U.S. Armed Forces Former astronaut Pam Melroy confirmed as NASA deputy administrator space.com - Mike Wall NASA's top two jobs are now officially filled. The U.S. Senate confirmed former astronaut Pam Melroy as NASA deputy administrator on Thursday (June …
Dark Matter Dark matter is putting the brakes on our Milky Way galaxy's spin space.com - Daisy Dobrijevic The Milky Way rotates at a whopping 130 miles (210 kilometers) per second, but a new study has found that dark matter has slowed the rotation of its …
Turkey Turkey aims to send rocket to moon in three years, land lunar rover by 2030 space.com - Tereza Pultarova Turkey plans to send a rover to the moon by the end of the decade using a domestically built rocket engine that will first fly to the moon in a test …
GizmodoSpace Telescope Aging Hubble Space Telescope in Safe Mode Following Computer Glitchverified_publisher Gizmodo - George Dvorsky A critically important computer aboard Hubble has glitched out, causing the space telescope to enter into safe mode. An operations team is now …
InverseAliens New study tests the feasibility of life traveling from one planet to another Inverse - Passant Rabie A new study could help resolve the biggest mystery of the cosmos: panspermia. The hunt for extraterrestrial life has kicked into high gear with NASA’s …
GizmodoSpace The Last Images From Doomed Space Probesverified_publisher Gizmodo - Isaac Schultz To all the space probes we’ve loved before: sorry! You fell into Saturn, drifted into deep space, suffocated in Martian dust—all for the greater good …
GizmodoEarth Science NASA’s ‘Moonikin’ Will Boldly Go Where No Test Dummy Has Gone Beforeverified_publisher Gizmodo - George Dvorsky Should all go according to plan, NASA’s new Space Launch System megarocket will finally leave Earth this November, in a journey that will take an …
Associated PressSpace Computer trouble hits Hubble Space Telescope, science halted Associated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said Wednesday. The orbiting observatory has been idle since Sunday...
Associated PressChina Chinese crewed spaceship docks with new space station Associated PressJIUQUAN, China (AP) — A Chinese spaceship carrying a three-person crew docked with China's new space station at the start of three-month mission Thursday, marking a milestone in the country's ambitious...
ReutersSpace Travel China to launch high-stakes crewed mission to spaceverified_publisher Reuters - Carlos Garcia,Shubing WangJIUQUAN, China, June 16 (Reuters) - China will send three astronauts into orbit on Thursday in a high-stakes mission, the first of four crewed space flights to complete the country’s space station by end...
AvatarDigital TrendsMars The sound of science: Why audio is the next frontier in Mars explorationverified_publisher Digital Trends - By Georgina Torbet You’ve seen the photos of Mars from the surface: The red-tinted dust, the sharp mountains, the desolate rock formations. For as long as we’ve had …
GizmodoSpace European Space Agency Lays Out Plans for Next 30 Years of Space Explorationverified_publisher Gizmodo - Isaac Schultz The future of space exploration is looking absolutely thrilling, as the European Space Agency has revealed its long-term plans for research that …
