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  • Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed at White Sands Space Harbor, on September 6, 2024 at White Sands, New Mexico.

    How NASA Plans To Deal With Death In Space

    No American space mission has left the remains of a lost astronaut floating in the final frontier, but NASA has a plan if it happens.

    By Ryan Erik King 7 days ago Read More
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

    If Musk Really Did Strand Astronauts In Space Over His Feud With Trump The U.S. May Have To Turn To Russia To Get Them Back

    NASA's emergency option isn't a desirable one; Russia.

    By Ryan Erik King 7 days ago Read More
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base as the International Space Station (ISS) intersects the flight path on May 9, 2024 in Lompoc, California.

    The Sun Is Swatting Starlink Satellites Like Flies

    NASA scientists found that geomagnetic storms are shortening the lifespan of Starlink satellites.

    By Ryan Erik King 10 days ago Read More
  • SpaceX Starship Flight 8 takes off from Orbital Launch Pad A at Boca Chica beach on March 06, 2025 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.

    SpaceX Starship Suffers 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly' While Returning To Earth

    Starship's ninth test flight actually made it to space, but the private space company lost control of the massive rocket before it broke up during re-entry.

    By Ryan Erik King 16 days ago Read More
  • A closeup of a U.S. Space Force uniform

    What Exactly Does The U.S. Space Force Do?

    It's the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces, and it's not like outer-space aliens are invading (at least, that we know of). So what does the Space Force do?

    By Nicholas Werner 19 days ago Read More
  • A case holding lunar rock and debris recently collected from the Moon by China's space program that is part of a display at the National Museum of China is seen on March 2, 2021 in Beijing, China.

    China Handing Out Moon Rocks To Everyone But NASA

    This era of non-cooperation between the two space agencies stems from a law passed by Congress in 2011.

    By Ryan Erik King 28 days ago Read More
  • NASA's Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon

    New GPS-Like System For The Moon Could Be An Astronaut Version Of Waze

    Spanish tech conglomerate GMV unveiled a GPS-like system for the Moon last week called LUPIN.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights after sunset atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Trump's $6 Billion NASA Funding Cut Jeopardizes Race To Moon Against China

    Any crewed lunar exploration program is a protracted and expensive effort that requires steadfast leadership, the antithesis of the Trump White House.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • A family spends time together on the shore near the Starship Flight 3 Rocket a day before its scheduled launch at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica beach on March 13, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

    Starbase, Texas Now Officially Company Town For Elon Musk's SpaceX

    It's now within the realm of possibility that SpaceX could be paid in crypto company scrip because Elon Musk is now in control of a company town.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • NASA's Orion Capsule is drawn to the well deck of the U.S.S. Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

    NASA Is Ditching The Military To Privatize Astronaut Rescue

    Is saving money on splashdown safety the right priority for NASA?

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • Members from China's Manned Space Agency and visitors watch as the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft onboard the Long March-2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 30, 2023 in Jiuquan, China.

    U.S. Blocking Countries From Hitching Ride With Rival Moon Base Project, China Claims

    A top official in the China National Space Administration criticized the U.S. for interfering in its efforts to attract countries to plans for a moon base.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • NASA astronaut Don Pettit, center, walks and smiles, while supported, as part of standard post-landing procedures, by NASA Flight Surgeons Quinn Dufurrena, left, Rainer Effenhauser, right, and Richard Scheuring, background, during a brief layover in Prestwick, Scotland during his return flight to Houston from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 20, 2025.

    NASA's Oldest Astronaut Returns To Earth On His 70th Birthday

    Pettit even got to celebrate his birthday twice. Due to the time zone difference, it was still April 20 when Pettit flew back to Houston.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • Inspiration4 crew member Jared Isaacman waves to the crowd as he and Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux and Chris Sembroski prepare to leave for their flight on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon at launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 15, 2021 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    Moon Mission May Be Safe After All Now That Billionaire NASA Nominee Wants To Beat China

    Trump's nominee for NASA Administration told Senate staff it's a matter of national importance that U.S. astronauts return to the lunar surface before China.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the first time on its way to to Launch Complex 39B March 17, 2022 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

    Honda Is Shipping A Hydrogen Fuel Cell With Lunar Ambitions To The International Space Station

    Honda is sending the core of its water electrolysis system to the International Space Station to verify its efficiency and reliability in microgravity.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • The Boeing Starliner docking with the International Space Station

    Astronauts Lost Control Of Boeing Starliner While Docking With International Space Station

    The Boeing Starliner incident which stranded NASA astronauts at the ISS for months was very nearly so much worse.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • Astronauts Sunita

    Astronauts Would Fly Boeing Starliner Again After Nine-Month Ordeal In Orbit

    After spending nine months stuck on the International Space Station, the last thing I would consider doing is flying the same spacecraft that stranded me there.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • A photo of a space rocket exploding in the sea off the coast of Norway.

    Test Rocket Explodes Seconds After Europe's First Orbital Rocket Launch

    Isar Aerospace's debut launch didn't even make it a whole minute off the ground, but that hasn't stopped the company from declaring its SpaceX rival a success.

    By Owen Bellwood 2 months ago Read More
  • Boeing and NASA teams work around Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed at White Sands Missile Ranges Space Harbor, on May 25, 2022 at the White Sands Missle Range, New Mexico.

    Boeing Starliner Could Go To Space Again Before The End Of 2025

    The space agency announced on Thursday its plans to certify the problem-plagued spacecraft this year and potentially send the capsule back to orbit before 2026.

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
  • People watch as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on February 27, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    Space Pirates Are No Longer Confined To Works Of Science Fiction

    Pirates could hold satellite networks for ransom and threaten to derail globally transmitted live television broadcasts

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
  • NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on May 06, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    Stranded Astronauts Only Made An Extra $1,430 For 9-Month ISS Stay

    NASA astronauts are paid $152,258 a year, and they only get a $5 per diem for incidental expenses

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
  • This handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy) In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), support teams work on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard on March 18, 2025 off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida.

    Dolphins Spectate NASA Stranded Astronaut Splashdown

    NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth after nine months stranded in space and were greeted by a pod of dolphins.

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
  • A photo of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

    Boeing's Stranded Astronauts Are Finally Flying Home After Nine Months In Space

    Two Boeing astronauts flew to the International Space Station on June 5, 2024 for an 8-day mission and finally, after 9 months, the pair is flying back.

    By Owen Bellwood 3 months ago Read More
  • A Taara Lightbridge terminal

    Google's Starlink Competitor Won't Trash Space With Thousands Of Satellites

    Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced on Monday that it is spinning off wireless communications project Taara into an independent company.

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
  • Elon Musk and Donald Trump

    Musk Sticking Starlink In The White House Definitely Isn't A Major National Security Risk, Nope, Not One Bit

    In a move that absolutely everyone could have seen coming, the White House now has Starlink.

    By Collin Woodard 3 months ago Read More
  • A photo of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

    NASA, SpaceX Delay Mission To Rescue Stranded Boeing Astronauts

    NASA and SpaceX delayed a mission to the International Space Station that would have brought back stranded Boeing astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

    By Owen Bellwood 3 months ago Read More
  • U.S. President Doanld Trump speaks after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center on May 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    Trump Ditches Musk's Dream Of Mission To Mars Faster Than An Exploding Starship

    Trump might not be on board to fund a crewed mission to Mars, a long-time goal of his campaign's biggest backer

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
  • In this handout photo provided by SpaceX, a Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy driver named

    For 24 Glorious Hours, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Was More Than Just A Stupid Gimmick

    An amature astronomer spotted a near Earth object and alerted authorities only to realize it was Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster that he launched into orbit in 2018.

    By Ryan Erik King 3 months ago Read More
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