Space News

Future spacecraft and rockets may have softer landings thanks to technology inspired by origami, the Japanese art of folding.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore rehearse the steps they would take to exit Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft without assistance in the unlikely event of an emergency resulting in a splashdown....

The FAA is extending a comment period on an overhaul of commercial launch regulations as some in industry seek more discussions with the agency on the proposed revisions. SpaceNews.com

A Russian rocket lit up the night sky over Baikonur Cosmodrome Thursday (May 30) to launch a powerful new communications satellite into orbit.

On May 28, 1900, the moon blotted out the sun in a celestial magic trick. Modern technology has allowed film experts to put the footage online, where -- in a feat of time travel -- you can watch it.

NASA will announce the next major step in the Artemis program's lunar surface exploration plans during a NASA Science Live broadcast at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, May 31.

Get used to hearing the name “Jezero Crater.” It’s the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. The 2020 rover is slated to launch in July 2020, and will land at Jezero Crater in February, 2021. It’s pretty eas...

A powerful new rocket will get a serious workout today (May 30), and you can watch the action live.

Airbus has signed a contract with Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, to design, manufacture and build the first in their next generation of geostationary Ka-band satellites, Inmarsat GX...

The reprogrammable geostationary satellites mark the beginning of Inmarsat's seventh generation fleet, previously referred to as Global Xpress Flex, or GX Flex. SpaceNews.com

In this image, numerous sweeping arcs seem to congregate at various bright regions. You may wonder: What is being shown? Air traffic routes? Information moving around the global internet? Magnetic fields looping across a...

At the very largest scales -- zooming out from solar systems, stellar clusters and even galaxies -- a surprising pattern emerges in nature.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully cleared another critical testing milestone, taking this ambitious observatory one step closer to its 2021 launch. The spacecraft has gone through its final thermal vacuu...

Lego has teamed up with NASA to launch a surprise toy set for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Lego is celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing with an epic Lego Creator lunar lander set! See the amazing kit in pictures here.

Filled with more than 4,200 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, June 3.

Curiosity craned its neck skyward on May 7 and May 12, capturing gorgeous imagery of wispy clouds scudding through Mars' thin atmosphere.

Students from Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to speak live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station at 1:40 p.m. EDT Monday, June 3.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope identified about 1800 new supernovae in the distant universe, including 58 Type Ia supernovae over 8 billion light-years away. These findings will help elucidate the expansion of th...

NASA's Curiosity rover has confirmed that the region on Mars it's exploring, called the "clay-bearing unit," is well deserving of its name. Two samples the rover recently drilled at rock targets called "Aberlady" and "Ki...

While we now know of thousands of exoplanets--planets around other stars--the vast majority of our knowledge is indirect. That is, scientists have not actually taken many pictures of exoplanets, and because of the limits...