To help develop the next generation of both spacesuits and astronauts, non-profit research organization PoSSUM is preparing to conduct splashdown tests of a new commercial spacesuit, with the help of ten student and citizen scientist-astronaut candidates.
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A partnership of scientists has been studying a conceptual spacecraft called the Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response (HAMMER) vehicle, designed to deflect dangerous asteroids before they reach us.
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NASA engineers have determined that the unmanned Kepler Space Telescope has only enough propellant left in its attitude control system to keep it properly oriented for a few more months. When this runs out, the spacecraft will no longer be able to collect data or transmit it to Earth.
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NASA is ramping up for the Mars 2020 mission's July 2020 launch as the space agency begins the Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations (ATLO) phase of the project at the Spacecraft Assembly Facility High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
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Having completed 10 close passes as near as 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) above the cloud tops of Jupiter, NASA's Juno orbiter has found evidence that the famous cloud bands extend deep into the atmosphere, as well as clues to the nature of the planet's core.
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Are inflatable habitat modules like Bigelow Aerospace's BEAM safe? To help minimize the risk, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and LUNA Innovations Inc are developing ultrasensitive sensors made from carbon nanotubes that can detect impacts by almost invisible small objects.
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Water is not only a key ingredient in supporting life, it's also a major clue as to how planets form, and NASA has found a lot of the stuff in the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet called Wasp-39b. It's as massive as Saturn but has three times as much water as the famous ringed planet.
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NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has clocked up 5,000 Martian days exploring the Red Planet. In that time, the robotic geologist has traversed a record 28 mi (45 km) across the surface of Mars and to celebrate this anniversary, New Atlas has put together a gallery of some of the mission's highlights.
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The science team responsible for NASA's Cassini spacecraft has released a gallery of the stand-out images from the probe's final hectic year exploring the Saturnian system.
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NASA has released a somber view of Saturn, created from some of the final images captured by the Cassini spacecraft. An annotated version of the image highlights the region of Saturn’s cloud surface in which Cassini ended its epic mission by diving into the atmosphere of the gas giant.
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