A software glitch that could have destroyed the capsule was fixed in orbit, during an uncrewed…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
‘Close Call’: NASA-Boeing Investigation of Starliner Flight Finds Lapses
The uncrewed December space mission could have ended in disaster. Click here for original…
Red Space Lettuce Might Feed Red Planet Voyagers
Leafy vegetables grown by astronauts aboard the International Space Station were as healthful as lettuce on…
There Are 2 Seats Left for This Trip to the International Space Station
Axiom Space is selling tickets on a SpaceX capsule for a $55 million, 10-day stay on…
NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Is About to Get a New Name
The space agency will choose from nine names proposed in essays by students from kindergarten to…
When Voyager 2 Calls Home, Earth Soon Won’t Be Able to Answer
NASA will spend 11 months upgrading the only piece of its Deep Space Network that can…
Why Mars Needs a Leap Year, Too
Alien civilizations on other worlds would need much more awkward contortions to their calendars than we…
A New Mini-Moon Was Found Orbiting Earth. There Will Be More.
The object, a car-size asteroid called 2020 CD3, won’t be here for long, and new telescopes…
China’s Rover Finds Layers of Surprise Under Moon’s Far Side
The Chang’e-4 mission, the first to land on the lunar far side, is demonstrating the promise…
A Meeting in Orbit Demonstrates a Space Junk Solution
Two satellites docked together high above Earth on Tuesday, successfully extending the life of one that…