Jun 14 NASA is returning to Venus to learn how it became a hot poisonous wasteland By Paul K. Byrne, The Conversation Two new NASA missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – are headed to Venus. The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth's hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: How and when to see the ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas For much of the eastern half of North America, a partial eclipse will be visible on Thursday between about 5 and 6:30 a.m, turning the sun into a kind of crescent at dawn. Continue reading
Jun 08 How NASA is hunting for signs of life on Mars By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Researchers hope to gain a better sense of whether primordial life once existed on our celestial neighbor, and how technology may pave the way for astronauts to sustain their own lives during future voyages to the Red Planet. Continue reading
Jun 02 WATCH: NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The space agency's new administrator, Bill Nelson, announced two new robotic missions to the solar system's hottest planet, during his first major address to employees Wednesday. Continue reading
May 10 NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA spacecraft is headed back to Earth with rubble it collected from an asteroid nearly 200 million miles away. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex fired its engines Monday to start the two-year trip home. Continue reading
May 02 SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts answer media questions By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA and SpaceX are promising more Coast Guard patrols and fewer pleasure boaters for this week's splashdown by four astronauts. Continue reading
Apr 23 SpaceX successfully uses recycled parts to launch third crew into orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday morning, following a 23-hour ride in the same Dragon capsule used by SpaceX’s debut crew last May. Continue reading
Apr 22 NASA’s Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press "It sounds simple, but there are many unknowns regarding how to fly a helicopter on Mars," Ingenuity's chief pilot, Havard Grip, said from JPL in a statement. "That's why we're here — to make these unknowns known."… Continue reading
Apr 19 NASA helicopter Ingenuity successfully flies on Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It was a brief hop — just 39 seconds — but accomplished major milestones and was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. Continue reading