In this week’s episode of Space Minds Mamta Patel Nagaraja – NASA’s former associate chief scientist-offers an insider’s look at how science priorities are set, what gets cut and what the ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly.

From moon missions to Mars rovers, space exploration has become a regular part of the news and a shared goal for many countries. With ISRO’s recent successes and growing global efforts ...

An artist’s conception shows Otter Pup 2 (at left) approaching its target satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Two years after its first space mission literally took a turn for the worse ...

Space Force already has at least one ‘Space Ranger’ and several “Space Cowboys” who’ve completed an infamous “spur ride” with 1st Infantry Division cavalry scouts. But now the newest ...

China has launched a three-person crew to the Tiangong space station for the next six-month mission, which will see them carry out experiments on developing artificial brain models and the ...

Astronomy Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious 'light echo' in the broken heart of Cassiopeia Astronomy Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering ...

Kelvin Coleman, FAA associate administrator for commercial space transportation, at the FAA's 2024 commercial space transportation conference. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — The head ...

Night launches near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral are particularly stunning. From Cape Canaveral, Florida, to West Palm Beach, Florida, it's about 150 miles. Can a rocket launch ...

The next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is just a month away. Houston-based company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it's targeting May 29 for ...

The U.S. Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as the cosmic equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Appropriately known as an "orbital carrier," the ...

"This flight — and the engineering process that led us here — taught us valuable lessons on the design of the next iteration, Phoenix 2." A European reentry capsule notched some important ...