No rest for the rocketry as NASA's Easter weekend heats up Returning crew and a vital supply launch distract managers from chocolate eggs Science17 Apr 2025 | 18
Small ocean swirls may have an outsized effect on climate, NASA satellite shows SWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time Science17 Apr 2025 | 16
20 years on, DART still a masterclass in how not to rendezvous in orbit Two decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide Science16 Apr 2025 | 10
US senator warns 'China is cheering' for proposed NASA budget cuts Bipartisan support needed to keep DOGE from the door Science15 Apr 2025 | 63
White House budget proposal could beam NASA science back decades Houston, we have a funding problem Science14 Apr 2025 | 25
NASA doubles odds of Moon hitting near-Earth asteroid Heads up to those living on lunar base in 2032: DUCK!! Science05 Apr 2025 | 54
Brits to build ExoMars landing gear after Russia sent packing Airbus UK wins £150M contract to revive long-delayed rover project Science29 Mar 2025 | 44
Boeing's Starliner may fly again, pending fixes to literally everything Updated More than 70 percent of anomalies closed out, but those pesky thrusters are still a problem Science28 Mar 2025 | 35
From concept to cosmos: Webb engineers on the telescope that changed everything Interview JWST trio awarded IEEE Simon Ramo medal: 'I'm proud of the whole damn team' Science28 Mar 2025 | 12
ISS resupply and trash pickup craft postponed indefinitely after Cygnus container crunch All eyes on SpaceX's April cargo mission to the orbital outpost Science27 Mar 2025 | 20
50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors Science26 Mar 2025 | 40
NASA rewrites Moon mission goals in quiet DEI retreat First woman and first person of color pledges dropped Science24 Mar 2025 | 104
NASA's inbox goes orbital after email mishap spams entire space industry EXCLUSIVE A lone voice cries out from reply-all chaos: 'Someone tell DOGE to rehire whoever maintains this email list' Applications21 Mar 2025 | 37
Boeing's Starliner future uncertain as NASA weighs next steps Comment Fix testing to stretch into the summer. When will aerospace giant decide enough is enough? Science20 Mar 2025 | 71
Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense Comment Elements within the US space agency have elected to toe the party line Science19 Mar 2025 | 75
SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair Second time's a charm Science17 Mar 2025 | 32
Bubble trouble in hydraulics blamed for NASA and SpaceX Crew-10 scrub Trapped gas isn't just a party foul – it's a launch-stopper Science14 Mar 2025 | 20
Rocket Lab says NASA lacks leadership on Mars Sample Return Agency willing to take huge risks with human exploration, but not willing to do it for some dirt? Science12 Mar 2025 | 29
Is NASA's science budget heading for a black hole? COMMENT Dare mighty things ... as long as we can afford it Science11 Mar 2025 | 111
Athena Moon lander officially FOADs – falls over and dies – in crater Second time unlucky for Intuitive Machines, but hey, at least we got 250MB of data from it Science07 Mar 2025 | 37
Moonshot goes sideways as Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander seemingly falls over Space is hard. Hopefully not so hard the three rovers on this spaceship are lost Science07 Mar 2025 | 35
More Voyager instruments shut down to eke out power supplies Veteran probes close in on the half century Science06 Mar 2025 | 54
Satnav systems built for Earth used by Blue Ghost lander as it approached the Moon No, your car can't navigate in space. But perhaps colonies can find their way without dedicated lunar GPS Science06 Mar 2025 | 39
First private moon lander to touch down safely starts sending selfies Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost planned to work for 14 days, should be useful for years thanks to its reflector that improves on Apollo-era tech Science03 Mar 2025 | 25
The red color of Mars might have an earlier, wetter origin Scientists pool data from ESA and NASA spacecraft to come up with a ferrihydrite theory Science25 Feb 2025 | 9
Elon Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027 Plus: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen not happy with SpaceX chief for 'lie' about 'abandoned' Starliner crew Science21 Feb 2025 | 136
NASA's on-again, off-again job cuts – what's the plan? Comment Lucky there isn't an asteroid headed for Earth for which a demoralized space agency might need to mount a redirect mission Science20 Feb 2025 | 74
Odds of city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth creep upward It's probably fine Science19 Feb 2025 | 51
DARPA skips the lab, will head to orbit to test space manufacturing tech Previous NOM4D experiments have gone so well, says project leader, that it's time to get real Science12 Feb 2025 | 5
NASA’s radiation tolerant computer lives up to its name after surviving Van Allen belts 'RadPC' flew on Firefly’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission, which has left Earth Orbit and is headed for the Moon Off-Prem11 Feb 2025 | 38
NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco Spacecraft weather solar storms, but ground processing laid low by water Disaster Recovery Week07 Feb 2025 | 22
'Abandoned' astro takes recordbreaking ninth spacewalk Sunita Williams lays claim to lead for female EVAs Science31 Jan 2025 | 27
Asteroid as wide as 886 cans of spam may hit Earth in 2032 Video Is this NEO the one? Yup, as in, a 1% chance of hitting us ... sadly Science31 Jan 2025 | 75
And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples It's a 65-million-year-old space rock stuffed with amino acids, DNA bases, and more, boffins report Science30 Jan 2025 | 22
40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger's fatal flaw O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later Science28 Jan 2025 | 38
NASA spacewalkers to swab the ISS for microbial life Learning how to deal with the microorganisms hitching a ride with humans Science22 Jan 2025 | 14
Words alone won't get the stars and stripes to Mars Comment So you want to go to the Red Planet. How deep are your pockets and how much time do you have? Science21 Jan 2025 | 166
NASA's lunar Roomba set to suck up Moon dirt for study Collecting regolith samples with a blast of gas Science09 Jan 2025 | 21
Los Angeles wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed Updated Crews battle to keep people, homes, science safe Science08 Jan 2025 | 62
NASA has just two Mars Sample Return mission lander options left JPL's sky crane tech or private vendor to get $5-7B contract, before hitching lift back to Earth with ESA Science08 Jan 2025 | 10
Parker Solar Probe set for blisteringly hot date with the Sun on Christmas Eve Ho-ho-holy heatshield! Science23 Dec 2024 | 37
Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade Science20 Dec 2024 | 18
Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month Science19 Dec 2024 | 97
Silent NASA lander gives boffins insight into Martian dust NASA to bid a final farewell to InSight Science17 Dec 2024 | 8
A decade on from maiden flight, NASA's Orion is still waiting for its Moon moment Hopefully it won't be another 10 years before the capsule is troubled by a crew Science11 Dec 2024 | 6
NASA finds Orion heatshield cracks won't cook Artemis II crew Lunar flights therefore set for seven-month delay and change re-entry approach, but redesign not needed Science06 Dec 2024 | 39
Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next NASA boss Billionaire space tourist and mate of Elon pledges Americans will get to Mars Science04 Dec 2024 | 41
SOHO, the two-year mission that forgot to retire, finally faces sunset Probe may not make it to 30 as funding runs out and replacement is launched Science03 Dec 2024 | 24
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory datacenter flooded, offline until 2025 Burst water pipe blots out the Sun – or at least the data about it collected from two probes On-Prem03 Dec 2024 | 18
NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom Feature Pilot James 'Clue' Less is ready to take to the skies Science30 Nov 2024 | 66
'Best job at JPL': What it's like to be an engineer on the Voyager project Feature 'I love this work. I love what I'm doing. It's so cool' Science28 Nov 2024 | 34
Abandoned US Army 'city under the ice' imaged in serendipitous NASA find Camp Century could spill millions of gallons of sewage, diesel fuel, and nuclear waste as climate warms Science25 Nov 2024 | 78
Mysteries in polar orbit – space's oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets Opinion It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs Networks25 Nov 2024 | 52
NASA wants ideas on how to haul injured moonwalkers $45K says you can do it without a lunar rover Science18 Nov 2024 | 62
NASA and Microsoft intro Earth Copilot to tame satellite data overload Proof of concept allows geospatial datasets to be conversationally queried AI + ML16 Nov 2024 | 9
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to eject hundreds more workers Budget constraints result in 'painful but necessary adjustments' Science13 Nov 2024 | 35
What might a second term of Trump mean for the US space program? Moon, Mars, and Mayhem? Science12 Nov 2024 | 73
SpaceX Dragon gives ISS a helping hand with altitude Demonstration paves way for more reboosts before station's eventual deorbit Science11 Nov 2024 | 28
Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission Dwindling power and problematic communications, but the spacecraft just keeps on going Science09 Nov 2024 | 66
Arecibo telescope might have failed because of weak sockets Electromagnetic radiation contributed to that zincing feeling: analysts Science06 Nov 2024 | 68
NASA narrows Artemis III landing target list to nine The Mons Mouton Plateau looks nice this time of year. Or maybe you prefer Slater Plain? Science29 Oct 2024 | 19