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Record-breaking Progress MS-14 undocks from Space Station
Derek RichardsonApril 28th The autonomous Russian cargo ship Progress MS-14 undocked from the International Space Station after spending a record one year at the orbiting outpost.
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Delta IV Heavy launches classified NRO payload from California
Matt HaskellApril 26th A Delta IV Heavy took the the skies from Vandenberg Air Force Base to send the secretive NROL-82 payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
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Ingenuity helicopter flies ‘half the length of a football field’
Cullen DesforgesApril 26th Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California have received data confirming a successful third flight of Ingenuity, its most ambitious yet.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon docks with International Space Station
Derek RichardsonApril 24th A day after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew-2 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station, increasing the crew size aboard the outpost to 11.
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Crew-2 Dragon launches 4 astronauts bound for space station
Theresa CrossApril 23rd SpaceX has launched the second operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-2, with four astronauts bound for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies for a second time
Cullen DesforgesApril 22nd After making history as the first powered aircraft on another planet, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flew for a second time, this time even farther and longer.
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New Horizons spacecraft is now 50 AU from the Sun
Laurel KornfeldApril 22nd NASA's New Horizons spacecraft achieved a major milestone on Saturday, April 17, when it reached a distance of 50 AU from the Sun.
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Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation
Cullen DesforgesApril 21st On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon mission postponed by a day
Derek RichardsonApril 21st SpaceX and NASA have delayed the Crew-2 Dragon mission’s launch to the International Space Station by a day because of weather concerns.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ‘go’ for launch April 22
Theresa CrossApril 20th In just a couple days, the second operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-2, is set to fly atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A.
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‘Wright brothers moment’: Ingenuity takes flight on Mars
Cullen DesforgesApril 19th With NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, history has been made as humankind made the next great stride in powered flight; the first flight on another planet.
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NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.
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Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation
Cullen DesforgesApril 21st On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon mission postponed by a day
Derek RichardsonApril 21st SpaceX and NASA have delayed the Crew-2 Dragon mission’s launch to the International Space Station by a day because of weather concerns.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ‘go’ for launch April 22
Theresa CrossApril 20th In just a couple days, the second operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-2, is set to fly atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A.
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‘Wright brothers moment’: Ingenuity takes flight on Mars
Cullen DesforgesApril 19th With NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, history has been made as humankind made the next great stride in powered flight; the first flight on another planet.
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NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.
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Soyuz MS-17 crew returns to Earth after 6 months aboard ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 17th Three International Space Station Expedition 64 crew members returned to Earth after spending 185 days aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to Launch VIPER Moon rover
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 15th Astrobotic announced it has selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch its Griffin medium-class lander to the Moon in 2023, carrying NASA's VIPER lunar rover.
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Starship SN15 completes cryo proofing; static fire coming soon
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th SpaceX is already well underway with testing of its first majorly-upgraded version of Starship, known as Starship SN15.
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Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard mission NS-15
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th Blue Origin launched and landed both components of its reusable suborbital rocket and capsule system "New Shepard" today, April 14, 2021.
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Software issue delays Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s first flight
Cullen DesforgesApril 14th History will have to wait a little longer as the first flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has been delayed by at least a week.
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Crew-2 Dragon mission undergoing final preparations
Theresa CrossApril 13th SpaceX and NASA are entering final preparations for the second long-duration crew rotation to the International Space Station: the Crew-2 Dragon mission.
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Soyuz MS-18 reaches International Space Station after 2 orbits
Derek RichardsonApril 9th The Soyuz MS-18 crew took the express lane to the International Space Station, reaching the outpost less the four hours after leaving Earth.
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Cosmonauts still troubleshooting slight air leak aboard ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 8th Russian cosmonauts are still working to plug a slight air leak aboard the International Space Station, which was first noticed in 2019 and located in 2020.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offers details on Starship SN11 explosion
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 7th SpaceX Starship SN11 met a fiery demise last week, like the three iterations before it. Recently, Elon Musk tweeted details on why the prototype exploded.
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NASA conducts Orion water drop tests ahead of Artemis 2
Matt HaskellApril 7th NASA made a considerable splash Tuesday afternoon by dropping its Orion crew module into a pool of water at its research facility in Langley, Virginia.
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Crew-1 Dragon astronauts take spacecraft for a spin around ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 5th In one of the final major activities of the Crew-1 mission, its astronaut riders suited up to relocate docking ports to clear the way for the Crew-2 Dragon.
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OPINION: In spaceflight testing, what defines a failure?
February 27th
Recently, several companies have made great strides in the realm of advanced spaceflight testing, despite public perception some would label a failure. -
Spaceborne Computer-2 to speed “time-to-insight” for ISS studies
February 26th
Many different research investigations off Earth will be supported by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s pathfinding Spaceborne Computer-2, or SBC-2, to perform data processing and analytics. -
Inspiration4 mission names 2nd crew member
February 25th
Cancer survivor and frontline healthcare worker for St. Jude, Hayley Arceneaux, will join Jared Isaacman as part of the four-person Inspiration4 crew. -
Artemis 1 SLS booster stacking nearing completion
February 11th
The stacking of the twin solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System is nearly complete with only one set of segments remaining. -
Various icy compounds make up Pluto’s atmospheric haze
February 8th
Pluto's famous blue atmospheric haze likely formed differently from the hazes surrounding Saturn's moon Titan and Neptune's moon Triton, study finds. -
Amount of water on the Moon varies by location and time of day
February 6th
Two Earth-based studies confirm water molecules are present on the Moon, but amounts vary depending on location and time of day, Casey Honniball of NASA. -
Asteroid naming contest sparks discussion of women in astronomy
January 26th
The selection of the late astronomer Ada Amelia Carrera Rodriguez as the winner of an asteroid-naming contest sparked an online panel discussion by the contest's sponsors about the role of women in astronomy. -
Gallery: Preparations for Starship SN9 test flight continue
January 25th
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NASA adds New Glenn to Launch Services Program
January 14th
Last month, the U.S. space agency awarded a NASA Launch Services contract to Blue Origin and its New Glenn rocket. -
Moon Dialogs bring together stakeholders in near-future lunar activity
January 12th
Moon Dialogs, a partnership that seeks to bring together a wide variety of stakeholders to brainstorm about near-future lunar activity, organized Zoom sessions throughout 2020 exploring the wide range of topics pertinent to policy and governance on the Moon. -
Remembering Apollo 8, celebrating Christmas from a distance
December 24th
As 2020 draws to a close, families worldwide are gathering for Christmas Eve celebrations in various degrees of isolation, driven in large part to public health restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Probe finds deep space is not completely dark
December 1st
Now more than four billion miles away from Earth, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, acting as a distant space observatory, has found that deep space is not entirely dark. -
Arrokoth’s flattened shape could shed light on planetesimal formation process
November 15th
The flattened shape of the two lobes that make up Arrokoth, the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) visited by the New Horizons spacecraft in January 2019, may hold clues to the formation process of planetesimals and even planets. -
“All Systems Go”: Schedule of Crew-1 launch countdown events
November 15th
Following the confirmation by SpaceX via Twitter, that “All systems are go for tonight’s launch at 7:27 p.m. EST”, SpaceFlight Insider has produced this handy reference of the key countdown events and their approximate times. -
OSIRIS-REx capsule closed following successful Bennu sample collection
November 1st
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft collected enough soil samples of the asteroid Bennu on its first attempt that mission controllers commanded the spacecraft to close its Sample Return Capsule (SRC).
