The New York Times21d
NASA Spent $450 Million on a Moon Rover. Now It’s Canceling the Mission.
Delays and concerns about NASA’s future budgets doomed the VIPER mission, which aimed to search for ice near the moon’s south pole. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang has reported on the highs and ...
ABC News28d
NASA astronauts stuck on ISS say they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were orginally to return to Earth on June 14. The NASA astronauts who were aboard the first crewed flight into space on Boeing's Starliner said they are "confident ...
Space.com21d
NASA cancels $450 million VIPER moon rover due to budget concerns
NASA has cancelled its VIPER moon rover program due to rising costs. VIPER, short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a robotic mission intended to land near the moon's south ...
Phys.org22d
NASA transmits hip-hop song to deep space for first time
Credit: NASA The song traveled about 158 million miles (254 million kilometers) from Earth to Venus—the artist's favorite planet. Transmitted at the speed of light, the radio frequency signal ...
CBS News25d
Stunning image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures galaxies merging in cosmic collision
On Friday, to mark the second anniversary of operations of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA released a breathtaking new cosmic image of two galaxies merging together. The telescope ...
CBS News21d
NASA map captures extent of punishing heat in U.S.
The U.S. has contended with unrelenting temperatures this summer, and a map from NASA paints a dire picture of the scale of those persistent heat waves. The map, which consists of a snapshot of ...
ABC News26d
NASA hopes to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s; here's how they will get there
NASA's simulated Mars program was a "success," according to Dr. Suzanne Bell. NASA is readying to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s and the agency's first, yearlong simulated mission took one ...
The New York Times28d
NASA Says No Plan to Use SpaceX to Rescue Boeing Starliner Astronauts
By Kenneth Chang For two astronauts supposedly stranded in space, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore of NASA are certainly enjoying living aboard the International Space Station for an extra month or ...
CNN11d
NASA’s Perseverance rover may have just found what it was looking for on Mars
The NASA Perseverance rover may have found a pivotal clue that’s central to its mission on Mars: geological evidence that could suggest life existed on the red planet billions of years ago.
SpaceNews24d
NASA makes progress on space sustainability strategy
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy provided an update on the agency's space sustainability strategy at the Summit for Space Sustainability July 12. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust TOKYO — Three ...
Forbes28d
NASA Astronauts ‘Confident’ Boeing’s Starliner Will Return Them Home After Weeks Of Delays
Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station, who were scheduled to return to Earth weeks ago, said Wednesday they were confident Boeing’s Starliner capsule can bring them home ...
Reuters27d
NASA astronauts voice confidence that Boeing Starliner will bring them home
"I have a real good feeling in my heart that this spacecraft will bring us home, no problem," NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams said during the test crew's first news conference since docking ...