July 16, 2022 Webb telescope images show ‘how people can work together’ to create something ‘truly amazing’: Principal investigator Principal investigator of the NRI-CAM on the James Webb Space Telescope Marcia Rieke shares her ‘absolute joy’ at the success of the project and the opportunity the Webb telescope provides for future space exploration.
July 12, 2022 SpaceX booster rocket bursts into flames during test SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype explosion at its facility in Boca Chica, Texas, was related the Raptor engine spin start test.
July 7, 2022 California rocket explodes moments after launch from Vandenberg's Space Force Base A rocket flying out of California exploded moments after takeoff from Vandenberg's Space Force Base. There were no injuries after the rocket exploded.
June 28, 2022 NASA will use information from New Zealand launch to pave the way for moon landing NASA is looking to experiment with a new orbital pattern around the moon to use in the future. The New Zealand test flight will help NASA's ultimate goal of getting back to the moon.
June 19, 2022 Psyche, the ‘goldmine asteroid,’ mapped in greatest detail yet Scientists have devised one of the most detailed maps of the metal asteroid, 16 Psyche, ahead of a planned mission in late September to study its surface.
June 15, 2022 NASA's Perseverance rover spots piece of its own landing gear on Mars The Perseverance rover that NASA landed on Mars over a year ago spotted part of its own landing gear on the surface this week as it explores the Jezero Crater.
June 12, 2022 NASA’s Earth-observing TROPICS satellites presumably lost as Astra rocket fails to make orbit The California-based rocket firm Astra failed to deliver NASA's weather-monitoring satellites into space after a second-stage booster engine shut down.
June 9, 2022 NASA steps up hunt for extraterrestrial life, will commission 'absolutely necessary' study on UFOs NASA will study unidentified aerial phenomena, or unidentified flying objects, to collect data and "move the scientific understanding" of UFOs forward.
June 4, 2022 Mars colony would be new beginning as humans enter the final frontier Mars could soon be home to human colonists, but like Massachusetts Bay colonists, they will be faced with essential questions of how they want to be governed.
May 27, 2022 China, US moon mineral competition 'some time off,' but future of space cooperation not bright China has commanded 80% control over the rare earth metals market, providing it unparalleled political and economic power through an increasingly vital resource.