NASA's solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that's part of the plan
Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along?
Science06 Sep 2024 | 3
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Do look up! NASA unfurls massive shiny solar sail in orbit
60 years after Arthur C Clarke wrote Sunjammer, space agency catches up
Science04 Sep 2024 | 53
NASA confirms who is flying and who is not on SpaceX Crew Dragon
Meanwhile, strange noises emanate from Starliner
Science02 Sep 2024 | 21
Starliner's not-so-grand finale is a thump in the desert next week
An ignominious, uncrewed end to Boeing's misfire
Science30 Aug 2024 | 104
NASA's billion-dollar launcher is behind schedule and burning cash
Stop us if you've heard this one before
Science28 Aug 2024 | 15
Blue Origin sets October 13 for first New Glenn EscaPADE to Mars
Must launch to catch the red planet alignment window despite occasional testing 'anomalies'
Science27 Aug 2024 | 12
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NASA will fly Boeing Starliner crew home with SpaceX, Calamity Capsule deemed too risky
+Comment Eight days going on eight months for pilots stuck on orbiting space station
Science25 Aug 2024 | 102
To crew, or not to crew – that is the question facing Boeing's stricken Starliner
Decision time arrives for NASA bigwigs
Science23 Aug 2024 | 57
Chipmaker Microchip reveals cyber attack whacked manufacturing capacity
Defense contractor gets hacked – what's the worst that could happen
Security21 Aug 2024 | 3
NASA pushes decision on bringing crew back in Starliner to the end of August
When is a mishap not really a mishap?
Science15 Aug 2024 | 146
NASA's VIPER rover might still reach the lunar surface after all
Intuitive Machines tosses hat into the ring for NASA's canceled trundlebot
Science14 Aug 2024 | 13
US standards body proposes atomic clocks in lunar orbit to keep Moon time
Knowing precise time on satellite essential if we want accurate GPS-like system for exploration
Science13 Aug 2024 | 17
Before we put half a million broadband satellites in orbit, anyone want to consider environmental effects?
SpaceX 'WasteX' Starlink said to make up 60% of sats circling Earth
Networks12 Aug 2024 | 80
In celebration of Curiosity's successful landing on Mars
Forget the woes of Starliner with an audacious NASA landing on another planet that went very very right
Science12 Aug 2024 | 5
NASA's NEOWISE asteroid spotter turned off for the final time
A mission that was supposed to last for less than a year went on for more than a decade
Science09 Aug 2024 | 14
Report slams Boeing and NASA over shoddy quality that's delayed SLS blastoff
Space Launch System project overspent, under-built, and is overdue, government probe finds
Science09 Aug 2024 | 51
NASA mulls using SpaceX in 2025 to rescue Starliner pilots stuck on space station
Officials may overhaul next year's Dragon mission if Boeing's Calamity Capsule proves too risky to return with crew
Science07 Aug 2024 | 90
NASA pushes back missions to the ISS to buy time for Starliner analysis
Next SpaceX crew trip moves deep into September while engineers agonize over the Calamity Capsule
Science07 Aug 2024 | 35
Bugging out: 53 years since humans first drove a battery-powered car on the Moon
Feature And you thought you had range anxiety
Science03 Aug 2024 | 17
NASA pops repair kit in the mail so astronauts can fix leaky ISS telescope
Upcoming spacewalk should help NICER see more nicely
Science01 Aug 2024 | 23
It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon
Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow
Science31 Jul 2024 | 17
Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo's unlikely legacy
Opinion Neil stepped on a rock. We're surfing an interstellar wave 9,000 light years long. Go us
Science29 Jul 2024 | 57
Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended
Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days
Science26 Jul 2024 | 51
Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space
The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Science26 Jul 2024 | 36
NASA sends 4K video from a flying plane to the ISS using lasers
900 Mbps from Earth to orbit, and I still can't get reliable Wi-Fi in my backyard
Networks25 Jul 2024 | 22
Curiosity rover is crushing it: Ran over a rock and found pure sulfur
An unexpected splash of yellow on the red planet
Science22 Jul 2024 | 22
NASA swings budget axe, kills $400M+ VIPER lunar trundlebot
Creeping costs, launch delays mean almost completed rover 1) will never see Moon, 2) will be stripped for parts
Science18 Jul 2024 | 18
ESA starts work on planetary defence mission, because Bruce Willis is retired
Asteroid Apophis will come within 32,000km of Earth in 2029, which makes it very much worth a visit
Science17 Jul 2024 | 20
65 years of NASA's meatball: Original logo lives on despite detractors
Logowatch Next year the 'worm' turns 50 – there's room for both at the US space agency
Offbeat16 Jul 2024 | 37
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 | 150
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 | 54
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 | 32
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
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