Category: NASA

LIVE 2 PM ET: NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Discuss Their Mission After Return to Earth

The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission: NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, discuss their five-month stay aboard the International Space Station at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 15. …


LIVE NOW: NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Discuss Their Mission After Return to Earth

The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission: NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, discuss their five-month stay aboard the International Space Station at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 15. …


NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Discuss Their Mission After Return to Earth

The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission: NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, discuss their five-month stay aboard the International Space Station at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 15. …


NASA Webb Telescope Captures Star on Cusp of Death

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death. NASA released the picture Tuesday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The observation was among the first made by Webb following its launch in late 2021. Its infrared eyes observed all…


LIVE NOW: NASA Releases Spacesuit Prototype for Moon Trip

NASA is releasing a spacesuit prototype for the Artemis III mission to the moon at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 15. …


NASA Releases Spacesuit Prototype for Moon Trip

NASA is releasing a spacesuit prototype for the Artemis III mission to the moon at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 15. …


Canadian Rover Helping in Global Search for Frozen Water on Dark Side of the Moon

The Canadian lunar rover could soon help reveal the moon’s dark side. The country’s first moon rover is set to put the Canadian Space Agency at the forefront of space exploration, helping in the global search for frozen water on the celestial body. NASA says the moon takes about 27 days to complete a full…


Studies Show How Asteroid-Bashing Spacecraft Was ‘Phenomenally Successful’

  WASHINGTON—NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during last September’s first test of a planetary defense system, sending debris hurtling into space and changing the rocky oblong-shaped object’s path a bit more than previously calculated. Those were among the findings revealed by scientists on Wednesday in the…


NASA Names Solar Physicist as Agency’s Science Chief

WASHINGTON—NASA announced on Monday it has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency’s science chief. Nicola Fox, former top scientist on the Parker Solar Probe mission studying the sun, was named as NASA’s associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. A memo to agency employees…


Rocket Launch to the International Space Station Is Called Off Due to Technical Problem

SpaceX and NASA were forced to call off a launch to the International Space Station (ISS) due to a last-minute technical problem. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying astronauts was set to be launched to the ISS on Feb. 27 when a problem with the rocket’s ground launch system was detected with less than three minutes…