Mars Mission’s Budget Problems Force NASA Layoffs
February 7, 2024 3 min read NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is eliminating nearly 600 workers due to funding shortfalls for…
To Predict Snowfall, NASA Planes Fly into the Storm
January 1, 2024 4 min read Cloud-diving expeditions reveal the hidden physics of brewing snowstorms By Susan Cosier The aircraft’s…
NASA surprised to discover ‘dinky’ moon orbiting asteroid in close flyby
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, which was launched in October 2021 to research Jupiter’s asteroids, snapped a picture of a smaller asteroid…
NASA unveils asteroid sample that could reveal details about life on Earth
NASA revealed Wednesday that newly returned samples from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid contain traces of carbon and water — molecules that…
NASA Reveals Sneak Peek of Historic Asteroid Sample
It looks like Bennu was indeed the right target for NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample-return mission. That mission, OSIRIS-REx, delivered pieces…
Beyond Pluto, New Horizons Gets a Reprieve from NASA
It’s lonely out there in the desolation that reigns where NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft now cruises on its one-way trip…
NASA delays Psyche asteroid mission over spacecraft’s thrusters
NASA’s mission to investigate the metal-rich asteroid “Psyche” has been delayed over the spacecraft’s thrusters, the agency announced last week.…
NASA Mars rover spies 200-foot-wide dust devil moving across red planet’s surface
A new compilation of images from NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover appears to show a dust devil twister dancing across the…
NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 371 days in space, a US record for longest continuous spaceflight
A NASA astronaut now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight after returning to Earth Wednesday, but the feat…
NASA capsule brings sample from asteroid to Earth for the first time in American history: ‘We have touchdown!’
For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell…