NASA pencils in fresh Artemis II Moon launch attempt for April 1
'When we tank the vehicle ... I would like it to be on a day that we could actually launch'
Science13 Mar 2026 | 11
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NASA probe checks out years early because this solar cycle is a real drag
Van Allen spacecraft re-enters over the Pacific with 1 in 4,200 chance of causing injury
Science12 Mar 2026 | 3
NASA watchdog report pokes holes in Artemis lunar lander plans
Inspector general flags Starship risks and gaps in testing
Offbeat11 Mar 2026 | 25
NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead
Vulcan rocket hardware drafted in amid Artemis reshuffle but still no word on lander
Science09 Mar 2026 | 20
NASA’s asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour
You gotta start somewhere, and in this case astroboffins would have been nowhere without help from intrepid volunteers
Science09 Mar 2026 | 22
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm
Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least
Science06 Mar 2026 | 8
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Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan
Authorization Act seeks to keep lights on until commercial stations are ready
Science05 Mar 2026 | 14
Ex-NASA chief gives Isaacman's Moon reboot a thumbs up, stays schtum on the awkward bits
Jim Bridenstine says 'adjustments' to Artemis program were needed
Science04 Mar 2026 | 9
Fly me to the Moon: NASA reshuffles the Artemis card deck
Artemis III now to follow in Apollo 9's footsteps, 2028 landing still planned for Artemis IV
Science02 Mar 2026 | 27
NASA safety watchdog says it's time to rethink Moon landing
Report highlights too many firsts in Artemis III mission
Science26 Feb 2026 | 130
Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitude
Science25 Feb 2026 | 78
Artemis II headed back to the bay; helium issues force another delay
Sending humans around the Moon in February, er, March – now April 2026, maybe
Science23 Feb 2026 | 25
NASA repurposes Mars Helicopter’s ancient Snapdragon SoC to help Perseverance rover navigate
Upgrade allows robot to travel ‘potentially unlimited distances’ without phoning home for help
Science23 Feb 2026 | 19
NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle
Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman
Science19 Feb 2026 | 45
NASA's fill-'er-up Moon rocket 'confidence' test sees mixed results
Plan was to turn SLS into Seal Leaks Stemmed... But the flow was off
Science16 Feb 2026 | 15
NASA pauses most Swift science ops to buy time for reboost mission
Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine
Science12 Feb 2026 | 3
Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook
Crew-12 and Artemis II astros may soon snap, shoot, and share from orbit
Science06 Feb 2026 | 26
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station
What about storing it in high orbit?
Science05 Feb 2026 | 52
Lego shrinks NASA's biggest rocket – accuracy sold separately
Bring your own sound effects to a Technic-enabled Space Launch System
Offbeat04 Feb 2026 | 29
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test
This is starting to sound oddly familiar
Science03 Feb 2026 | 34
NASA taps Claude to conjure Mars rover's travel plan
Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine
Science31 Jan 2026 | 20
Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA
How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy
Science28 Jan 2026 | 70
NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space
Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft
Science27 Jan 2026 | 16
NASA confirms command error temporarily felled TESS planet hunter
In space, no one can hear you bork
Science27 Jan 2026 | 9
NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident
Pointing problem left TESS in the dark
Science23 Jan 2026 | 1
ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch
After Russia drama and NASA's on-again-off-again romance, rover shows it still has legs... four of them
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 5
NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad
If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative
Science19 Jan 2026 | 26
Congress throws NASA a lifeline, leaves Mars sample mission to die in the dust
Agency dodges deep cut and mass mission shutdowns, but ambitious red planet plan gets the boot
Science16 Jan 2026 | 22
Moon hotel startup hopes you get lunar lunacy, drop $1M deposit for 2032 stay
Step 1: Ask for deposit. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Build Moon hotel empire
Offbeat13 Jan 2026 | 112
ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness
Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed
Science12 Jan 2026 | 12
NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare
Medical issue forces mission curtailment and leaves station short-handed
Science09 Jan 2026 | 11
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady
