Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Boeing’s struggling space unit
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts and industry sources said. Taking
Meet the talent: Holly Pascal, Satellite Communications Systems Engineer
Place of residence: Washington, D.C. Position: Satellite Communications Systems Engineer at NASA Headquarters What is it like to work at NASA? Working at NASA is both humbling and inspiring. I’m surrounded by incredible people who are doing meaningful work that impacts not just
Stuck in Space: Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams case
In a surprising twist of fate, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who were originally scheduled for a brief eight-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS), now find themselves facing an extended stay that could last until 2025.
ISS station will drop into the Pacific by 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) will finish its work by 2030, and then it will be deorbited and dropped into the Pacific Ocean by the following year. NASA made the announcement a couple of years ago, but now the name
NASA images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the moments before NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test in 2022, it took high-resolution images of this small celestial object and its larger companion Didymos. These images
Explainer video: how space telescopes work
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered about the vastness beyond those twinkling stars? Space telescopes are our powerful tools that help unravel the mysteries of the universe, bringing distant celestial objects into clearer view. A space telescope
SpaceX, NASA to launch Crew-9 mission next month
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) - SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they plan to launch the space agency's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Aug. 18. The announcement comes a day after the Federal Aviation administration cleared
NASA releases Webb telescope images of a galactic merger
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA released on Friday a pair of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing two galaxies - one nicknamed the Penguin and the other the Egg - in the process of merging in
NASA astronauts voice confidence that Boeing Starliner will bring them home
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first two astronauts to fly Boeing's Starliner capsule said from the International Space Station on Wednesday they were confident in the spacecraft's ability to return them home whenever the company and NASA solve thruster