Space

NASA will award funding to more than 200 small business teams to develop new technologies designed to protect the health of astronauts, lower risk of collision damage to spacecraft, and more. The new awards from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program invests in […]

A new study will monitor the short- and long-term impacts of rocket launches on endangered wildlife near California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base.

After calling off a launch attempt Sunday due to high winds in the booster recovery zone, SpaceX is counting down again for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on the company’s 28th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is set for 11:47 a.m. […]

If gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental forces, how can the Sun’s gravity affect distant and low-mass objects such as those in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud? Neal AttinsonSonoma, California It is true that gravity is weakest among the fundamental forces. However, the effect of gravity can […]

Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 28th commercial resupply services mission, two new solar arrays, science investigations, and supplies are on their way to the International Space Station.

SpaceX scrubbed a launch attempt from the Kennedy Space Center Sunday for the company’s 28th resupply mission to the International Space Station, pushing back liftoff until Monday because of high winds in the recovery area in the Atlantic Ocean for the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster.

China’s Shenzhou 15 astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth and safe weekend landing after completing a six-month mission to the country’s space station.

Using the sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have managed to detect a vast plume of water vapor spewing from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a jet extending nearly 6,000 miles and feeding a previously detected torus circling the entire planet.

NASA has selected Osi Vision, LLC of San Antonio, to provide program support and course development/delivery for NASA’s Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership Knowledge Services (APPEL KS) activities for the Agency.

A Falcon 9 rocket will launch 22 of SpaceX’s new “V2 Mini” Starlink internet satellites early Sunday morning (June 4), and you can watch the action live.