Peregrine bows out with a bang as SLIM aims for Moon's rocky runway Japanese lunar lander to attempt a soft touchdown Science18 Jan 2024 | 8
Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet Caltech looks back on the highs and lows of the SSPD-1 project Science17 Jan 2024 | 89
Crippled Peregrine lunar lander set for fiery return to Earth in matter of days Doing science and still alive ... but not for long Science15 Jan 2024 | 12
Chinese company's rocket debut makes waves by launching from the sea Real-life Kerbal Space Program? Science11 Jan 2024 | 2
44-year-old Voyager 2 data sheds light on solar system's magnetic personalities Magnetosheath jets found around Earth may be present on other planets after Jupiter discovery Science10 Jan 2024 | 2
Boffins demo self-eating rocket engine in Scotland Interview Roll up, roll up. See Ouroboros-3 eating its own fuselage Science10 Jan 2024 | 58
NASA's Artemis Moon missions take a rain check until 2025 and beyond No human will set foot on regolith for 2-plus years now Science10 Jan 2024 | 39
India to launch with SpaceX's Falcon 9 for the first time ASIA IN BRIEF Also: Huawei in patent deal with Nokia, and China slates 2025 as year for mass produced flying cars Science09 Jan 2024 | 3
America's first private lunar lander suffers 'critical' fuel leak en route to Moon Updated Astrobotic's Peregrine packed with NASA science gear and other payloads may be a bust Science08 Jan 2024 | 38
NASA science bound for Moon after successful Vulcan Centaur launch Your turn, Starship Science08 Jan 2024 | 13
Swarms of laser-flown bots visiting a planet light years away – and more NASA-funded projects revealed An electric airplane on Mars, micrograv hibernation, and plenty others Science06 Jan 2024 | 39
India inches space program forward with launch of X-ray polarimetry satellite Meanwhile, ISRO chief sets sights on next crewed mission Science03 Jan 2024 | 10
Juno's joyride around Jupiter snaps stellar shots of Io 'Magnificent' image shows violent volcanic surface Science02 Jan 2024 | 7
NASA's VIPER is half-built, with launch plans for this year Ice, ice maybe – water-seeking lunar trundlebot overcomes iffy connectors Science02 Jan 2024 | 10
NASA Juno probe to produce 'firehose of data' during close flyby of Jupiter moon Io, Io, it's off to work we go Science28 Dec 2023 | 21
30 years and still sunbathing: SOHO probe continues work as a space weatherman Space Extenders II From the cutting edge of physics research to a valuable monitoring tool Science26 Dec 2023 | 15
ESA's Mars Express continues to avoid retirement home Space Extenders II Another chunk of science, another mission extension. But probe is running on fumes Science24 Dec 2023 | 34
Calculating Pi in the sky: Axiom Space plans to launch 'orbital datacenter' Small rack to lift off in 2027 – we reckon it might be 10U or 12U, which can pack a lot of power On-Prem21 Dec 2023 | 23
NASA makes purrrr-fect deep space transmission of cat vid Tabby footage crosses millions of miles and was still faster than most folks' home broadband Networks20 Dec 2023 | 18
Long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket is 'ready to go' – hopefully – says European Space Agency Latest launch sim went off without a hitch. An upper stage test, not so much Science20 Dec 2023 | 2
To infinity and ... just over the Atlantic Soul searching in the wake of Virgin Orbit failure Science19 Dec 2023 | 24
Halley's Comet has begun its long trek back toward Earth Mark your diary for 2061 – if you're over the disappointment of 1986's fuzzy blob Science18 Dec 2023 | 24
Missing tomatoes ketchup with ISS crew after almost a year lost in space Sadly not saucy enough in this state for return trip to Earth Science15 Dec 2023 | 32
Last Vega rocket launch delayed over fuel tank vanishing act Choose your own adventure: Use the old qualification tanks, or squeeze in some from Vega-C? Bootnotes15 Dec 2023 | 26
NASA engineers scratch heads as Voyager 1 starts spouting cosmic gibberish Science and telemetry data hit by latest issue Science14 Dec 2023 | 164
Solar wind gave Mars a breather and its magnetosphere inflated NASA's long-lived MAVEN probe was there taking notes Science13 Dec 2023 | 8
British railway system is getting another excuse for delays – solar storms Let's choo-choo-choose safety, folks Science12 Dec 2023 | 78
China's SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days Interstellar Glory Space Technology gets a boost – even though it's yet to reach orbit Science12 Dec 2023 | 36
Another day, another delay to first Vulcan Centaur launch Mission to the Moon likely to slip to 2024 following dress rehearsal issues Science11 Dec 2023 | 6
Hubble Space Telescope is back in the game after NASA fixes gyro glitch No repair mission required – for now Science08 Dec 2023 | 23
Iran launches 'biological capsule' to low Earth orbit Precursor to crewed flight can reportedly carry animals Science07 Dec 2023 | 8
