India’s space dreams continue to soar as the nation deepens its collaboration with the United States on a range of upcoming scientific and human spaceflight missions. During a recent visit to India by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, partnerships between the US and India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organization, were solidified. This further solidifies …
Six lawmakers from California recently penned a letter opposing NASA’s decision to slash funding for the Mars Sample Return mission which aims to bring samples collected on Mars by the Perseverance rover back to Earth. The letter, written by congresspeople Judy Chu, Laphonza Butler, Mike Garcia, and Young Kim, along with senators Adam Schiff and …
SpaceX’s Starship underwent its second test flight on November 18. While the launch was not without its flaws, the flight was successful enough to receive praise from a number of important figures. The test mission took off from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas, with the goal of sending the upper stage of the rocket …
Bulgaria makes history as the 32nd nation to join the Artemis Accords, solidifying its commitment to peaceful, transparent, and sustainable lunar exploration. In a landmark signing ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria’s minister of innovation and growth, celebrated this momentous occasion on Thursday, Nov. 9. “NASA is …
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Apollo astronaut Col. Apollo astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the first mission to orbit the moon, has passed away in Billings, Montana, as reported by NASA. He was 95. “Today we remember one of NASA’s …
Astronaut Thomas Kenneth “TK” Mattingly, known for his crucial role in guiding the Apollo 13 mission to safety in 1970, has passed away at the age of 87, as announced by officials on Thursday. “We mourn the loss of one of our country’s heroes, NASA astronaut TK Mattingly. His significant contributions to the success of …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The renowned astronaut, Ken Mattingly, who played a pivotal role in the successful return of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, has passed away at the age of 87, according to an announcement made by NASA. “On Oct. 31, we lost one of our country’s heroes,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in …
NASA is exploring alternative options for retrieving samples from Mars after an independent review board deemed the budget and schedule for the sample return mission unrealistic. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon During a recent meeting, NASA announced the formation of a response team to address findings from an independent review board report …
1 of 4 | Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after the Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut …
1 of 3 | From left to right, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, and University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, collect science data, on Sunday, shortly after the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission landed at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training …