Furloughed NASA worker Craig Rhodes said Tuesday if he misses one more paycheck he’s going to start looking for another job. “You get kind of sick and tired of Congress saying, ‘Well just dip into your savings.’ Okay, my savings will last me a few weeks, then what?”
Read moreThe world’s largest airborne observatory was supposed to be parked in Seattle this week, so thousands of scientists attending the “Super Bowl of Astronomy” could behold this marvel: a Boeing 747 outfitted with a massive telescope used to study the fundamental mysteries of the universe.
Read moreOn a journey that has taken it to the edge of the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent back a photo of Ultima Thule on Wednesday, an icy object shaped like a snowman.
Read moreA NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a pair of records.
Read moreA NASA spacecraft designed to study the depths of the Martian surface placed its first instrument on the red planet Wednesday, completing a major milestone in mission that aims to gain insight into the origins of our universe.
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HOUSTON (CN) — After four years of intense training for a trip to the International Space Station, and bailing out
Read moreAfter a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.
Read moreA NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere.
Read moreCloser to the sun than any spacecraft has ever gotten, the Parker Solar Probe on Monday exceeded the 1976 record of 26.6 million miles set by Helios-2 back.
Read moreNASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to receive a gravity assist Wednesday as the spacecraft flies past Venus on its journey to the sun.
Read moreNASA will soon have more detailed information than ever before about the melting of Earth’s polar ice caps and how they affect sea level rise.
Read moreNASA will launch a solar probe Saturday that will fly closer to the Sun than ever before.
Read moreJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it’s ever done before.
Read moreNASA’s Dawn spacecraft is sending back incredible close-ups of the dwarf planet Ceres.
Read moreOfficials from NASA and the Defense Department agreed Friday that creating a “space force” as ordered by President Donald Trump would be an ambitious undertaking, but before that happens cleaning up 620,000 pieces of space debris is a top priority.
Read moreThe federal government must begin to take steps now to prepare for a potentially catastrophic collision between an asteroid and the Earth, NASA said in a report released Tuesday.
Read moreNew Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present. Scientists reported Thursday that NASA’s Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lakebed. Hints have been found before, but this is the best evidence yet.
Read moreA new study finds a solid majority of Americans continue to believe in public investment in the space race, backing NASA and its central mission.
Read moreNew images of Pluto’s surface reveal dunes that scientists say are likely to have been formed of methane ice grains released into its low-pressure atmosphere.
Read moreTeamwork will be crucial for astronauts tackling the multiyear journey to Mars, according to a paper published in American Psychologist, the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association.
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