Spaceflight

NASA 3 days ago

NASA finalizes strategy for human presence in space

NASA finalized its strategy for sustaining a human presence in space this week, looking ahead toward the planned de-orbiting of the International Space Station in 2030.

Elon Musk December 16

Elon Musk moves to make Starbase, Texas, the official ‘gateway to Mars’

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is petitioning to incorporate its launch site into an official town called “Starbase, Texas," to serve as the company’s headquarters and “gateway to Mars."

Opinion November 27

China’s secret weapon in the space race is already hurting us

China is determined to be a leader in space technology and to pass the US. There's one key problem holding Americans back from defeating the Chinese -- our own government.

Media November 27

Rocket launch attendees share hopes about Elon Musk’s prediction for Mars travel by 2026

Attendees of a SpaceX rocket launch in Texas shared their thoughts on how soon Elon Musk will be able to send manned or unmanned spacecraft to Mars.

UFOs November 20

Pentagon solves one of its highest-profile UFO mysteries

A pentagon official told Congress Tuesday that the agency has solved a prominent UFO mystery from 2016 which showed what appears to be an object flying at a high speed just above water.

NASA October 31

NASA reconnects with interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft using technology not used in decades

NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, which is located nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, after a brief pause that triggered the spacecraft's fault protection system.

US October 25

NASA astronaut hospitalized with medical issue after crew’s delayed return from space station

NASA said that one astronaut remains hospitalized Friday, hours after a four-person crew from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast of Florida.

SCIENCE October 15

SpaceX pulls off historic achievement, launching four rockets in less than 40 hours

SpaceX pulled off a stunning achievement this week, conducting four launches in less than 48 hours with huge implications for the future of space exploration.

NASA September 28

SpaceX launches mission to space station that will bring back stranded NASA astronauts next year

An astronaut and a cosmonaut launched with two empty seats for the International Space Station on Saturday in a capsule expected to bring back two stranded astronauts.

POLITICS September 17

Watchdog group launches legal probe into NASA emails over ‘Space Czar’ Harris as astronauts linger in orbit

A FOIA request was launched on behalf of a good government watchdog whose executive director suggested the decision to leave the astronauts in space may have had political groundings.