The vehicle, known as Starship, will complete its latest high-altitude test flight, with the hope that…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Bidding Opens for a Seat on Blue Origin’s First Passenger Space Flight
Blue Origin has teased space tourism for years. Its first flight with people on board launches…
Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower: How and When to Watch
Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you…
Watch SpaceX Make the First Nighttime Splash Down Since 1968
Crew-1, which launched to the space station in November, will head home in the capsule called…
SpaceX to Land 4 Astronauts for NASA — How to Watch
Crew-1, which launched to the space station in November, will head home in the capsule called…
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Flies Again and Gets a New Mission
Ahead of a successful fourth flight, the agency announced that Ingenuity would continue to fly beyond…
A 22-Million-Year Journey From the Asteroid Belt to Botswana
Astronomers reconstructed a space rock’s path before it exploded over southern Africa in 2018 and sprinkled…
Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90
Orbiting dozens of miles above the lunar surface, he kept solitary watch of the Apollo command…
How Many Moon Craters Are Named for Women? Fewer Than You’d Guess.
By drawing the small number of lunar craters named for women, an artist hopes to highlight…
Blue Origin Challenges NASA Over SpaceX Moon Lander Deal
The space agency picked Elon Musk’s company over two other bidders to take its astronauts back…