SpaceX has long held the contract to land NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts on the moon a few years from now. But the agency plans to reopen the bidding, according to acting NASA chief Sean Duffy.
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A piece of smoldering wreckage found in Western Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that crashed to Earth on Saturday (Oct. 18), experts say.
Reflect Orbital has applied for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to launch a giant mirror to space next year.
The Artemis 2 SLS rocket that will launch the next astronauts around the moon is all put together inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.
Test your knowledge of NASA's triumphs, setbacks, and space-age breakthroughs that define this space agency's legendary history.
An academic dives into "the other space race" as countries work to send satellites and other objects into orbit around the Earth.
Titan's chemical inventory is believed to bear some resemblance to the prebiotic soup on the early Earth.
We spoke with Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new Q&A book "Just Visiting This Planet: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin From Omniscia" arriving on Oct. 21, 2025.
At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach the spacecraft, and will the spacecraft be ready to receive them?
LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its Zhuque-3 rocket recently, an important step in the prep work ahead of the partially reusable rocket's debut launch.
SpaceX launched its record-breaking 133rd Falcon 9 mission of 2025 today (Oct. 22), topping last year's tally with no signs of slowing down before the year ends.
Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, a new study finds.
Astronomers have sighted Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion — and it’s turning out to be full of surprises.
Can we dim the sun to fight climate change? Not without risking weather patterns, scientists suggest
Scattering microscopic particles of sulfur in the atmosphere might slow down climate change. It might also change weather patterns.
Elon Musk has hammered acting NASA chief Sean Duffy repeatedly on social media over the past few days, calling him "Sean Dummy" and claiming he's "trying to kill NASA." Here's what may be going on.
Footage appearing to show a number of "double fireball" events may have been caused by a simple quirk of equipment.
A new image from NOAA's GOES-19 satellite has captured a rate celestial cameo: Earth itself appearing in the view of the spacecraft's solar coronagraph.
In a letter to Congress, museum officials have warned the shuttle may need to be partially disassembled in order to be transferred, risking irreversible damage to one of the most meticulously preserved pieces of spaceflight history.