NASA mulling options, including an early trip home
Science08 Jan 2026 | 22
Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown
Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up
Science07 Jan 2026 | 15
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science
Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text
Science06 Jan 2026 | 41
NASA tries Curiosity rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN might be
Time running out for savin' MAVEN as stricken spacecraft still silent as Mars solar conjunction nears
Science24 Dec 2025 | 9
Isaacman finally confirmed as NASA boss after Trump derailed first attempt
Billionaire space tourist inherits troubled agency facing budget chaos, workforce cuts, and a Moon race against China
Science18 Dec 2025 | 12
NASA tries savin' MAVEN as Mars probe loses contact with Earth
Spacecraft was 'rotating in an unexpected manner' and might have shifted orbit
Science17 Dec 2025 | 26
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
Didn’t phone home as expected on December 6th and nobody knows why
Science11 Dec 2025 | 34
NASA nominee Isaacman moves to full Senate vote amid budget carnage
Billionaire's bid progresses while agency braces for sweeping reductions and program uncertainty
Science09 Dec 2025 | 9
We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares
Isaacman: 'We can never accept a gap in our capabilities again'
Science04 Dec 2025 | 85
NASA nominee 'committed' to uprooting Shuttle Discovery for Houston trophy piece
Isaacman backs Texas relocation amid warnings that costs could top $150M
Public Sector02 Dec 2025 | 67
Rosalind Franklin rover catches a break as NASA reaffirms commitment
ExoMars project may actually get to the red planet one day
Science27 Nov 2025 | 11
NASA pares back Boeing's Starliner deal after 2024 calamity
Capsule might only manage three crewed missions to the ISS
Science25 Nov 2025 | 11
AWS to build 1.3 gigawatts of government-grade supercomputing power for Uncle Sam
Aims to wash away Washington's vast tech woes with a dose of cloud magic
Off-Prem25 Nov 2025 | 7
Pegasus XL rocket dusted off to rescue NASA’s Swift observatory from fiery demise
Air-launched antique picked for tricky low-inclination orbit job
Science19 Nov 2025 | 14
25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS
All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30
Science07 Nov 2025 | 60
China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship
Science06 Nov 2025 | 37
Trump turnabout sees him re-nominate amateur astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA
Ruled him out just six months ago due to Musky connections
Public Sector05 Nov 2025 | 47
How do you solve a problem like Discovery?
Request For Ideas: How would you move a retired orbiter across the US?
Offbeat24 Oct 2025 | 194
Senators accuse Smithsonian of 'illegal lobbying' over Discovery squabbles
Cornyn & co ask DoJ to probe respected research institution for trying to 'influence' public
Science23 Oct 2025 | 90
SpaceX is behind schedule, so NASA will open Artemis III contract to competition
Lunar landing reality distortion field slips for Musk's rocketeers
Science21 Oct 2025 | 113
Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit
NASA's Earth-watching archives find new home in Redmond's cloud, complete with Copilot hype
PaaS + IaaS17 Oct 2025 | 3
Axiom Space ejects CEO after six months, installs NASA veteran as replacement
Updated Jonathan Cirtain at the helm as revolving door swings for private corp
Science16 Oct 2025 | 8
SpaceX's Starship: Two down, Mons Huygens to climb
Comment Musk's moonshot still missing orbit, refueling, landing
Science16 Oct 2025 | 121
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Another 550 employees set to leave the building
US government shutdown nothing to do with action as space veteran calls move 'an alarming time' for science
Science14 Oct 2025 | 43
Weird ideas welcome: VC fund looking to make science fiction factual
Nuclear power is getting hot, but don't hold your breath for everlasting batteries
Science11 Oct 2025 | 76
50 years in deep space, and Voyager still can't escape budget gravity
Probes face 26% funding cut as NASA grapples with shutdown chaos
Science10 Oct 2025 | 23
Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian'
Exclusive Houston, we have a custody battle
Science09 Oct 2025 | 114
Texas senators cry foul over Smithsonian's pricey Space Shuttle shuffle
Can be shifted for a tenth of the price AND the wings don't have to come off – allegedly
Science08 Oct 2025 | 149
Only way to move Space Shuttle Discovery is to chop it into pieces, White House told
Smithsonian warns that dismantling orbiter for relocation is history in the wrecking
Science02 Oct 2025 | 202
SpaceX rockets toward next Starship launch, set for October 13
Once more with feeling...
Science01 Oct 2025 | 26
NASA's deep-space laser comms demo has left the chat
DSOC hit record speeds beaming data from Psyche before going dark
Science30 Sep 2025 | 5
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