The 7 Weirdest Things About Venus, Hell Planet
The transit of Venus (right) across the sun’s face in 2012, as seen in false color by the SDO satellite.Photo: SDO/NASA (Getty Images) It’s been 30 years since a NASA…
Lunar Orbiter Captures Stunning View of Possible Artemis 3 Landing Site
The Malapert massif region near the Moon’s lunar south pole is one of several possible locations where NASA astronauts could land later this decade. A new image from the space…
SpaceX Successfully Launches Its 27th ISS Cargo Mission for NASA
SpaceX’s 25th commercial resupply cargo mission lifting off on July 14, 2022.Photo: SpaceX Update: March 15 at 9:31 a.m. ET: The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:30 p.m. ET on…
Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts to Launch NASA’s Latest ISS Cargo Mission
SpaceX’s 25th commercial resupply cargo mission lifting off on July 14, 2022.Photo: SpaceX NASA and SpaceX are gearing up to launch a cargo capsule carrying research and supplies for the…
After Surviving a Trip to the Moon, Manikins Helga and Zohar Are Back Home for Analysis
Helga and Zohar are back in Cologne after their trip to space.Photo: DLR NASA’s Artemis 1 mission may not have had real astronauts on board the Orion capsule, but there…
Orion’s Heat Shield Looked Wonky After Artemis 1 Moon Mission, NASA Says
NASA engineers inspecting Orion’s heat shield shortly after the Artemis 1 mission. Photo: NASA Orion set several records during the Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, in addition to surviving…
After Delayed Asteroid Mission, NASA’s JPL Is Making Changes
NASA’s Perseverance rover being outfitted with its wheels at JPL on June 13, 2019.Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech Following the release of an independent review examining the delay of NASA’s Psyche mission, the…
Watch Live as Japan Re-Attempts First Launch of H3 Rocket [Updated]
The H3 Launch Vehicle was returned to a building for assembling at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane Town, Kagoshima Prefecture on February 18.Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun (AP) Update: 9:35 p.m.…
Hubble Telescope Releases Stunning Timelapse of DART Asteroid Impact
In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed its DART spacecraft into a small asteroid some 6.8 million miles from Earth, in an attempt to redirect its trajectory as a test-run for…
Watch Live as SpaceX Launches a New Crew to the ISS
The SpaceX Falcon 9 during a routine static fire test performed on the morning of Friday, February 24, 2023.Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky Four astronauts—two from NASA and the others from Russia…