Here's how fast a spacecraft should fly to successfully detect amino acids erupting from Enceladus Does the Saturnian moon contain the chemical building blocks for alien life? Science06 Dec 2023 | 10
NASA engineers got their parachute wires crossed for OSIRIS-REx mission 'Inconsistent wiring label definitions' resulted in drogue being cut before it was deployed Science06 Dec 2023 | 25
India's Moon mission pulled off another trick: an experimental orbital sequel Swift software development effort saw Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module make an unexpected return to Earth Science06 Dec 2023 | 4
Branson's wallet snaps shut for Virgin Galactic Suborbital space tourism outfit to move forward without beardy bailouts Science05 Dec 2023 | 27
Tiny bits of space junk reveal their wherabouts when they collide, boffins hope It's hard to see, but when they rendezvous in orbit sparks ignite Science05 Dec 2023 | 7
Korean peninsula space race sees South and North launch tit for tat spy sats North claims it took photos of stuff. South points to success of homegrown booster Offbeat05 Dec 2023 | 8
Potential sat-bothering cannibal coronal mass ejection slams into Earth's atmo tonight And where folks are likely to see a light show Science01 Dec 2023 | 9
Hubble science instruments still out after going down 3 times in a week Oh no, errant gyro! Science30 Nov 2023 | 47
Six pack of sub-Neptune exoplanets hang tight around nearby star Their resonant orbits have remained unchanged for some 4 billion years Science30 Nov 2023 | 8
Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 4
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket rated 'ready to rumble' after passing hot fire test Still not reusable, but at least it's getting closer to long-delayed launch Science24 Nov 2023 | 47
Long-term space missions may make liftoff harder for male astronauts Study suggests galactic cosmic radiation could damage below-the-belt tissues Bootnotes23 Nov 2023 | 35
Half a kilo of cosmic nuclear fuel reignites NASA's deep space dreams There ain't no party like a Pu-238 party Science22 Nov 2023 | 38
FAA stays grounded in reality as SpaceX preps for takeoff Ready to launch not the same as licensed to launch Science21 Nov 2023 | 60
SpaceX celebrates Starship launch as a success – even with the explosion Test, progress, or mishap – take your pick Science20 Nov 2023 | 193
Double Moon crater riddle solved? Spent Chinese rocket booster carrying mystery payload crash landed We come in peace, or rather, pieces Science17 Nov 2023 | 13
NASA's Psyche spacecraft beams back a 'Hello' from 10 million miles away Transmitting data from deep space, with a frickin' laser beam Science17 Nov 2023 | 49
50 years ago, Skylab's accidental rebels put Mission Control on mute Final mission to space station revolutionized orbital labor management Science16 Nov 2023 | 18
NASA geeks code new tricks to model rocket plumes and avoid a lunar dust-up Supersonic hot gas not that awesome for rocky, dusty surface HPC16 Nov 2023 | 6
Airbus to test sat-stabilizing 'Detumbler' to simplify astro-garbage disposal Dead spin is a dangerous orbital dance that can be stopped with magnets and friction, apparently Science16 Nov 2023 | 22
Tool bag lost in space now tracked by garbage watchers Updated Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's equipment drifting away Science14 Nov 2023 | 55
Foxconn launches its first satellites on a SpaceX rideshare, to advance Microsoft space plan Musky launch outfit teases possible Friday fling for its colossal Starship Science13 Nov 2023 | 1
US Air Force wants to see some atomic motors for future spacecraft Take this $34M, Lockheed Martin, and give us an uranium fission engine for electricity, heat, propulsion Public Sector10 Nov 2023 | 72
Late Qualcomm cofounder teleports $200M into SETI to bankroll hunt for alien life Someone hit the zero key one too many times? Not that anyone's complaining Science09 Nov 2023 | 13
Space Force turns to Falcon Heavy for spaceplane's seventh mission Experiments include subjecting seeds to radiation and expanding flight envelope Science09 Nov 2023 | 13
Rocket Lab mission lost in the Paschen of the moment 'Rare conditions' the culprit for an arc that shorted out the power supply Science09 Nov 2023 | 6
Boffins detect direct evidence of atomic oxygen on Venus's day side Measures could help future probe mission, plus understanding of why boiling hot atmos so different to Earth's Science08 Nov 2023 | 13
Euclid space 'scope's first color snaps pull back the curtain on cosmic mysteries Pics After a rocky start, here's looking at Euclid Science08 Nov 2023 | 13
ESA goes back to the future with a space freighter... yes again Repeat performance will be able to return to Earth and might one day carry crew Science07 Nov 2023 |
New orientation assistant to help prevent astronauts getting lost in space Which way is up? Just feel the vibrations, man Science06 Nov 2023 | 10
From Apollo to Space Shuttle, Thomas K Mattingly's stellar journey ends at 87 Obit Dodged Apollo 13 disaster because of rubella, but helped to rescue the crew Science06 Nov 2023 | 9