma-ray burst watcher almost two decades past use-by date Science19 Mar 2024 | 13
NASA missions are being delayed by oversubscribed, overburdened, and out-of-date supercomputers Flagship facility has just 48 GPUs Public Sector15 Mar 2024 | 41
Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers Science14 Mar 2024 | 101
NASA's FY2025 budget request means tough times ahead for Chandra and Hubble But Artemis is still OK, so that's alright then Science12 Mar 2024 | 9
NASA and Japan's X-ray satellite space 'scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August Science06 Mar 2024 | 4
NASA's satellite pit stop project runs out of gas OSAM-1 – expensive, late, difficult, and no longer what the market needs? Science04 Mar 2024 | 2
NASA's Mars Sample Return Program struggles to get off the drawing board The tech just isn't ready and clunky collab with ESA isn't helping, auditor finds Science04 Mar 2024 | 18
Odysseus probe moonwalking on the edge of battery life after landing on its side Controllers estimate 10-20 hours remain for Intuitive Machines lander Science27 Feb 2024 | 25
FAA gives SpaceX a bunch of homework to do before Starship flies again You've heard of Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. How about an energetic engine failure? Science27 Feb 2024 | 60
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap How's that for resilient? Science27 Feb 2024 | 14
72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics Perseverance images show violent end to Ingenuity's final flight Science26 Feb 2024 | 23
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now Science26 Feb 2024 | 33
NASA warns as huge solar flare threatens comms, maybe astronauts too No, this was not the cause of cellular network outages that hit the USA on Thursday Science23 Feb 2024 | 19
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus prepares for Moon landing Updated It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part Science22 Feb 2024 | 8
OSIRIS-REx probe sucked up more asteroid crumbs than hoped 121 grams is the largest such sample secured, but NASA won't blow it all at once Science16 Feb 2024 | 28
NASA extinguishes experiment about setting things on fire in space Saffire concludes after eight years of flaming good times Science16 Feb 2024 | 9
Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes Science15 Feb 2024 | 3
WATSON picks up slack on Mars for SHERLOC as Perseverance gadgets show age The curious incident of the instrument cover on the Red Planet rover Science15 Feb 2024 | 16
NASA solar sail tech is ready – now who's up to use it in a mission? Ready for cruising: successful deployment leaves the ball in the scientists' court Science14 Feb 2024 | 18