Tag: NASA

NASA’s Curiosity rover found a ‘sea of polygons’ on Mars

The latest discovery from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a field of honeycomb-shaped polygons covering a Martian...

NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

Engineers from Katalyst Space Technologies testing Link. | Image: NASA/Scott Wiessinger The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004,...

NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars

Relativity Space’s CEO is former Google executive Eric Schmidt. | Image: Alexander Tamargo / Getty Images Relativity Space,...

NASA will wear high-tech Prada long johns to the Moon

We've seen Axiom Space and Prada's collaboration on the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit. Now the...

NASA confirms exploding meteor caused the sonic boom over Boston

Meteor caught by the GOES-19 weather satellite breaking up 40 miles above the ground. | Image: CIRA On...

Blue Origin explosion is a major setback for NASA’s Moon plans and Amazon’s Starlink competitor

New Glenn rocket explodes at Launch Complex 36 on Thursday night in Florida. | Image: Spaceflight Now While...

NASA’s permanent Moon base plans start with three missions this year

On Tuesday, NASA announced several upcoming lunar missions to the Moon's South Pole region. These missions will...

From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space

Astronaut Alan Shepard, May 5th, 1961. | Photo: Photo12 / UIG / Getty Images On the morning of...

NASA’s initial takeaways from the Artemis II mission, and more science stories

Now that Artemis II is all wrapped up, NASA has begun its post-game performance analyses of all...

NASA targets a September launch for its next big space telescope

NASA's next eye into the cosmos is due to leave our planet later this year. The agency...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover found promising organic chemicals on Mars

The search for signs of life on Mars continues to yield promising data. A first-of-its-kind wet chemistry experiment,...

NASA restarts work to support Europe’s uncrewed trip to Mars after years of setbacks

NASA has confirmed the pending launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosalind Franklin rover, which is...

How to watch the Artemis II astronauts return to Earth

The Artemis II crew – (from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor...

NASA shares incredible photos from the far side of the Moon

The Artemis II crew made history as they traveled further from our planet than any other living...

Artemis II astronauts break a record, name a crater

Artemis II is capturing images of the far side of the Moon, partially visible here, which can’t...

NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly around the far side of the Moon

In this handout image provided by NASA, Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera...

NASA’s Artemis II crew just flew farther away from Earth than anyone ever has before

NASA's Artemis II crew just set a new distance record in miles traveled away from Earth. The...

The Artemis II astronauts will set a new distance record from Earth today

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman looks back at Earth from one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin...

NASA shares breathtaking images of Artemis II astronauts taking in the view from Orion’s windows

The Artemis II crew is almost at the moon, and the astronauts spent this weekend carrying out...

NASA did eventually solve Artemis II’s Outlook glitch

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. | Photo: Joe Raedle via...

NASA’s Artemis II mission has left Earth’s orbit

The Integrity, the name of the Orion capsule carrying Artemis II astronauts on a trip around the...

The Morning After: NASA’s Artemis II is on a voyage around the Moon

NASA’s Artemis II successfully launched on April 1, with its crew on a 10-day mission to circle...

NASA launches four astronauts toward the Moon on the Artemis II mission

NASA's Artemis II flight, which is set to take four astronauts toward the Moon for the first...

NASA pauses its lunar Gateway plan, a comet reverses its spin and more science news

The first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis moon program may take off in a matter of days,...

Seiko resurrected a 44-year-old digital watch NASA astronauts wore to space

The Rotocall returns. | Image: Seiko The Omega Speedmaster Professional, worn by Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11...

NASA wants to put a $20 billion base on the Moon

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. | AFP via Getty Images NASA Administrator Jared...

NASA will try its Artemis II launch again in early April

NASA will soon give it another go on April Fools' Day. On Thursday, NASA said it's targeting...

NASA’s DART spacecraft changed a binary asteroid’s orbit around the sun, in a first for a human-made object

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos' orbit...

NASA is pushing back its plans for a Moon landing

NASA announced at a press conference on Friday that it's delaying its plans for a Moon landing...

NASA overhauls Artemis program, delaying Moon landing to 2028

NASA is making major changes to its Artemis Moon program. On Friday, Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the...

NASA’s crewed Artemis II launch gets pushed back again, this time due to a helium issue

It looks like a March launch is no longer in the cards for Artemis II, NASA's first...

NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

The Artemis 2 launch is edging closer as NASA has now set a target date for the...