Science & Medicine
NASA probe launches aboard SpaceX rocket to search for the building blocks of life on Europa, Jupiter’s icy ocean moon.
Oct. 14, 2024
Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking and ambitions that far exceed its funding are among the problems facing NASA, according to a new report.
Sept. 12, 2024
NASA JPL’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest planetary probe ever built, will launch as early as Friday to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon.
Oct. 9, 2024
Business
Engineers said they identified problems with the Starliner capsule that have kept two astronauts at the International Space Station, but no return date to Earth is set.
July 25, 2024
NASA just beamed Missy Elliott’s hip hop classic “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus ahead of two uncrewed missions to the planet of love.
July 20, 2024
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spent July 4 aboard the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing officials try to figure out what’s wrong with Starliner’s thrusters.
July 5, 2024
NASA may need to have SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule return two astronauts to Earth from the International Space Station due to problems with Boeing’s Starliner craft.
Aug. 7, 2024
Climate & Environment
While there are already multiple satellites monitoring greenhouse gases from space, Carbon-I’s resolution would be unprecedented.
July 2, 2024
California
A piece of space debris that crashed into a home in Naples, Florida, last month was a piece of the International Space Station, NASA said.
April 16, 2024
Updates
NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development in science, technology, engineering and math.
May 1, 2024