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Butch Wilmore, Mike Fincke and Suni Williams are eager for Boeing's new spacecraft to prove itself so they can climb aboard.

Inmarsat said May 19 it has successfully tested a mesh network that enables ships to switch from satellite to terrestrial connectivity by using other vessels as stepping stones to land-based signal towers. The post Inmar...

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is ready to attempt another uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station, with both the company and the agency expressing confidence in the spacecraft despite past problem...

Boeing's Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission is counting down to a liftoff at 6:54 p.m. EDT today to begin a 24-hour trip to the International Space Station....

NASA is seeking informal public input on a set of 50 objectives for its exploration efforts that agency leadership says will go into a broader effort to guide its activities for the next two decades. The post NASA seeks ...

A trio of moderate flares blasted off from the sun on Thursday, and there might be more in store.

What the latest decadal survey portends for NASA's planetary science program. The post Ice giants and icy moons: The planetary science decadal survey looks beyond Mars to the outer solar system appeared first on SpaceNew...

NASA is suspending all but the most urgent spacewalks after water was found in an astronaut's helmet following a previous excursion.

Researchers suggest humans and Neanderthals communicated, and even introduced tools to one another.

The OFT-2 mission features a lot of action even after its Thursday (May 19) launch, and you can follow everything online.

American aerospace giant Boeing is making a third attempt to reach the International Space Station Thursday in a critical uncrewed test flight for its Starliner capsule, which has been beset by numerous failures and fals...

NASA will host a media teleconference with partners Advanced Space and Rocket Lab at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 25, in advance of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment ...

Boeing's Starliner capsule will launch on a test flight to the International Space Station this evening (May 19), and many folks in the southeastern U.S. will be able to see it with their own eyes.

Completing a nearly 30-year marathon, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has calibrated more than 40 "milepost markers" of space and time to help scientists precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe--a quest with a...

Whilst not as powerful as larger models, the best compact binoculars are ideal for portability and come at a reasonable price.

A new report reveals five actions that leaders can take to contribute to economic development, advance global security and sustainability, and make space a safe and globally accessible domain.

The Encalife Ambience Galaxy & Star Projector, where star projector meets Bluetooth speaker.

A racist usage of the Southern Cross contrasts with Indigenous narratives about the constellation, suggesting the symbol can never be contained within a single defining narrative.

When Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted Ceres in 1801, he thought it was a planet. Astronomers didn't know about asteroids at that time. Now we know there's an enormous quantity of them, primarily residing in th...

Be sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible meteor outburst. The post May 31st Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations, or Nothing at All appeared first on Universe Today.

Image: Volunteers watching the skies

The iconic Hubble Space Telescope has captured a glimmering new photo of a densely packed region of stars located in the constellation Sagittarius.