Boeing’s Starliner Is Leaking Gas but Will Still Launch With NASA Astronauts
NASA and Boeing set a new date for the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft despite an unresolved issue with a gas leak that was discovered earlier this…
Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mysterious Object in Orbit Months After Launch
China’s curious spaceplane is at it again, releasing an unidentified object into orbit that could signal the end of its mysterious mission. NASA Delays Return to Earth’s Evil Twin, Venus…
NASA’s Bold Plan to Build the First Railway on the Moon
NASA aims to set up a long-term human presence on the Moon, but maintaining a habitat on the surface will require some innovative infrastructure. To one day transport cargo across…
NASA Wants to Build a Maglev Railroad Across the Moon
NASA aims to set up a long-term human presence on the Moon, but maintaining a habitat on the surface will require some innovative infrastructure. To one day transport cargo across…
Possible SpaceX Debris Crashes Onto Canadian Farm
It’s raining space junk. Just one month after NASA admitted that a piece of trash tossed from the International Space Station (ISS) crash-landed through a home in Florida, a massive…
Twin Probes Suffer Thruster Glitch on the Way to Mercury
For more than five years, a pair of spacecraft have been traveling through the solar system to reach the innermost planet Mercury and observe its extreme conditions. During its complex…
NASA’s Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 Months
The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is working with a technology development company on a…
Satellite Rediscovered in Space After Being Lost for 25 Years
In our top stories this week, reporter Passant Rabie describes the rediscovery of a satellite lost in the 1990s and why we sometimes lose sight of our orbital property. Researchers…
Russia’s UN Veto Fuels More Tension With the US Over Nuclear Weapons in Space
This week, Russia unsurprisingly vetoed a draft resolution to prevent the placement of nuclear weapons in orbit. Russia’s rejection of the United Nations resolution is not a clear indication that…
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…