SpaceX Unveils New Spacesuits for Historic Private Astronaut Spacewalk
SpaceX is preparing to launch a private crew of astronauts on a five day journey through Earth orbit, and they will be the first to try on the company’s latest…
Chinese Astronauts Performed Emergency Space Station Repairs Following Debris Impact
China’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings attached to the core module, which had been damaged by space debris. Taking out…
NASA Spacecraft Sees a Lava Lake With Islands on Jupiter’s Moon Io
It could be worse. At least these Escherichia coli bacteria don’t have fangs.Illustration: Kateryna Kon (Shutterstock) Eat your heart out, A24: Some real-life bacterial germs are literally hungry for our…
A Legendary Rocket’s Final Flight and More Top Space Images of the Week
The final flight of ULA’s Delta IV Heavy blasting off on April 9, 2024.Photo: ULA It’s been a wild and wacky last few weeks in space, not to mention awe-inspiring,…
Space Company Aims to Deliver Critical Supplies to Any Location in 90 Minutes
Back in the 1980s, FedEx had a great tagline: “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” Well, in situations like ground conflicts and disaster scenarios, that’s not good…
NASA Set to Launch Solar Sail for Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel
NASA’s experimental solar sail is ready to take flight in Earth orbit, using the pressure of sunlight to test a new way of propulsion through the cosmos. Marlo Kelly on…
Mutated Strains of Unknown Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found Lurking on ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) is home to crews of astronauts conducting research in low Earth orbit, but it also hosts a group of mutated bacteria that are thriving under…
Junk from the ISS fell on a house in the U.S., NASA confirms
A regular stanchion (left) and the one recovered from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet. The recovered stanchion survived reentry…
Space Junk Just Fell on Your Home, Now What?
On March 8, a small, cylinder-shaped object fell from the skies and crashed through the roof of a family home in Naples, Florida. Alejandro Otero, the homeowner, suspected it came…
Possible Fragment From ISS Battery Pallet May Have Crashed Through Florida Home
Three years ago, NASA tossed a massive pallet of old batteries from the International Space Station (ISS), hoping that it would burn up through Earth’s atmosphere. A few weeks ago,…