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Blue Origin announces plans for a commercial space station
Blue Origin is planning on a commercial space station called Orbital Reef. It's meant to be a "mixed business park" designed to be an industrial, research and commercial hub.
Astronomers directly observe one of the youngest planets to date
Scientists have directly observed one of the youngest planets yet seen at 'just' several million years old.
NASA plans to launch Artemis I Moon mission in February 2022
NASA expects to launch its Artemis I mission in February 2022 aboard an SLS rocket, provided testing goes according to plan.
NASA contest asks K-12 students to create Moon-digging robots
NASA is running a contest that challenges K-12 students to design a robot that can excavate the Moon.
Russian crew returns from shooting the first feature film on the ISS
Russian fillmmakers have returned to Earth after shooting the first feature film aboard the International Space Station.
NASA launches mission to explore Solar System 'fossils'
NASA has launched Lucy, a mission that will explore the 'fossils' of Solar System planetary formation among Jupiter's asteroids.
Virgin Galactic delays the start of its paid spaceflights to the end of 2022
It's the latest in a string of delays for the company.
William Shatner becomes the oldest person to reach space
'Star Trek' legend William Shatner has become the oldest person to visit space after flying aboard a Blue Origin mission.
Watch Blue Origin fly William Shatner to space at 8:30AM ET on October 13th
Provided there aren’t any last-minute delays, Star Trek actor William Shatner will fly to the edge of space on October 13th.
Blue Origin delays William Shatner's spaceflight to October 13th
Blue Origin has delayed William Shatner's spaceflight to October 13th.
Pioneering astronaut Sally Ride will appear on a limited-run US quarter
The US Mint has revealed plans for a special quarter featuring Sally Ride, the country's first woman astronaut.
Boeing's next Starliner test flight moves to first half of 2022
Boeing's next Starliner capsule test flight now won't take place until sometime in the first half of 2022 — long after SpaceX took crews into orbit.
Perserverance rover pinpoints its best chances of finding ancient Mars life
NASA's Perseverance rover has identified the best places it can look for traces of ancient Mars life.
A Russian crew is shooting the first feature film on the ISS
Tom Cruise hoped to make the first movie in space. Not this time, Maverick.
Blue Origin will fly William Shatner to the edge of space on October 12th
The 'Star Trek' actor is about to become the oldest person to go to space.
Blue Origin is a ‘toxic environment,' current and ex-employees say
They claim the company 'turns a blind eye to sexism' and 'is not sufficiently attuned to safety concerns.'
Honda announces plans to build electric VTOLs and telepresence robots
Honda announced Thursday that it is working to develop, remote telepresence robots, electric VTOLs for short-hop commutes, and a fuel-cell driven power generation system for the lunar surface.
Elon Musk tells Jeff Bezos you can't 'sue your way to the Moon' (updated)
Elon Musk claims Blue Origin is trying to sue its way to the Moon — and NASA might not be fond of Jeff Bezos' company, either.
Hubble telescope helps find six 'dead' galaxies from the early universe
The Hubble telescope and ALMA have found six 'dead' early galaxies that stopped forming stars unusually quickly.
NASA's AR graphic novel is meant to recruit a new wave of astronauts
NASA has released an augmented reality graphic novel that could help recruit more astronauts... and teach you a few things in the process.

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