NASA Wants Your Help Tracking Its Spaceships
NASA has big (and extremely complicated) plans to return Americans to the Moon in the next few years -- and it would like your help.
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Chinese Investment In SpaceX Raises Questions About Foreign Influence Inside The Major Government Contractor
That feels like a pretty serious national security concern.
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SpaceX's Starship Woes Put America's Moon Mission In Doubt, Again
Doubts are growing that Elon Musk's rocket company will be able to deliver the needed capability within the next few years, putting the entire project at risk.
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Our Interstellar Visitor, 3I/ATLAS, Could Be As Old As Our Galaxy
In terms of what we can learn from it, this is not merely a star voyager — it's a time traveler.
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The Next Lunar Rover Might Be Driven From 238,900 Miles Away
NASA contractor Lunar Outpost revealed that its Lunar Terrain Vehicle will be capable of real-time teleoperations from its mission control here on Earth.
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Boeing Built A Flying Star Wars X-Wing: Here's Why
Bringing movie magic to the real world, Boeing built a flying "Star Wars" X-wing. Then it flew in public just once before landing in a museum.
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NASA Kicks Chinese Workers Out As It Promises It's Not Losing The Next Moon Race
The philosophy seems to be that NASA should do all Moon stuff, all the Moon time.
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So We're Just Firing Missiles At UFOs Now
What action on the object's part wouldn't be suspicious here?
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In Space, Your Own Stem Cells Can't Sleep And Then Become Zombies
Your stem cells do lots of important work in your body, but a new study shows that they don't function properly in outer space. And then things get serious.
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Space Force Wants To Go Lower Than Low-Earth Orbit To Counter China
VLEO seems like a terrible place to fly anything! And so basically nobody has. Now China is asking everyone else to hold its beer, and Space Force is refusing.
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The Space Shuttle's Tires Were Designed To Only Be Used Once
Landing the Space Shuttle was highly demanding of both the pilot and the shuttle itself.
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The Battle To Make U.S. States Use Satellites To Provide Rural Internet Access
The future of digital life on Earth may be decided by what happens in space.
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A Controversial Harvard Scientist Has Doubled-Down On Claims That A Mysterious Space Object Could Be An Alien UFO
You have to give it to Loeb, he's brought a fresh surge of credibility to the tatty annals of UFO lore.
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James Webb Telescope Discovers New Moon In Our Solar System
Just six miles in diameter, our little neighbor is so small that no telescope has been powerful enough to notice it orbiting around Uranus.
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Starlink Wants An Exemption From South Africa's Laws About Black Ownership
SpaceX is functionally asking for the entire telecoms industry -- not just Starlink -- to be granted the same exemptions as the automotive industry.
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China On Track To Beat NASA To Moon After Lunar Lander Test
The successful Lanyue test and last week's test firing of the Long March 10's center core show that China's lunar program is on pace to meet its deadline.
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California Coastal Commission Shoots Down Plans For More SpaceX Launches Per Year
The commission is concerned about the impacts that many sonic booms will have on both the local wildlife and neighborhoods in Santa Barbara County.
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SpaceX Pays Next To Nothing In Federal Taxes Despite Billions In Revenue
SpaceX is finally reaching the point where its financial success should be benefiting the American people.
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The Next American Space Station Might Look Very Different Due To NASA Budget Cuts
NASA will pay for any designs it approves via a funded Space Act Agreement (SAA), rather than a firm fixed price.
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Jim Lovell, Legendary Commander Of Apollo 13, Dead At 97
As one of America's Space Age space men, Lovell forged a legacy by setting a number of remarkable firsts.
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Trump Admin Wants To Destroy Satellite That Provides Vital Data To Climate Scientists And Farmers
"Just from an economic standpoint, it makes no economic sense to terminate NASA missions that are returning incredibly valuable data."
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Grows More Powerful After 13 Years On Mars
Happy 13th birthday to the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on August 6, 2012.
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Sean Duffy's NASA Order To Put A Nuclear Reactor On The Moon Is A Lunar Land Grab
Duffy's directive orders NASA to prepare a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor for launch by 2030.
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NASA Employees Now Subject To Random Searches As Agency Becomes AI-Fueled Police Mini-State
The measure seems to be out of fear that employees could engage in corporate espionage to secure new jobs before they're laid off.
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Space Force's Next Spaceplane Mission Will Test Navigation Without GPS Using Quantum Sensors
With competition for presence in and around the Moon heating up between the U.S. and China, this kind of system could be a critical capability.
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Scientists Investigate Possible Alien Origins Of Mysterious Object Streaking Through Solar System
Is alien invasion armageddon coming for us in November? No, probably not. But it's worth thinking about
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Australia's 1st Rocket Crashes 14 Seconds Into Maiden Flight
Rocket science being difficult is more than a comedic cliché. It's as hard as President Kennedy said it was in the early 1960s.
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