Space & Space Sciences

Veteran NASA astronauts preparing to blast off in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule shared their expectations for the approaching historic launch. Source: Space.com These 2 NASA astronauts are ready to make history on a SpaceX spaceship

Discovery and Science channels are teaming up to give us a multiplatform experience looking behind the scenes at SpaceX’s first-ever crewed launch next week. Source: Space.com Discovery, Science Channel offer behind-the-scenes looks at SpaceX's 1st crew launch

The hundreds of people who have been to space have traveled on just a handful of vehicles, eight in all over nearly six decades of spaceflight. Source: Space.com Here's every spaceship that's ever carried an astronaut into orbit

SpaceX just notched another milestone on the path to its first-ever crewed launch next week. Source: Space.com SpaceX test-fires rocket for epic astronaut launch for NASA on May 27

SpaceX is about to make history. See Space.com’s complete coverage of the company’s crewed Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station, which launches on May 27. Source: Space.com SpaceX's historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut flight: Full coverage

NASA is ready to virtually host thousands of excited people for America’s first launch of astronauts from United States soil to orbit since 2011. Source: Space.com NASA is having a virtual 'Launch America' party for historic SpaceX flight. (Yes, you're invited)

Space.com is live and ready to take your questions about SpaceX’s upcoming Demo-2 launch. Source: Space.com SpaceX Demo-2 with Space.com! Tune in Fridays for weekly updates

A new breed of spaceship requires a new breed of spacesuits. Source: Space.com How SpaceX's sleek spacesuit changes astronaut fashion from the space shuttle era

A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has revealed tantalizing details about Mars’ seismic activity for the very first time. Source: Space.com New Marsquake study could shatter theories on how Mars was born

A landmark meeting to decide if SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is ready to launch two NASA astronauts next week went into overtime today (May 21), with officials not expected to make a final ruling on the flight until Friday (May 22). Source: Space.com NASA review of Space's 1st launch to carry astronauts goes into overtime

Satellites are keeping a careful watch on Typhoon Amphan during and after landfall near eastern India and Bangladesh Wednesday (May 20). Source: Space.com Satellite images show Typhoon Amphan's landfall in India, Bangladesh

The new moon occurs Friday (May 22), at 1:39 p.m. EDT (1839 GMT), the same day that Venus and Mercury make a close approach. Source: Space.com May new moon 2020: Mercury and Venus meet up in the 'moonless' night sky

The private spaceflight company SpaceX has become a powerhouse of reusable rockets and new crewed spaceships. See the evolution of the company’s Falcon rocket family and future spaceships for astronauts in pictures here. Source: Space.com See the Evolution of SpaceX's Rockets in Pictures

NASA is inviting the public to help celebrate a historic milestone in human spaceflight as it prepares for #LaunchAmerica – the first flight into orbit of American astronauts on American rockets from American soil since the end of the space shuttle era in 2011. Source: NASA Breaking news NASA Invites Public to Be Its Guests … Read MoreRead more

NASA’s first crewed launch with a commercial partner was supposed to be a triumphant return for Florida’s Space Coast. As for so many milestones this year, a global pandemic has changed that calculus. Source: Space.com SpaceX will make history with NASA astronaut launch next week. But will it draw crowds to Florida?

A massive, rotating disk galaxy that first formed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, could upend our understanding of galaxy formation, scientists suggest in a new study. Source: Space.com Massive disk galaxy could change our understanding of how galaxies are born

Virgin Orbit is targeting Sunday (May 24) for its Launch Demo mission, with a backup opportunity on Monday (May 25). The four-hour window will open each day at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT). Source: Space.com Virgin Orbit to attempt 1st launch of LauncherOne rocket this weekend

Veteran NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center today (May 20), ready to take off on SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 test flight. Source: Space.com NASA astronauts arrive at launch site for historic SpaceX test flight

After delays from the coronavirus pandemic, NASA has picked a date for its spacecraft to snatch up a chunk of space rock to bring home. Source: Space.com NASA plan to sample asteroid Bennu delayed by coronavirus pandemic

Japan will launch its final HTV cargo ship HTV-9 today, May 20, at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT) and you can watch it live. Here’s how. Source: Space.com Japan will launch its last HTV cargo ship to the space station today. Here's how to watch live.

NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe. Source: NASA Breaking news NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman

NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe. Source: Nasa Solar System and Beyond … Read MoreRead more

New imagery apparently pinpoints the spot where a baby planet is forming around the young star AB Aurigae, which lies 520 light-years from Earth. Source: Space.com Baby exoplanet spotted growing around distant star (photo)

SpaceX is scheduled to launch Demo-2 next Wednesday (May 27), a mission that will send NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station. Source: Space.com SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA