Spaceflight January 27, 2023 NASA successfully tests new engine for deep space exploration NASA announced that its engineers developed and tested the first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine. The supersonic rocket engine uses detonation.
Moon January 21, 2023 American space legend Buzz Aldrin marries 63-year-old girlfriend on his 93rd birthday Famed Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin made a surprise announcement Friday that he has married to his longtime girlfriend, Anca Faur, on his 93rd birthday.
Florida January 20, 2023 First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk The first Native American woman in space performed a spacewalk Friday to prep for adding more solar panels. Astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata worked together on project.
NASA January 11, 2023 NASA's James Webb Telescope finds first exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth The James Webb Telescope hit another milestone on Wednesday, identifying its first exoplanet 41 light-years away that is almost exactly the same size as Earth.
NASA December 21, 2022 NASA’s Mars rover deposits first sample on Red Planet for possible return to earth NASA's Mars rover deposited the first sample of rocks on the Red Planet's surface so that they could eventually return to Earth for further analysis.
Mars December 21, 2022 NASA’s InSight Mars lander officially retired after four years on the Red Planet NASA's InSight Mars lander mission officially ended on Wednesday after four years of studying the Red Planet's interior layers and measuring seismic activity.
Mars December 19, 2022 NASA's Mars lander InSight transmits potential final image of the Red Planet as its power dwindles After more than four years on the Red Planet, NASA’s InSight Mars lander transmitted what may be its last image on Monday as the spacecraft's power dwindles.
NASA December 11, 2022 NASA's Orion spacecraft splashes down in ocean after test flight around the moon NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down west of Baja California Sunday, completing a 25-day mission that clears the way for astronauts to be on the next lunar flyby.
China November 29, 2022 China sends 3 astronauts in first in-orbit crew rotation in nation's history China launched three astronauts to its recently assembled space station, "Celestial Palace," marking the mission as the first in-orbit crew rotation in China’s space history.
AIR AND SPACE November 23, 2022 Following 'unexpected loss' NASA says Orion spacecraft communications restored NASA said in a Wednesday blog post that communications with the Orion spacecraft had been restored after experiencing an "unexpected lost" early in the morning.
VIDEO November 16, 2022 NASA successfully launches historic Artemis I moon mission Former NASA astronaut Tom Jones speaks on what the launch of Artemis I could mean for the future of space exploration on 'Your World.'