NASA’s DART mission made a cosmic mess four years ago — and now a new spacecraft is ready to scout out exactly what the first-of-its-kind collision accomplished. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into a small space rock called Dimorphos on Sept. 26, 2022, in humanity’s first test of planetary defense. That’s the…
At 10:27 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module, delivering more than 6,300 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 75 crew. This is SpaceX’s 35th commercial resupply services mission to the space station for NASA. Aboard the Dragon spacecraft is the final…
Nearly three months after surviving its launch to space and a tumultuous trial at sea, the first Starship spacecraft to survive its ocean splashdown has returned to Starbase. SpaceX shared new photos and video of Ship 40, the Starship upper stage that launched on the developing vehicle’s 13th flight test, as it completed the final…
Award: TIME’s Best Inventions is an annual recognition of the world’s most groundbreaking innovations. Each year, TIME editors assemble a list of the products, software, and services shaping our world – from breakthroughs in science and technology to innovations making the world better, smarter, and more fun. Awarded to: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope…
A “jellyfish” in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX’s launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) Did you see a gigantic, glowing jellyfish in the night sky early on Tuesday morning (Oct. 13)? If so, it’s not an alien invasion (sorry); it was SpaceX launching its latest mission to…
NASA is streaming live coverage as it prepares for the docking of SpaceX’s 35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for the agency. Watch online at: https://www.nasa.gov/live At approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. The spacecraft is carrying more than 6,300…
Don’t expect any of the Artemis II moon astronauts to fly again soon. On Tuesday (Oct. 13), NASA announced that Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch will become the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer, effective Nov. 1. “With this appointment, Koch will transition to management astronaut status and will no longer be eligible for future…
By the FORTE team Olivia Frykman, Kyle Turner, Maria Tzortziou, Antonio Mannino, Phillip Toney, and Teresa Jacobsson contributed to this post. In July 2025, NASA’s Earth Venture Suborbital Mission FORTE (Frontlines of Rapidly Transforming Ecosystems) moved from planning to action on the North Slope of Alaska. Lead principal investigator Maria Tzortziou of the City…
Methanol, coming as part of the ‘chemical starter kit’ around young stars, has produced some unexpected surprises that could ultimately reveal some of the conditions in which planets and potentially life form around protostars. The methanol discoveries were made by astronomers using ALMA (the Atacama Large millimeter/submillimeter Array) in the Atacama Desert in Chile, as…
The seven-member Expedition 75 crew awaits the arrival of an uncrewed SpaceX Dragon that launched on Tuesday carrying new cargo for delivery on Thursday. When Dragon reached orbit the lab residents were midway through their day filled with biomedical research and advanced space innovations. A cargo-packed Dragon spacecraft lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket…
