Emily Lakdawalla • October 22, 2018
BepiColombo's launch was nominal -- the best thing any launch can be. Following launch, the spacecraft documented successful solar array and antenna deployments with self-portraits.
Marc Rayman • October 19, 2018
Dawn is celebrating its 11th anniversary of spaceflight. This is the last dawnniversary the spacecraft will see.
Jason Davis • October 19, 2018
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft was scheduled to touch down on Ryugu later this month, but that has been delayed to early 2019.
Jason Perry • October 18, 2018
It’s been almost 17 years since NASA's Galileo spacecraft took meaningful data of Jupiter’s volcanic moon.
Brittney Cooper • October 16, 2018
When planetary scientist Brittney Cooper was scrolling through the downlinked images of Hayabusa2’s approach of asteroid Ryugu, a familiar sight caught her attention.
Casey Dreier • October 15, 2018
Space fans will enjoy the movie for its depictions of early spaceflight itself. But it avoids the richness and complexity of human experience, leaving behind awe and joy in favor of an emotional landscape as uninviting as the Moon.
Cees Bassa and Tammo Jan Dijkema • October 15, 2018
Radio amateurs around the world worked together to take an image of the Earth and the far side of the Moon.
Bruce Betts • October 13, 2018
For Astronomy Day, Bruce announces his new book Astronomy for Kids, provides excerpts, and gives some bonus planet observing info.
Emily Lakdawalla • October 12, 2018
I’m thrilled to be anticipating the beginning of a new mission to Mercury. Here's a timeline for BepiColombo's planned launch on 20 October (19 October in the U.S.).
Jason Davis • October 11, 2018
About two minutes after liftoff, the Soyuz vehicle carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to orbit failed.
Ian Regan • October 11, 2018
Ian Regan, producer of the Titan segment of In Saturn's Rings, describes the meticulous process of creating the stunning visuals of this shrouded moon.
Jason Davis • October 08, 2018
The spacecraft used its ultraviolet spectrograph imager for the job, and one frame shows Mars in the background.
Emily Lakdawalla • October 05, 2018
For 17 hours on 3 October, the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander sent data to the waiting Hayabusa2 orbiter from multiple locations on Ryugu.
Paul Byrne • October 05, 2018
In short, a poster should be as close to an infographic as possible.
A.J.S. Rayl • October 04, 2018
As the global storm that wrapped the Red Planet in a cloud of dust since late June finally gave up the ghost in September, the sky continued to clear over Endeavour Crater and the Opportunity team initiated the NASA-approved two-step plan to reestablish contact with the rover.
Casey Dreier • October 03, 2018
Fiscal year 2019 is here, but NASA doesn't have a new budget. Which programs could suffer the most as a consequence?
Bruce Betts • October 02, 2018
A collection of before and after slider images showing how views of planets in our solar system have changed over the years since NASA was created.
Jason Davis • October 02, 2018
It's all thanks to renewed interest from NASA and a private effort to scan the skies using an array of 64 radio telescopes.
Jason Davis • September 27, 2018
Pics of Ryugu's surface show loose piles of gravel strewn with larger rocks and boulders.
Andrew Rivkin • September 27, 2018
DART is a test of the kinetic impactor technique, a potential method to deflect an asteroid on course to impact the Earth.
