Space

President Biden has tapped former Democratic Senator Bill Nelson for NASA administrator, according to three people familiar with the decision. Nelson, a politically experienced ally of the administration, would steer the space agency as it races to return humans to the Moon, bolsters its climate research and expands its reliance […]

Col. Eric Felt, director of the Space Vehicles Directorate, said the lab is investing in new technologies to support the U.S. Space Force. 

This week, the grandest and most spectacular of all constellations can be found due south and standing upright around 7 p.m. local time, and dominating our winter skies like — to use the words of astronomer Robert H, Baker — “a gigantic piece of jewelry.” 

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first-ever Mars spacecraft captured its most stunning image yet of the Red Planet as the probe continues preparing to begin its science observations in earnest.

NASA will fire up the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) on Wednesday (March 18) for the final test in the series of “green run” tests that will determine whether the new megarocket is ready to fly Artemis moon missions. 

The exploration firsts keep rolling in from NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars.

Sand dunes on Mars are fascinating. They shift and move in different ways than they do on Earth, and they can grow to much more immense sizes than on our own planet. Several conditions contribute to the gigantic sand dunes and large fields of dunes that can form on the […]