We’ve been keeping close track of Ingeniuity’s progress here at Universe Today. Following the little helicopter that could hasn’t always been easy – with almost 30 flights logged covering over 7 kilometers and consistently breaking its own record for longest controlled power flight on another planet, Ingenuity has lived up to every expectation so far. But it’s been hard to understand just what it must feel like to fly through the Martian atmosphere – until now.
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Watch the biggest-ever comet outburst spray dust across the cosmos
The dust trail from the largest comet outburst on record will be visible to amateur astronomers in late July 2022.
Iron meteorites point to millions of years of chaos in early solar system
An asteroid demolition derby took place between 7.8 million and 11.7 million years after the birth of the solar system.
Infamous asteroid Apophis 'rediscovered' as scientists test asteroid defense mechanisms
A test of whether asteroid surveys could spot a potentially hazardous asteroid successfully rediscovered Apophis and ruled out the possibility of it striking Earth for the next 100 years.
Wow! International Space Station and Boeing Starliner captured in the same incredible image
"It felt like no other ISS imaging session before," photographer Szabolcs Nagy said.
NASA teams ready SLS moon rocket for return to launch pad
NASA’s first Space Launch System moon rocket is set roll out to its launch pad early Monday at the Kennedy Space Center for another attempt later this month to fully load it with super-cold propellants, the culmination of a countdown rehearsal officials aim to complete before moving forward with launch later this summer.
Small NASA lunar probe to hitch ride on commercial moon mission
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight spacecraft. Credit: NASA
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight — a small satellite to search for water ice in dark craters near the moon’s poles — will launch as a piggyback payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a commercial lunar lander after delays caused it to miss a ride on the agency’s Artemis 1 mission.
Does a “Mirror World of Particles” Explain the Crisis in Cosmology?
The idea of a mirror universe is a common trope in science fiction. A world similar to ours where we might find our evil doppelganger or a version of us who actually asked out our high school crush. But the concept of a mirror universe has been often studied in theoretical cosmology, and as a new study shows, it might help us solve problems with the cosmological constant.
Watch NASA roll its huge Artemis 1 moon rocket back to the launch pad tonight
Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center plan to start rolling NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket to its launch pad for testing just after midnight Monday (June 6), and you can watch it live.
Chinese crew arrives at space station for six-month construction mission
A Long March 2F rocket lifts off with the Shenzhou 14 mission at 10:44 p.m. EDT Saturday (0244 GMT Sunday). Credit: CASC
China’s Shenzhou 14 spacecraft glided to an automated docking at the Tiangong space station Sunday, hours after launching with three astronauts to begin a six-month mission that will see the outpost triple in size with the arrival of two new 20-ton research modules.
Venus crossed the sun's face 10 years ago today. Most people alive will never see the sight again.
On the 10th anniversary of the last transit of Venus, find out what makes these events so special and what else to look out for during the long wait for the next one.
3 Chinese astronauts arrive at Tiangong space station for 6-month stay
China's three-person Shenzhou 14 mission arrived at the Tianhe core module early Sunday morning (June 5), about six hours after lifting off.
To space and back: Blue Origin's NS-21 crew wants to go again (and again)
Less than two hours after they landed from space, the six members of Blue Origin's fifth crewed mission were all sure of at least one thing: one flight into space was not enough.
Moon bricks, space sutures and more: Meet the science SpaceX is flying to the space station this week
Experiments headed to the space station on a SpaceX Dragon capsule this week will research how microgravity affects wound healing, creating concrete with organic compounds and more.
China launches 3 astronauts to oversee construction of new Tiangong space station
China has sent its third crew toward the nation's new space station with the launch of the six-month-long Shenzhou 14 mission.
Live coverage: Chinese space station crew counting down to launch
Live coverage of China’s Shenzhou 14 mission, a planned six-month expedition to the Chinese space station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
CGTN launch webcast (with English commentary)
CCTV clean feed (only crew communications in Chinese)
Blue Origin launches 6 people on company's 5th space tourism flight
Blue Origin sent six people to suborbital space today (June 4), acing its fifth human spaceflight mission and notching several milestones in the process.
Chinese astronauts prep for six-month space station construction flight
A Chinese Long March 2F rocket with the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft rolled to the launch pad at the Jiuquan space center May 29. Credit: CASC
Three Chinese military pilots are ready for launch Saturday on a Long March 2F rocket to begin a six-month expedition to help expand China’s space station in low Earth orbit, a mission slated to include the arrival of two modules and multiple spacewalks.
Do extraterrestrial auroras occur on other planets?
Auroras don't just exist on Earth. Here's what we know about auroras on other planets in the solar system.
These bizarre spiky Mars rocks likely formed by erosion and ancient fractures (photo)
A long-running NASA rover imaged twisted Red Planet rock pillars.
