November 27, 2019 Russia launches secret military surveillance satellite to 'monitor' other satellites The Russian military has launched a secret military satellite designed to "monitor" other satellites, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry.
November 21, 2019 SpaceX Starship prototype partially explodes during test A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship partially exploded during a test Wednesday.
November 20, 2019 Hibernating astronauts could make deep space exploration possible, study says NASA is aiming to have astronauts land on Mars by 2035, but there may need to be drastic changes in how astronauts operate in space for that to happen. A new study suggests that hibernation may be the way to do it, provided the technology works.
November 18, 2019 NASA picks SpaceX, Blue Origin and more for private moon lander project NASA has picked SpaceX's Starship, Blue Origin's Blue Moon and three other commercial lunar lander companies to bid on proposals for its Artemis moon program.
November 7, 2019 Moon lander concept unveiled by Boeing as NASA eyes return to lunar surface Boeing has shown off its Moon crewed lander idea, one it says will require the "fewest steps to the Moon" as NASA looks to return to the lunar surface in 2024.
November 4, 2019 Space capsule soars in dramatic abort test Boeing’s Starliner capsule that will eventually take astronauts into space completed a key abort test Monday when it soared for almost a mile before parachuting back into the New Mexico desert.
October 28, 2019 Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane returns to Earth after record-breaking 780 days in orbit The U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Sunday after completing more than two years in orbit.
October 25, 2019 NASA announces new VIPER Moon rover that will explore the lunar surface NASA has unveiled its plan to send a new lunar rover, dubbed VIPER, to the surface of the Moon.
October 23, 2019 The 1st human on Mars may be a woman, NASA chief says When NASA sends humans to the moon for the first time in more than half a century, one lucky astronaut will go down in history for becoming the first woman on the moon. Then it won't be long before we see the first woman on Mars, and she just might beat the first man there, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
October 21, 2019 NASA's Lucy mission to study the Trojan asteroids clears critical milestone NASA's Lucy mission, which is set to be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids, successfully completed its critical design review.