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William Shatner, 90, makes brief trek to space
Derek RichardsonOctober 13th Boldly going where fewer than 600 people have gone before, William Shatner of Star Trek fame, as well as three others, flew into space on Blue Origin’s second suborbital human spaceflight.
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Pluto’s atmosphere may be starting to condense
Laurel KornfeldOctober 12th Beginning three years after New Horizons' historic flyby, Pluto's atmosphere appeared to be starting to condense and refreeze, according to scientists.
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Space Launch System rocket passes design certification review
Theresa CrossOctober 11th NASA has carried out the design certification review of the Space Launch System, the agency said, as it continues to prepare the vehicle for its inaugural flight.
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BepiColombo probe captures its first close photos of Mercury
Theresa CrossOctober 6th The first views of Mercury by the BepiColombo spacecraft were snapped as the mission made a gravity assist pass by the planet.
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William Shatner set for a brief trip to the final frontier
Theresa CrossOctober 6th Blue Origin is set to perform its second human spaceflight later this month, and it's expected to send TV icon William Shatner into space.
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Russian Soyuz MS-19 film crew arrives ‘on set’ at Space Station
Derek RichardsonOctober 5th The Russian Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on a mission to film scenes for a feature-length movie set aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Inspiration4 crew shares experiences after historic mission
Cullen DesforgesOctober 4th In the weeks following the splashdown of the Inspiration4 mission, the four crew members have become national celebrities in their own right.
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Vandenberg Space Force Base sees its 2,000th launch
Theresa CrossOctober 4th Last week, Vandenberg Space Force Base saw its 2,000th launch with the orbiting of the Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite.
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Lucy probe launching to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids this month
Laurel KornfeldOctober 1st Lucy, the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has completed eight weeks of preparation ahead of its planned Oct. 16 launch.
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Starship Ship 20 undergoes cryogenic proof testing at Starbase
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 30th SpaceX’s Starship prototype Ship 20 underwent cryogenic proof testing, one of many tests and steps needed before the company can fly its first orbital Starship mission.
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ULA Atlas V lofts Landsat 9 into orbit for NASA and USGS
Theresa CrossSeptember 28th United Launch Alliance sent the newest Earth-observation satellite, Landsat 9, into orbit for NASA and the United States Geological Survey.
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First Perseverance rover Mars rock samples suggest Jezero Crater was once habitable
Laurel KornfeldSeptember 23rd The first Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover for eventual return to Earth suggest landing site Jezero Crater harbored water for a long enough time to be habitable for microbial life.
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William Shatner, 90, makes brief trek to space
Derek RichardsonOctober 13th Boldly going where fewer than 600 people have gone before, William Shatner of Star Trek fame, as well as three others, flew into space on Blue Origin’s second suborbital human spaceflight.
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Space Launch System rocket passes design certification review
Theresa CrossOctober 11th NASA has carried out the design certification review of the Space Launch System, the agency said, as it continues to prepare the vehicle for its inaugural flight.
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William Shatner set for a brief trip to the final frontier
Theresa CrossOctober 6th Blue Origin is set to perform its second human spaceflight later this month, and it's expected to send TV icon William Shatner into space.
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Russian Soyuz MS-19 film crew arrives ‘on set’ at Space Station
Derek RichardsonOctober 5th The Russian Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on a mission to film scenes for a feature-length movie set aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Inspiration4 crew shares experiences after historic mission
Cullen DesforgesOctober 4th In the weeks following the splashdown of the Inspiration4 mission, the four crew members have become national celebrities in their own right.
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Lucy probe launching to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids this month
Laurel KornfeldOctober 1st Lucy, the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has completed eight weeks of preparation ahead of its planned Oct. 16 launch.
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Starship Ship 20 undergoes cryogenic proof testing at Starbase
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 30th SpaceX’s Starship prototype Ship 20 underwent cryogenic proof testing, one of many tests and steps needed before the company can fly its first orbital Starship mission.
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ULA Atlas V lofts Landsat 9 into orbit for NASA and USGS
Theresa CrossSeptember 28th United Launch Alliance sent the newest Earth-observation satellite, Landsat 9, into orbit for NASA and the United States Geological Survey.
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Inspiration4 crew returns home, meets St. Jude fundraising goals
Derek RichardsonSeptember 19th Three days after riding a rocket into space, the Inspiration4 crew return to Earth inside their Crew Dragon Resilience capsule.
