NASA wants to know how much life it's venting into space
To comply, NASA has sought to sanitize Mars rovers at a threshold of no more than 300,000 bacterial spores on any surface.
NASA doubles down on Moon-shot goals in Artemis mission, awarding $24 million to space contractors
After years of delays, NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon commenced in a big way more than two years ago, starting with the ...
Michigan even looks cold from space in stunning NASA satellite image
The National Weather Service in Marquette posted a NASA satellite image showing bands of cold air and lake effect snow moving ...
Astronomy on MSN1h
NASA administrator steps down, urges continuity under new leadership
In a letter to his replacement, outgoing NASA leader Bill Nelson emphasizes the agency’s activities ‘transcend the length of ...
Per Trump Executive Order, NASA Indeed Announced Closure of DEI Office
Soon after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, and the slew of executive orders that followed, ...
Firefly’s Lunar Lander Captures Haunting Earth Eclipse From Space
On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...
Executive Gov1h
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Launching Several Missions in 2025
Learn about the missions NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is planning to launch, including research on the expansion of the ...
Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...
ExtremeTech on MSN6h
NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon
The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...
Space on MSN8d
NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
"The question 'Are we alone?' is one of the most significant questions, not just in the history of science, but in the ...
Executive Gov1h
NASA Selects 9 Companies to Develop Capabilities for Artemis Mission
Read about the companies selected by NASA to advance knowledge supporting life and work in the lunar environment.
SpaceX’s Lost Starship In 7th Test Echos NASA Setbacks In Space Race I
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.