A robotic Soviet spacecraft has been adrift in space for 53 years. It will return to…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Eta Aquarids Meteor Show Peak: How and When to Watch
Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, but you can observe only a fraction of…
Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposes Cutting NASA Funding by $6 Billion
Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National…
Molecular, Glow-in-the-Dark Cloud Discovered Close to Earth
Stars and planets are born inside swirling clouds of cosmic gas and dust that are brimming…
Amazon Launches First 27 Project Kuiper Internet Satellites
The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is ready to enter…
Blue Origin’s First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt
Though women remain severely underrepresented in the aerospace field worldwide, they do regularly escape the Earth’s…
Blue Origin Crew of 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, Land Safely After Space Trip
The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry made a brief trip into space…
DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings
An office in an obscure corner of the federal government that NASA has relied on to…
How Lauren Sanchez Helped Design Blue Origin’s Flight Suits
What do you wear for your first trip to space? If you are like most people,…
Jonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S.
Jonathan McDowell is a go-to expert for all things spaceflight. Thousands of subscribers read his monthly…