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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off 325 more workers
NASA's JPL is having around round of layoffs due to budget constraints.
Mariella Moon11.13.2024
Webb's latest Phantom Galaxy image sheds light on stellar feedback
NASA just published a new picture of the Phantom Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. This new image uses data from two instruments.
Jeremy Gan10.29.2024
NASA spent October hoisting a 103-ton simulator section onto a test stand to prep for the next Moon mission
This month, NASA hoisted a 103-ton component onto a simulator for the next Moon missions. Crews installed the interstage simulator on the Thad Cochran Test Stand at Stennis Space Center. It mimics the SLS part that protects the rocket’s upper stage during Artemis launches.
Will Shanklin10.25.2024
NASA's Webb telescope detects the first potential brown dwarfs outside our galaxy
Brown dwarfs are bigger than gas giants, but smaller than stars -- and they barely produce any light. The James Webb telescope made it possible to detect them, even if they're 200,000 light years away.
Mariella Moon10.24.2024
NASA's newest telescope can detect gravitational waves from colliding black holes
A new series of telescopes scheduled to launch in the mid-2030s will look for gravitational waves in space.
Danny Gallagher10.22.2024
Prada reveals its spacesuit for NASA's Artemis III mission
Axiom Space and Prada created the suit through a partnership announced last year.
Sarah Fielding10.16.2024
NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Jupiter
NASA has launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will investigate whether the Jovian moon has conditions that support life.
Mariella Moon10.15.2024
This dazzling NASA image shows the biggest super star cluster in our galaxy
Astronomers used the James Webb Telescope's NIRCam to take an image of the Milky Way's biggest remaining super star cluster.
Mariella Moon10.10.2024
SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts are leaving the ISS on October 13
They were to supposed to fly back on October 7, but their return was delayed by Hurricane Milton.
Mariella Moon10.08.2024
New Government website shows how much sea levels have risen
The US government just released a website that shows how much sea levels have risen and provides plenty of data.
Jeremy Gan09.24.2024
NASA confirms it’s developing the Moon’s new time zone
NASA confirmed on Friday that it will create a new lunar time system for the Moon. The White House published a policy memo in April, directing NASA to create the new standard by 2026.
Will Shanklin09.13.2024
A new report raises concerns about the future of NASA
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) lays out some serious concerns about the future of NASA.
Danny Gallagher09.12.2024
How to watch Boeing Starliner's uncrewed flight back to Earth
The spacecraft is undocking from the ISS at 6:04PM Eastern time on September 6 at the earliest.
Mariella Moon09.06.2024
A creepy, sonar-like sound coming through Starliner’s speaker posed a brief mystery on the ISS
On Saturday, astronaut Butch Wilmore alerted NASA’s Mission Control about an unexplained “strange noise” coming from a speaker in the spacecraft. An audio clip of the conversation was shared on a NASASpaceflight forum by meteorologist Rob Dale.
Cheyenne MacDonald09.02.2024
Blue Origin targets mid-October for New Glenn’s inaugural flight and launch of NASA’s Escapade Mars mission
Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket and its Mars-bound NASA payload now have a tentative launch date. The company said on Friday that the inaugural flight will take place no earlier than October 13.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.25.2024
Starliner astronauts will come home in February on a SpaceX Crew Dragon
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will come home in February 2025 on a SpaceX Crew Dragon, and the Boeing Starliner they flew to the International Space Station on in June will return uncrewed.
Cheyenne MacDonald08.24.2024
NASA will soon announce whether Starliner's astronauts are coming back on a SpaceX vehicle
On August 24, NASA will finally announce how Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts that flew to the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner, will be coming home.
Mariella Moon08.23.2024
Scientists find evidence of liquid water deep underneath the Martian surface
Water exists on Mars, according to a team of geophysicists, and not just as ice on its poles or as vapor in its atmosphere.
Mariella Moon08.13.2024
A robotics company has 3D printed nearly a hundred homes in Texas
ICON's 3D printer can build the main structure of a three or four-bedroom home in three weeks.
Danny Gallagher08.08.2024
NASA delays next SpaceX crew launch due to ongoing Starliner problems
The target launch date is now September 24, at the earliest.
Mariella Moon08.07.2024