On Thursday, everyone in the northern half of our planet will experience the summer solstice. It’ll…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Voyager 1, After Major Malfunction, Is Back From the Brink, NASA Says
Several months after a grave computer problem seemed to spell the end for Voyager 1, which…
Edward Stone, 88, Physicist Who Oversaw Voyager Missions, Is Dead
Edward C. Stone, the visionary physicist who dispatched NASA’s Voyager spacecraft to run rings around our…
Mars Got Cooked During a Recent Solar Storm
The sun fired off a volley of radiation-riddled outbursts in May. When they slammed into Earth’s…
Four Astronauts Spent 3 Days in Space. Here’s What It Did to Their Bodies and Minds.
Space changes you, even during short trips off the planet. Four people who spent three days…
A Big Whack That Made the Moon May Have Also Created Continents That Move
Some 4.5 billion years ago, many scientists say, Earth had a meetup with Theia, another planetary…
William A. Anders, Who Flew on First Manned Orbit of the Moon, Dies at 90
On Christmas Eve, during their 10 orbits of the moon, the three astronauts, whose movements were…
Boeing’s Starliner Overcomes Malfunctioning Thrusters to Dock at Space Station
There were glitches with its propulsion system, but Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and the two NASA astronauts…
SpaceX Starship Launch: When and How to Watch the 4th Test Flight
Starship, the gargantuan rocket under development by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is scheduled on Thursday morning to…
Boeing Carries NASA Astronauts to Orbit in ‘Milestone’ Starliner Flight
After two trips to the launchpad that did not end up going to space, two NASA…