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NASA’s Artemis I Orion Executes Successful Splashdown
The 25-day, uncrewed Artemis I mission ended exactly 50 years to the day after the Apollo 17 Moon landing. → Read More
SLS Launch Off Until At Least Mid-September
Stymied by a new liquid hydrogen leak, NASA called off its second attempt to launch the Artemis I flight test. → Read More
NASA’s SLS Wet Dress Rehearsal Scrubbed Again
The test was scrubbed at 5 p.m. EDT while the Mission Management Team and Launch Control Team assessed their options → Read More
Will Osiris-Rex’s Impact With Bennu Cause The Asteroid To Hit Earth?
Ask the Editors: The gentle encounter is to last less than 16 sec.—and potentially only 5 sec. → Read More
Planetary Protection Gains Urgency As Human Mars Mission Looms
The concept of planetary protection—the prevention of life forms on other planets from infecting Earth and preventing terrestrial life forms from contaminating other worlds—has a long history. → Read More
Bridenstine: U.S. Should Lead Search For Extraterrestrial Life
Seeking to raise the bar for achievements in space, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wants the U.S. to lead the team that someday discovers extraterrestrial life. → Read More
NASA Looks To NEOCam To ID Dangerous Asteroids
As NASA looks to step up its detection of potentially dangerous Near Earth Objects, it is working on a dedicated deep-space observatory first proposed more than a dozen years ago. → Read More
NASA Sees Urgency In Lunar Rover To ID Ice Deposits
A directive that accelerates NASA’s plans to return to the Moon’s surface with humans from 2024-2028 has also created an urgency that it return first with rovers. → Read More
Confronting The High Costs Of Space Observatories
Following up on the legacy of NASA’s aging Great Observatories may depend on breaking a cost spiral that has delayed the JWST and threatened the WFIRST. → Read More
Hubble Overcomes Gyro Issue, Awaits James Webb
The Hubble Space Telescope has resumed science operations following more than three weeks of troubleshooting involving its gyroscopes. → Read More
NASA: Impact Of Soyuz Launch Abort On ISS Unclear
NASA intends to conduct its own inquiry into the Oct. 11 Soyuz MS-10 launch abort. → Read More
Japanese Rovers Touch Down on Asteroid Ryugu
Two Japanese mini-rovers touched down on the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu early Sept. 22 and are in motion and transmitting imagery. → Read More
Power Boost Coming For Small Sats
A new robotic device from Made in Space, Inc. could robotically assemble an efficient spacecraft solar array in orbit after a spacecraft is deployed, the company says. → Read More
Enthusiasm Growing For Mars Sample Return Mission
NASA’s interest in leading a Mars sample return mission with international partnerships has struck a chord. → Read More
NASA Readies ISS Experiments With Human Deep Space Focus
Biology and biotechnology experiments soon headed for the International Space Station could have a number of far-reaching implications. → Read More
Europa’s Eruptive Plume Hints At Habitability
During a 1997 flyby of Jupiter moon Europa, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft appears to have flown through an eruptive watery plume over 600 mi. long, a study says. → Read More
Made In Space To Advance 3D Printing Of Metal Parts
Made In Space, Inc. plans to advance its Vulcan Advanced Hybrid Manufacturing System for the in-space production of precision aerospace-grade metal parts. → Read More
Mars Community Strives For Affordable Exploration Options
Mars might be within reach of human explorers by the mid-2030s with an annual budget roughly equal to the International Space Station, according to a forum of Mars exploration experts. → Read More
New Space Cooling Strategy May Offer Less Complexity
Researchers are prepared to forge ahead with the development of a new cooling technology for space systems. → Read More
Human Explorers Seem Likely Part Of Finding Life On Mars
Even with its recent push to return astronauts to the lunar environs, NASA has not given up on landing astronauts on Mars. → Read More