Space

mars' surface with the left side of the image toned yellow and the right side blue

Astronomy

NASA shares colorful “postcard” of Mars’ surface

NASA has used photos taken by the Curiosity rover to create a gorgeous “postcard” of the Martian landscape.

Kristin Houser

a crowd of young people with their backs to the camera watching a rocket fly through the air in the distance

Aerospace

Students build reusable rocket, win $5,000 from NASA

The University of Alabama in Huntsville has won Student Launch 2023, NASA’s annual rocket-building competition.

Kristin Houser

an illustration of a capsule reentering Earth's atmosphere

Aerospace

SpaceX successfully launches world’s first “space factory”

SpaceX has successfully deployed a “space factory” developed by startup Varda Space Industries to manufacture drugs in microgravity.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Starship nails landing for the first time

SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype ended with a successful landing — a first for the massive Mars-bound rocket.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA plans to send probe deep into interstellar space

An in-development Interstellar Probe could explore an area 10 times farther away than any craft before it, providing an unprecedented look at interstellar space.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Smart shirt monitored astronauts’ health in space

A sensor-packed smart shirt has been used to monitor astronauts’ health in space, with promising results.

Kristin Houser

Outer Space

More than 5,000 tons of space dust hit Earth every year

We now know about how much space dust — micrometeorites that may have seeded Earth with the ingredients for life — hits the planet every year.

Kristin Houser

Is NASA ready for an asteroid impact?

NASA is staging a week-long asteroid impact simulation during which participants will need to respond to a hypothetical impact scenario.

Kristin Houser

Chinese Space Station is ready for launch — in pieces

Construction is finally beginning on the Chinese Space Station, with its core module — Tianhe — expected to lift off in April 2021.

Kristin Houser

Astronauts take historic ride in used Dragon capsule

Four astronauts are en route to the International Space Station via a recycled SpaceX rocket and Dragon capsule — a first in spaceflight.

Kristin Houser

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter just flew on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made history on Mars, achieving the first controlled flight on another planet.

Kristin Houser

This startup’s goal is to be the “Henry Ford of space”

The startup Phantom Space is using other manufacturers’ parts to build its rockets, rather than developing them in-house like most space companies.

Kristin Houser

Scientists measure Mars’ core — and it is shockingly big!

For the first time, scientists have measured Mars’ core — and found it is much bigger than expected.

Teresa Carey

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