SpaceX is climbing the stack and pulling up the ladder
In February, SpaceX acquired xAI in an all-stock deal valuing the combined business at $1.25 trillion, the largest…
SpaceX rocket set to depart Christmas Island for Texas aboard specialist recovery vessel
Like a certain extraterrestrial, SpaceX’s Starship 40 is set to depart its adopted safe harbour of Christmas Island…
Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates
2026-08-24T07:35:40.714Z 3 days to go! Here’s everything you need to know 3 days until the partial lunar eclipse,…
Despite delays, China could gain ground in the space race
China has abruptly postponed its planned Chang’e-7 lunar launch, which was scheduled to take place today. While the…
Voyager 1: What Is a Light-Day
The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on is about distance, not time. And it’s very, very far.…
Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts
President Donald J. Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to each member of NASA’s Artemis…
Rescue mission canceled for NASA’s Swift space telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory has been called off, dooming the telescope to…
China's Chang'e-7 launch will not proceed in planned window this year – news.cgtn.com
China’s Chang’e-7 launch will not proceed in planned window this year news.cgtn.comChina is launching a Moon mission to find…
Quote of the day by Jennifer Wiseman: “Our bodies actually depend on…” |
Look up at the night sky and the stars can seem impossibly distant, disconnected from the ordinary details…
NASA’s astronaut interviews are only part of the test: finalists also face hours of psychological assessment, time pressure and cognitively punishing team simulations while specialists watch how they communicate, adapt and regulate themselves—the qualities that determine whether a crew remains functional after months of isolation in space.
An astronaut interview is not one decisive conversation across a desk. By the time NASA is choosing a…
Apollo 12 astronauts returned from the moon so filthy that their pilot made them strip before entering his spacecraft; dust stayed under their nails for weeks |
Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. From left to right, they are…
‘Made-in-India chips power key space missions’: IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw | India News
IT minister Vaishnaw posted on National Space Day. NEW DELHI: Made-in-India semiconductor chips are powering key Indian space…