Space

Spacesuits for Spiders

And what they tell us about the difficulty of keeping people alive in space.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Software Glitch Adds to Issues for NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellite

Technicians have identified a software glitch in the GOES-17 weather satellite it launched in March.

  • By Frank Konkel

Bacterial Superbugs Hitched a Ride on the International Space Station

"These species pose important health considerations for future missions."

  • By Chase Purdy, Quartz

Amazon’s Plan to Capture Space Data

Amazon launched a new service that can port data from commercial satellites directly into its cloud.

  • By Frank Konkel

Did Slack Help NASA Land On Mars?

That’s one small step for Slack, and one giant leap for mankind.

  • By Daniel Wolfe, Quartz

Reefer Madness at NASA

The space agency has reportedly decided to review workplace culture at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smoked marijuana on a podcast.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Hawaii’s Mars Simulations Are Turning Into Moon Missions

The dome where crew members practiced red-planet missions will now be converted to a simulated moon base.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

NASA's Supersonic Jet Could Take to the Skies by 2021

Whoosh!

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The International Space Station Is Getting a “Refabricator” for Its 20th Birthday

Its real value could lie in longer exploration missions.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

NASA Collaborated With Autodesk To Design A New Interplanetary Lander

Figuring out a way to explore distant moons requires some creative thinking.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Pentagon Wants More Money for Lasers To Defend Against Missiles, Drone Swarms

Directed-energy weapons are with a factor of two or three to being militarily useful, the Pentagon’s top scientist said.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Trump's Space Force Faces an Uncertain Fate

Congressional lawmakers, including Republicans, were skeptical of the idea long before the midterms.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Everyone's Making Money Using NASA Logos Except NASA

Government logos are free.

  • By Marc Bain, Quartz

Hubble Space Telescope Is Back In Action

Tech support for a telescope is quite the challenge.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

China’s Moon Missions Could Threaten U.S. Satellites: Pentagon

A satellite on the far side of the moon might not be quite what the Chinese say, Air Force official warns.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Could Do-It-Yourself AI Make People More Comfortable with It?

As artificial intelligence makes strides in government, it could be helpful to see for yourself what the tech can do.

  • By John Breeden II

NASA Designed a Special Claw For the Mars Insight Lander

The claw is essential for investigating the red planet.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

NASA Made the Mars Curiosity Rover Switch Brains

No, NASA can't do this process on people.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Are the U.S. Space Forces Starting to Muster?

It's still the final frontier.

  • By John Breeden II

The Moon Is Open for Business

Commercial companies are proposing lunar missions at a pace the world hasn’t seen since the Apollo program.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic