NASA sees ‘otherworldly’ wreckage on Mars with ingenuity helicopter
The wreckage is the work of NASA, a component called a backshell that detached during the landing of the Perseverance rover on the surface of...
NASA astronaut will soon fly home to Earth in a Russian spacecraft. Here’s how to watch. WATCH
Early Wednesday morning, Mark Vande Hei, like many NASA astronauts before him, will enter a Russian spacecraft docked at the International Space Station for the...
After awarding moonshot to SpaceX, NASA gives Bezos and Blue Origin another chance
It won’t just be SpaceX going to the moon if NASA officials get their wish. That could be a boon to the space dreams of...
Fauci says COVID wave looks like it’s ‘going in right direction’ in U.S. VIEW
Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded cautiously optimistic Sunday that the omicron wave was peaking nationally in the United States and that coronavirus cases could fall to...
We’re having a holiday gathering. Are we nuts? VIEW
While there is no one-size-fits-all way for lowering risk if you make holiday plans with your favorite people, answering a few simple questions can help...
Who gets sick in space? Orbital tourists may offer better clues
The Inspiration4 mission, which launched Wednesday, shows how researchers can benefit from the new commercial space travel. The crew of four, none of whom is...
Everett engineer among ‘very ordinary’ astronauts in tonight’s extraordinary space launch
One is a 29-year-old physician assistant living in Memphis, a cancer survivor with metal rods in her left leg to replace bones destroyed by a...
It was his day off. Then the Space Station went for a spin.
Zebulon Scoville and others at NASA’s mission control in Houston spent Thursday righting the International Space Station after a new Russian module unexpectedly fired its...
After docking, Russia’s new 23-ton module tilted the space station
The Russian section of the International Space Station gained a 23-ton science module Thursday. Hours later, the new arrival, named Nauka, took the station and...