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Inhaling Moon Dust Is Somehow Less Toxic Than Urban Air Pollution
Without the looming threats of long-term health issues, NASA could use moon dust to build its base on the surface.
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China Is Close To Being Able To Refuel Satellites On-Orbit (And Maybe Already Has)
Up until now, satellites have not even been designed with refueling in mind, because, well, it wasn't possible. That will change if China can prove otherwise.
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SpaceX Lights Up Texas Night With Massive Starship Fireball
Elon Musk touts the SpaceX Starship as the spacecraft that will deliver humanity to Mars, but the massive rocket has rarely made it to space without exploding.
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Honda Launches A Reusable Rocket And It Didn't Even Explode
Honda, the automotive, motorcycle, small-engine, and robotics company, pushed Japan several steps closer to its outer space ambitions.
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The Department Of Defense Has Spent Decades Encouraging Americans To Believe In UFOs
The Pentagon wanted to keep its Cold War weapons programs top secret, turning to the oldest trick in the book to distract friend and foes alike: misdirection.
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Why Does SpaceX's Starship Rocket Keep Exploding?
Why do SpaceX's Starship rockets keep blowing up? The answer is a bit more intentional than you might expect.
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How Volkswagen Joined In On 1969's Apollo Fever
If you bought the July 25, 1969 issue of the New York Times, a cheeky ad from Volkswagen celebrated the moon landing by poking fun at itself.
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NASA Starts Asking Employees To Take Buyouts Or Retire Early
This all comes a few weeks after the Trump administration's 2026 federal government budget proposal writ large, which includes a full 24% funding cut for NASA.
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Vantablack Paint Might Have A Legitimate Use Case In Space
Surrey NanoSystems, Vantablack's creator, announced that it's tackling the reflectivity of satellites that threatens ground-based astronomical research.
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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.
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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.
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The Sun Is Swatting Starlink Satellites Like Flies
NASA scientists found that geomagnetic storms are shortening the lifespan of Starlink satellites.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NASA Is Ditching The Military To Privatize Astronaut Rescue
Is saving money on splashdown safety the right priority for NASA?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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