The space agency picked Elon Musk’s company over two other bidders to take its astronauts back…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Makes Longest and Fastest Flight
Ingenuity made a 328-foot round-trip journey, helping to demonstrate the capability of the vehicle’s navigation system. …
4 Astronauts Float Into the International Space Station and Open Arms
The crew arrived on Saturday on the Dragon Endeavour, a spacecraft built by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-2 Rocket Launch: How to Watch
It will be the third flight of the company’s Crew Dragon capsule with people onboard. …
It’s Dinner Time on the Space Station. Lobster or Beef Bourguignon?
Earth’s gastronomical delights are being adapted to life in orbit. Click here for original…
NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Takes Second Flight
The experimental vehicle named Ingenuity flew higher and longer in its second flight on Mars. …
What Do You Call a Bunch of Black Holes: A Crush? A Scream?
There are pods of whales and gaggles of geese. Now astronomers are wondering which plural term…
Lyrid Meteor Shower 2021: How to Watch
Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you…
NASA Mars Helicopter's Flight: Livestream, Date and Time
The experimental Ingenuity vehicle is expected to complete a short but historic up-and-down flight on Monday…
NASA Awards SpaceX $2.9 Billion to Build Moon Lander
Elon Musk’s company bested Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and others in the contest to carry American…