Space Exploration
NASA Lab’s Workforce Woes Threaten Major Space Missions
A brain drain from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory could pose problems for the space agency’s ambitious science plans
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Space Exploration
Mars Can Wait. Questions Surround Settlements on Other Worlds
Establishing a permanent Mars settlement in the foreseeable future makes little sense. The weakest reason for doing it is also the strongest—and not in a good way
Space Exploration
NASA May Pay $1 Billion to Destroy the International Space Station. Here’s Why
The International Space Station—larger than a football field and weighing almost 450 tons—must eventually fall to Earth. It’s a delicate, dangerous process
Space Exploration
SpaceX Starship’s Second Flight Was an Explosive Milestone
SpaceX’s Starship—the most powerful rocket ever built—experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” in its otherwise successful second full-scale launch, triggering a federal investigation into what went wrong...
Astronomy
Can We Even Have Babies in Space? Why We’re Not Ready for Life Off-Planet
Reproducing in space is just one of many reasons we should delay settlements beyond Earth
Space Exploration
Diversity in Science Includes Cultural Dress
Images of sari-wearing space scientists in India remind us that research is global and cultural dress should be welcome in the workplace
Space Exploration
NASA Asteroid Mission Discovers Tiny Surprise Moon with ‘Really Bizarre’ Shape
NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it
Planetary Science
NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock
NASA’s Lucy mission is starting its science studies way ahead of schedule
Space Exploration
Here’s How to Bring Mars Down to Earth: Let NASA Do What NASA Does Best
Increasing NASA’s budget would ease pressure and allow it to dream even bigger
Space Exploration
Space Manufacturing is Not Science Fiction
A Stanford researcher is growing crystals on the International Space Station and electronics to withstand the extreme environments of Venus.
Planetary Science
NASA’s Psyche Mission Launches to Mysterious Metallic Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to a heavy-metal asteroid of the same name—a type of object that scientists have never seen up close before
Space Exploration
International Space Station Suffers Leak, But Crew Remains Safe
For the third time in a year, coolant is leaking from a Russian module aboard the International Space Station
Space Exploration
Why We’ll Never Live in Space
Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle in space
Space Exploration
Massive Sun Outburst Smacks NASA Spacecraft
If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say
Space Exploration
Nearby Worlds May Tell Us How Life Might Look in Our Galaxy
TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority
Anthropology
Ancient Human Fossil Trip to Space Raises Questions and Criticism
The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists
Space Exploration
Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Touchdown on the Moon
The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat
Space Exploration
Russia’s Luna-25 Lander Has Crashed into the Moon
Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes
Space Exploration
Can Russia’s Luna-25 Moon Mission Transcend Earthly Politics?
In the latest chapter of an ongoing “moon rush,” Russia’s Luna-25 mission will attempt the nation’s first lunar landing in nearly 50 years
Space Exploration
Russia Launches First Moon Mission after Half-Century Hiatus
The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice
