Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Posts by
Lia De La Cruz
Touchdown! Perseverance lands successfully on Mars
NASA's Perseverance mission conducted a picture-perfect landing on Mars today and has already sent back several images.
February 18, 2021
NASA’s moon program – Artemis – boosted at White House press briefing
During a White House press briefing on February 4, 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the Biden administration's support fo NASA's Artemis program, whose long-term goal is to send the next man and first woman to the moon by 2024.
February 6, 2021
Watch an ISS spacewalk February 1
On Monday, February 1, 2 NASA astronauts will perform the 2nd in a pair of International Space Station spacewalks to finish installing a European science platform and complete long-term battery upgrade work. How to watch live.
January 30, 2021
Watch ISS spacewalk January 27
This morning - Wednesday, January 27 - 2 NASA astronauts perform the first in a pair of International Space Station spacewalks, to finish installing a European science platform and complete long-term battery upgrade work.
January 26, 2021
SpaceX’s 1st Starlink launch of 2021 went off without a hitch Wednesday
SpaceX launched 60 more of its Starlink satellites on January 20, 2021. SpaceX ultimately intends to launch tens of thousands of these satellites, to provide global internet access. Here's why astronomers are concerned.
January 20, 2021
NASA’s moon rocket test Saturday didn’t go as planned
This final test of NASA's SLS megarocket was needed to launch the first uncrewed mission in the Artemis program - Artemis 1 - by the end of 2021. Now the program's schedule is uncertain.
January 20, 2021
SpaceX Cargo Dragon succeeds in 1st Atlantic splashdown
Space'sX CRS-21 Cargo Dragon returned to Earth from the ISS today, January 13, 2021, splashing down off the coast of Florida for the first time ever. The ship also succeeded in the first-ever autonomous undocking.
January 13, 2021
How will the U.S. space program fare under Joe Biden?
Joe Biden is the United States presidential election winner, but his plans for NASA remain unclear. And while citizens digest the election results, the space industry is left wondering what comes next.
January 10, 2021
Meet PitRanger: Tiny rover designed to probe the lunar underworld
Researchers have been busily building a prototype of a 33-pound (15 kg) lunar mini-robot, set to be the key instrument in a future mission aimed at capturing high-definition images of moon pits.
January 5, 2021
New ice-mapping Mars mission slated for 2026 launch
The Mars Ice Mapper is a proposed Mars satellite being developed by NASA in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency. Its job is to create detailed geographic maps of water ice across the surface of the red planet.
December 30, 2020
