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May 4, 2018

InSight Mars mission on deck as NASA makes final preparations for historic California launch

NASA is making the final preparations for the historic launch of its InSight Mars lander early Saturday.

May 3, 2018

A nuclear reactor for space missions passes final major ground tests

Scientists, engineers and reporters gathered at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on May 2 for a news conference announcing the latest results of the Kilopower nuclear power plant project: It has finished all of its major ground tests and met or surpassed the development team's expectations.

April 27, 2018

NASA pushes for Moon, deep space with crucial tests

With the moon as its immediate goal, NASA is pushing hard on deep space exploration.

April 26, 2018

Beer in space? Cutting-edge project touts unique zero gravity brew

Will you be the very lucky first person in history to drink a delicious, ice cold beer in space?

April 26, 2018

Liftoff! Europe's newest 'sentinel' satellite will study Earth's seas, land and air

Europe's newest Earth-observation satellite has taken flight.

April 18, 2018

SpaceX successfully launches NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter

SpaceX is set to launch NASA's newest exoplanet-hunting spacecraft on Wednesday evening.

April 17, 2018

National Space Council will deliver space-junk plan to Trump, VP Pence says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The United States is getting serious about space junk, according to Vice President Mike Pence.

April 17, 2018

Elon Musk says SpaceX will try to land a rocket with a 'giant party balloon'

From anyone else, it would sound ridiculous: Elon Musk says SpaceX is going to try to land a rocket stage with … wait for it … a "giant party balloon."

April 16, 2018

Huge solar 'tornadoes' don't spin after all, study shows

Giant plasma "tornadoes" raging across the surface of the sun don't actually spin like astronomers once thought, new research shows.

April 16, 2018

NASA's TESS satellite will super charge search for nearby, Earth-like worlds

On Monday, April 16, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.