Live Updates: NASA Astronauts Splash Down After 9-Month O...
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule after problems with a Boeing vehicle set in motion an unexpected extended stay on the I...

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, from Florida this afternoon (March 18).

Never-'stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at las...
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewm...

'Stranded' NASA astronauts back on Earth after splashdown
Washington (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 Home at last: After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, a pair of NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday, con...

China's Ceres 1 completes 18th flight delivering eight sa...
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 18, 2025 Galactic Energy, a private aerospace firm based in Beijing, successfully conducted its 18th mission using the Ceres 1 ro...

Rocket Lab boosts Varda's space manufacturing with third ...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has confirmed that its third Pioneer spacecraft, developed for Varda Space Industries, ...

What happens to the human body in deep space?
Washington (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment - these are just a few of the challenges space travelers f...

AV secures DIU contract to advance autonomous strike dron...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 AeroVironment (AV), a prominent player in the defense technology sector, has earned a key contract from the Defense Innovat...

Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 In 2022, Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfiel...

NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Te...
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wanaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the...

Two US 'bumped' astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday:...
Washington (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday...

Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026
Washington (AFP) Mar 15, 2025 SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid ...

Rocket Lab launches QPS-SAR-9 satellite in latest Electro...
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully completed its 61st Electron launch, marking the company's second missio...

Hong Kong spearheads lunar robotics initiative for nation...
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has taken a pivotal step in contributing to national space ambit...

Researchers establish new basis for quantum sensing and c...
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Sensing and communication systems based on quantum-mechanical phenomena can greatly outperform today's systems, in terms of accu...

Norwegian Space Agency partners with Isar Aerospace for s...
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 The Norwegian Space Agency has entered into a contract with European launch service provider Isar Aerospace to deploy its ...

Extended space dive
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 European scientists are enlisting volunteers to lie on waterbeds for 10 consecutive days in an innovative study aimed at rep...

Rivada and Amentum Collaborate to Enhance Secure Governme...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2025 Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a global leader in advanced engineering and technology solutions, has partnered with Rivada Space Net...

Mars Study Suggests Mid-Crust Water May Not Be Essential ...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 More than 3 billion years ago, Mars had episodic liquid water on its surface. However, as the planet lost much of its atmos...

Navigating a Slanted River
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Perseverance is hard at work on Mars, overcoming obstacles for scientific exploration! Just a few sols after successfully seal...

Scientists Develop New Technique to Detect Life in Martia...
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2025 Within the next decade, space agencies aim to bring back rock samples from Mars for examination on Earth. A major concern sur...

Small and large planets have significantly different upbr...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Ea...

Researchers analyze river bends to distinguish planetary ...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2025 Channels carved by rivers, lava, and ice all exhibit winding, sinuous patterns, yet a new study from The University of Texa...

Redwire Selected to Develop Concept for Advanced Mars Spa...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW), a leading provider of space infrastructure, has secured a study contract from the European ...

New evidence suggests gypsum deposits on Mars may hold si...
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2025 A research collaboration between the University of Bern and the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in ...

Rover finds evidence of 'vacation-style' beaches on Mars
University Park PA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves according to a new study published...

Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2025 Over the past week, Perseverance has been parked at a location called "Tablelands," an area containing the "Serpentine Lake" a...

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 New research combining spacecraft data from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA with advanced laboratory experiments su...

Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once be...

Laser-powered spectrometer tested on Earth may uncover mi...
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 The possibility that microbial life once thrived in ancient Martian waters has intrigued scientists for years. Now, resear...

Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars
Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions...

China unveils innovative dual-mode robot for planetary ex...
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology has introduced a cutting-edge dual-mode robot designed to ...

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from privat...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).

Live Updates: NASA Astronauts Await Splashdown That Will ...
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are on their way to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after problems with a Boeing vehicle set in motion a nine-month sta...

Watch how SpaceX makes 15,000 Starlink satellite internet...
SpaceX released a video that offers a glimpse at how Starlink satellite kits are made in the company's factory outside of Austin, Texas.

CSA opens Earth observation phase A for TICFIRE
Canada is a contributing partner on the NASA led Atmosphere Observing System and has now opened the phase A solicitation for the Thin Ice Clouds and Far Infr...

Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longe...
A meteorite discovered in north-west Africa in 2023 didn’t come from a large asteroid or any of the known planets of the solar system – but it might have for...

Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath st...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station.

Ultra-fast chargers can refill electric car batteries in ...
Speedy new chargers from Chinese automaker BYD take just 5 minutes to restore 400 kilometres of an electric car’s range

New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its...
The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe’s infancy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope show the first steps toward the first stars and galax...

Best ever map of early universe is double-edged sword for...
The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded precise confirmation of the age of the...

Punch it! 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 starts...
Paramount celebrates with a USS Enterprise bridge photo and new Season 3 character posters

Psychology is revealing how to have a better relationship...
Money is a deeply emotive subject, our attitudes to it vary wildly and we are reluctant to bring it up in conversation. Could new research help us to be less...

Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the W...