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Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space
Derek RichardsonSeptember 17th Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.
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Inspiration4 soars into orbit with 4 non-professional astronauts
Matt HaskellSeptember 15th Less than eight months after its announcement, the all-private civilian Inspiration4 mission has launched into orbit.
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Inspiration4 set for 1st all-private civilian orbital spaceflight
Matt HaskellSeptember 13th Inspiration4, the first all-private civilian orbital spaceflight, is set to launch four ordinary people on a three-day trip circling Earth.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Chris Sembroski flying to space in the ‘generosity’ seat
Michael McCabeSeptember 12th Chris Sembroski, an engineer from Washington state, is set to fly to space in less than a week as part of the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Sian Proctor to fulfil her dream to fly into space
Theresa CrossSeptember 11th Having won an entrepreneurship competition earlier this year, Sian Proctor is set to become the first black female pilot of a spacecraft when she flies into space on the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux set to be the youngest American in orbit
Michael McCabeSeptember 10th The first person announced to join Jared Isaacman for the Inspiration4 mission was Hayley Arceneaux, a childhood cancer survivor and current St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Jared Isaacman and a trip to space
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 9th SpaceX is less than a week away from making history by launching the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private citizen flight into Earth orbit.
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Pluto’s atmosphere may be starting to condense
October 12th
Beginning three years after New Horizons' historic flyby, Pluto's atmosphere appeared to be starting to condense and refreeze, according to scientists. -
BepiColombo probe captures its first close photos of Mercury
October 6th
The first views of Mercury by the BepiColombo spacecraft were snapped as the mission made a gravity assist pass by the planet. -
Vandenberg Space Force Base sees its 2,000th launch
October 4th
Last week, Vandenberg Space Force Base saw its 2,000th launch with the orbiting of the Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite. -
First Perseverance rover Mars rock samples suggest Jezero Crater was once habitable
September 23rd
The first Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover for eventual return to Earth suggest landing site Jezero Crater harbored water for a long enough time to be habitable for microbial life. -
New class of exoplanets identified in search for extraterrestrial life
September 5th
More than 25 years after the discovery of the first exoplanets, scientists have identified a new subclass of planets that are hot, have large oceans and thick hydrogen atmospheres, and may be habitable for microbial life. -
NASA seeks volunteers for Mars simulation
August 18th
NASA is seeking a crew of four volunteers for a year-long Mars simulation starting in the fall of 2022, one of several year-long simulations of life on the Red Planet organized by the agency's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog. -
NASA’s Lucy Trojan asteroid spacecraft arrives in Florida
August 10th
NASA’s first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, Lucy, has arrived in Florida in advance of its October 2021 launch. -
Results from Mars InSight lander show Mars has a molten center
August 2nd
Using data collected by NASA's Mars InSight lander, which has been on the red planet since 2018, researchers have confirmed the planet's center to be molten. -
Videos simulate Pluto, Charon flyby; follow up mission proposed
August 1st
NASA's New Horizons team released new movies simulating the spacecraft's 2015 flight over Pluto and its large moon Charon to mark the sixth anniversary of the encounter on July 14, 2015. -
GOES-17 weather satellite recovers from brief anomaly
August 1st
On July 22, 2021, NOAA’s GOES-17 weather satellite experienced a brief anomaly and entered into safe mode prompting engineers to perform troubleshooting tasks, ultimately recovering the satellite less than 24 hours later. -
Finding life on Europa requires drilling to its subsurface ocean
July 24th
A future mission seeking signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa will likely require drilling into its global subsurface ocean, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy. -
Isotope of carbon found in exoplanet’s atmosphere
July 17th
An international team of scientists has detected isotopes of carbon in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time ever, a discovery noted in the journal Nature. -
Wally Funk of the ‘Mercury 13’ to finally fly into space next week
July 13th
On July 1, 2021, Blue Origin announced that Wally Funk, a member of the “Mercury 13," would fly into space atop the company’s suborbital New Shepard rocket. -
Former Shuttle Landing Facility to get new ‘utility corridor’
July 10th
Construction on a new "utility corridor" has begun at the former Shuttle Landing Facility, now known as the Launch and Landing Facility, which is run by Space Florida. -
Surface, geology of Pluto studied via opposition observations
July 4th
Six years after the New Horizons spacecraft returned close-up images of Pluto, researchers are teasing out more information about its geology and surface.
