Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com

Elizabeth Howell

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Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Past articles by Elizabeth:

Liftoff on Mars! Perseverance rover captures amazing video of Ingenuity helicopter flight

Ingenuity's 47th flight on Mars on March 9 featured a plethora of footage from the drone, flying tens of feet above the surface, as well as its companion rover Perseverance. → Read More

Pi Day turns 35: The circle of mathematics needs more diversity, advocates say

Pi Day began as a way to get students engaged in math. As NASA and others in the space community celebrate circles, diversity initiatives are coming into focus. → Read More

How often does the International Space Station have to dodge space debris?

Astronauts have to deal with growing amounts of space junk in orbit, but there are procedures on the International Space Station in case of trouble. → Read More

Hunt for alien biosignatures in 'Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life' on PC

The space agency-focused game, similar to Kerbal Space Program, will have players look for life on the Red Planet. → Read More

'Women in Spaceflight' VR experience launches to celebrate female astronauts

The experience, released Wednesday (March 8), is based upon the Emmy-awarding winning 'Space Explorers' that aired in 2020. → Read More

International Women's Day: Female astronauts keep making strides off Earth

The past year saw the first long-duration flight by a woman Black astronaut along with the first spaceflight by a female Native American, among other milestones. → Read More

SpaceX Crew 5 astronauts to leave space station for Earth tomorrow

The splashdown date for Crew-5 may shift according to weather, NASA and SpaceX said. → Read More

NASA and Minecraft want you to build and launch rockets in new Artemis missions worlds

Soar to the moon and back in a new Minecraft adventure targeted for space fans 8 and older. → Read More

Russians will fly on SpaceX's Crew-7, Crew-8 astronaut missions: report

SpaceX's astronaut missions for NASA are international affairs. → Read More

UAE's 1st long-duration astronaut sets sights on moon and Mars

Sultan Al Neyadi blasted off March 2 as part of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission, and says his International Space Station mission will get the UAE ready for the moon and Mars. → Read More

Alien & Star Trek fandoms forged the world of new space game Scars Above

'We're big fans of science, astronomy and technology, but also how they intertwine with modern pop culture.' → Read More

NASA's IBEX spacecraft bounces back from glitch to study edge of solar system

NASA reset the spacecraft on March 2 after it spent the past three weeks refusing to respond to commands. → Read More

Watch the Full Worm Moon rise tomorrow (March 7) in free telescope webcast

The Virtual Telescope Project will host a free telescope webcast of the Worm Full Moon shining over Rome on Tuesday (March 7) starting at 1:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT). → Read More

5 mysteries we want to see unraveled in Mass Effect 4

From the Citadel to Dark Energy, there's lots the Mass Effect trilogy left unexplained. → Read More

Astra rocket lost 2 NASA satellites due to 'runaway' cooling system error

The company is no longer flying the flawed Rocket 3 line that made its last flight in June 2022, when it failed to deliver two NASA cubesats to orbit after a second-stage failure. → Read More

Europe's Vega C rocket launch failure caused by nozzle flaw, investigators say

The Vega C failed Dec. 20, 2022 while carrying two spacecraft for Airbus' Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging constellation. → Read More

Auroras, spacecraft mods and more: SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts reflect on their time in orbit

Before capturing 'unreal' footage of auroras from the ISS, Josh Cassada was troubleshooting how to fit a fifth person into a four-seat SpaceX Dragon capsule. → Read More

Slam! Hubble sees strange changes in asteroid dust after DART collision (video)

Science continues to roll in from DART's epic September 2022 asteroid crash. → Read More

How many astronauts can fly on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule?

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can be retrofit for missions to the International Space Station and for free-flying Earth orbiting opportunities. → Read More

Watch Venus and Jupiter come close to each other tonight and tomorrow in live webcasts

The Virtual Telescope Project will show the planets meeting in the night sky on Wednesday (March 1) and Thursday (March 2). Here's how to watch. → Read More