WASHINGTON, DC—Over the course of a nearly three-hour committee hearing Wednesday, the nominee to lead NASA for the Trump administration […]
Category: NASA
Europe’s quest to finally land on Mars takes another turn
Four years later, citing budget issues and cost overruns with the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA ended its participation in […]
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is […]
Rocket Report: Stoke is stoked; sovereignty is the buzzword in Europe
“The idea that we will be able to do it through America… I think is very, very doubtful.” Stoke Space’s […]
As NASA faces cuts, China reveals ambitious plans for planetary exploration
All of these grand Chinese plans come as NASA faces budget cuts. Although nothing is final, Ars reported earlier this […]
As preps continue, it’s looking more likely NASA will fly the Artemis II mission
NASA’s existing architecture still has a limited shelf life, and the agency will probably have multiple options for transporting astronauts […]
Trump White House drops diversity plan for Moon landing it created back in 2019
That was then. NASA’s landing page for the First Woman comic series, where young readers could download or listen to […]
Can NASA remain nonpartisan when basic spaceflight truths are shredded?
It looked like the final scene of a movie, the denouement of a long adventure in which the good guys […]
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
Darkness fell over Mare Crisium, ending a daily dose of dazzling images from the Moon. Firefly’s X-band communications antenna (left) […]
Crew-10 launches, finally clearing the way for Butch and Suni to fly home
A Falcon 9 rocket launched four astronauts safely into orbit on Friday evening, marking the official beginning of the Crew-10 […]