Space

Take a deep dive into NASA’s next-generation Moon rocket, the Space Launch System, which is set to soon prove its chops.

A fuel leak forced NASA to call off its second attempt to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission on Saturday (Sept. 3).

Two Russian cosmonauts exited the Poisk airlock Friday to begin a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Their main goals will be to complete tasks on the European Robotic Arm left unfinished after a spacewalk last month was cut short by a spacesuit battery problem.

Catch a last glimpse of the zodiacal light and planet Mercury from September 2 to 9.

NASA is accepting media requests for launch coverage of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite. This is the third satellite in the JPSS series, which will capture data to improve weather forecasts, helping scientists predict and prepare for extreme weather events and climate […]

More than two months after a practice countdown for the Artemis 1 launch, NASA has released audio from the launch team after gaining export control clearance. The audio provides a sneak peek of what to expect on launch day.

Wonderfully mysterious, M78 is the brightest swath of nebulosity in a group of specterlike glows some 2½° northeast of Alnitak (Zeta [ζ] Orionis), the eastern star in Orion’s Belt. Pierre Méchain discovered M78 in early 1780 and wrote to Charles Messier that the nebula surrounded two “fairly bright nuclei.” These […]

NASA will provide live coverage on Friday, Sept. 2, of a spacewalk with two Russian cosmonauts to continue outfitting the European robotic arm on the International Space Station’s Nauka laboratory.

The James Webb Space Telescope took its first direct image of a planet orbiting a distant star, proving its potential to revolutionize exoplanet research.

SpaceX closed out the month of August with another launch of 46 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 10:40:10 p.m. PDT Tuesday (1:40:10 a.m. EDT Wednesday).