The world's highest altitude space observatory is open for business

Located some 18,500 feet above sea level at the summit of Chile’s Cerro Chajnanto mountain, Tokyo…

The ‘Great Attractor’ pulling the Milky Way galaxy off course : Short Wave : NPR

This illustration shows the Milky Way, our home galaxy. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech This…

China has big plans for its space program

China launched three astronauts into space last week while Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting…

China launched 3 astronauts bound for the country's homemade space station

China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program…

China sends astronauts to its space station : NPR

A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off…

At 90, sculptor and former test pilot Ed Dwight is going to space : NPR

Ed Dwight poses for a portrait in February to promote the National Geographic documentary film The…

Good news from Voyager 1, which is now out past the edge of the solar system

In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it’s messages stopped making sense. But the NASA…

Space junk crashed through his roof. Who should pay to fix it? : NPR

In March 2021, mission controllers in Houston used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external…

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is finally 'phoning home' again

The space probe contacted ground control for the first time in five months with status updates…

NASA’s Voyager 1 team is having success in repairing a worrying glitch : NPR

Members of the Voyager team celebrate at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving data about the…