Design an interstellar 'generation ship' to spend decades among the stars with Project Hyperion competition
A new design competition, dubbed Project Hyperion, is calling for submissions for the design of a crewed interstellar generation ship....
U.S. Navy Fleet Training Launch to be Conducted at NASA Wallops
A rocket-propelled target is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window Thursday, Nov. 7 to Friday, Nov. 8 between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. EST both days as part of a U.S. Navy Fleet Training exercise....
Netflix's 'The Man Who Loved UFOs' explores how flying saucer hoaxes go viral (review)
A review of Netflix's new "The Man Who Loved UFOs," a film exploring a 1986 flying saucer hoax that captured the attention of a nation....
Why can't active NASA astronauts endorse US presidential candidates?
NASA astronauts can vote from space, but why can't they endorse political candidates? As it turns out, U.S. federal law specifically prohibits them from doing so....
Black Friday or Christmas sales: Which is better?
While you can get good discounts during both shopping events, we take a look at which is better between Black Friday and the Christmas sales....
Matthew McConaughey unveils otherworldly aliens in upcoming sci-fi game 'Exodus' (videos)
Matthew McConaughey narrates four new cinematic teaser trailers for out-of-this-world alien creatures in upcoming sci-fi role playing game "Exodus."...
Satellites can now spot plastic trash on Earth's beaches from space (photo)
"This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space."...
Newfound dead star spins record-breaking 716 times a second, explodes with thermonuclear blasts
The neutron star 4U 1820-30 is one of the fastest spinning bodies in the universe, spinning at 716 times a second and erupting like an atomic bomb, NASA's NICER telescope has found....
'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets....
From Campus to Cosmos: NASA Grants Boost Student, University Innovation
Human exploration on the lunar surface is no small feat. It requires technologists and innovators from all walks of life to tackle many challenges, including feet. From designing astronaut boots, addressing hazardous Moon dust, and...
Sharp 'lobster vision:' China's Einstein Probe space telescope already making discoveries during commissioning phase
China's Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope in Earth orbit, has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase....
Save $300 on the HTC VIVE Pro 2 VR headset, the best high-resolution option
You can save $300 on this early Black Friday VR headset deal as the HTC VIVE Pro 2 headset, the best high-resolution model out there, is on offer....
Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission
AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, the first to be granted for beyond Earth orbit....
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrives at ISS on 31st resupply mission (video)
Dragon completed its docking at 10:04 a.m. EST.
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of...
Sols 4352-4354: Halloween Fright Night on Mars
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 Yesterday evening (Thursday) was Halloween for many of us here on Earth. My neighborhood in eastern Canada was full of small (and not so small!) children, running around in the dark collecting sweets and...
India delays its 1st-ever Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 2026
India plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit no sooner than 2026, roughly a year past the previously known timeline, following a series of uncrewed flight tests slated to begin in December....
Lagniappe for November 2024
Explore Lagniappe for November 2024 featuring: Gator Speaks The month of October is known for becoming cooler in these parts, and there sure were plenty of recent cool moments for NASA Stennis that set the tone for the future. Last month, the...
From Logistics to Legacy: NASA Employee is a Part of Something Great
Every task at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is not simply work for Tessa Keating – it is a meaningful step toward a part of something great. “It has been a dream career. I count it an honor to share the NASA story...
Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works (video)
In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change the spacecraft's orbit....