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A NASA Psychologist Reveals 3 Mental Health Hacks Astronauts Use In Space

Here’s how astronauts maintain their mental mettle.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

The International Space Station Has A Pesky Leak — Not Even NASA Has A Solid Plan For It

NASA can keep the station in orbit until 2030, but it's not going to be easy.

By Kiona Smith
Science

Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Really Find Aliens? Here’s What the Spacecraft Can and Can’t Do

What could be lurking under Europa’s icy shell?

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Liftoff! NASA Just Successfully Launched The Largest Spacecraft to a Planet in the Agency’s 66-Year History

Let’s find some aliens!

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Can NASA Really Send Humans to Mars In the Next Decade?

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035.

By Joel S. Levine and The Conversation
Science

NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission May Launch As Early As Sunday Now

Hurricane Milton has its eyes on Florida's Space Coast.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

What Did NASA’s DART Mission Really Do To That Asteroid? We Are About To Find Out

Humanity is returning to the scene of the crime, like we do.

By Kiona Smith
Space

NASA Engineers Just Made This Ruthless Choice to Save Voyager 2

Fare thee well, plasma science instrument.

By Kiona Smith
Science

All Systems Go: How NASA Is Pushing A New Era Of Space Exploration

Don’t let the problems with Starliner full you — the next era of space exploration is moving forward at pace.

By Rebecca Allen and The Conversation
Science

30 Years Ago, NASA Tested This Bizarre Safety Backpack To Keep Astronauts From Getting Lost In Space

Spacewalking is amazing yet incredibly dangerous.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Inside the Tense Decision Between NASA and Boeing to Send Starliner Home Alone

“The teams were very split," one senior NASA official said Wednesday.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

NASA’s Stranded Astronauts Have Another Major Problem — This Time With Their Spacesuits

The Boeing Starliner saga continues.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

Look: NASA Captured This Mesmerizing Video of An Aurora From the ISS

You haven't seen an aurora until you've seen one from space.

By Kiona Smith
Science

NASA’s DART Mission Snapped Pictures Until It Crashed Into An Asteroid. Here’s What Those Images Reveal

NASA got up close and personal to an asteroid pair near Earth.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

Failed Thrusters, Helium Leaks, and a Hard Deadline: Inside NASA’s Decision to Keep Boeing’s Starliner At the ISS

Does it still count as being "grounded" when you're in space?

By Kiona Smith
Space

A Yearlong NASA Mars Simulation Revealed the Biggest Obstacle to Colonizing the Red Planet

On Mars, the lettuce that gets forgotten in our refrigerators would be a treasure.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Finally Revealed Who Will Help Intentionally Destroy The International Space Station

The space agency picked SpaceX to be the space station's grim reaper.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured The Eerie Aftermath of A Solar Eruption Blasting Mars

An X-class solar flare represents the most powerful solar eruptions.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Needs SpaceX’s Starship to Work — Here’s the Critical Reason Why

It's Not Just About Artemis 3, there's also an important side quest.

By Kiona Smith
Space

NASA Made This Dramatic Decision To Fight For The Hubble Space Telescope’s Survival

Hubble is still delivering incredible science — but will now slow down.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

Look! NASA’s Lucy Mission Stumbled Upon An Asteroid With Planet-Like Features

Dinkinesh is a tough half-mile-wide rock.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

37 Years Later, NASA Retires Its Famous Flying Laboratory

The storied DC-8 helped study the hole in the ozone layer and ice in Antarctica and is now retiring. So what’s next?

By Rob Verger
Science

How NASA Misplaced a Whole Forest of Moon Trees

Remember the trees grown around the U.S. from seeds that made it to the Moon? No? Well, there’s a reason for that.

By Kiona Smith
Space

A New NASA Image Captures A Trio Of Stars In A Cosmic Nursery

Three baby stars light up the cosmic dust that likely gave birth to them — 550 light-years away.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Stumbled On A Glistening Lava Lake On Jupiter’s Moon Io

Loki Patera is like no place on Earth.

By Kiona Smith
Space

Voyager 1 Just Sent Its First Coherent Message Back to NASA In Months

A clever programming fix has cured the spacecraft's electronic aphasia.

By Kiona Smith
Space

Can NASA's Mars Sample Return Program Be Saved? Some Experts Think So

The quest continues to bring pristine Mars rocks to Earth.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA's Curiosity Rover Has Just Arrived Where Ancient Water Likely Existed

After more than 11 years on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is still visiting new and exciting places.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

This Map Shows Exactly What You’ll See During April’s Eclipse From Everywhere in the United States

More than 300 million people in the US will see a partial eclipse on April 8, 2024.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Only Has One Spacecraft to Get to Space — Boeing’s Starliner Could Be the Second

Two astronauts are testing the Boeing Starliner in a few weeks.

By Doris Elín Urrutia