Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Who Was First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85
Alexei Leonov, who performed the world’s first spacewalk in 1965 and co-led the first joint mission between the U.S. and Russia, died on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019…
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Members of Congress grilled representatives from NASA today over the agency’s failure to deliver a plan for getting back to the Moon within five years. Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced its first lunar lander, Blue Moon, at a press conference today. Read More
NASA, FEMA, and other national and international agencies are once again gearing up for a hypothetical asteroid impact preparedness scenario. They hope to learn the best strategies… Read More
The company undoubtedly had a busy Easter weekend. Read More
US wants a crewed mission to the moon in five years – but can and should that be done?
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and a significant turning point in world history.
Hubble scientists like to honor the telescope’s birthday with an annual release of 4/20-worthy space porn, and this year’s pic is as stunning as ever. The image,… Read More
A new analysis has found that Mercury has a solid inner core, just like Earth does. And Mercury’s core is just about the same size as our… Read More
Scientists have found a cometary building block in an unexpected place: deep inside a meteorite, according to a new paper. Read More
Last year, various media outlets fumbled their reporting of genuinely interesting research from NASA, one that hoped to start figuring out what happens to our bodies if… Read More