Nearly 150 million people shared in the “moon joy” of Artemis II on NASA channels, setting a new agency record in the process. NASA numbers indicate that 149.4 million people used agency platforms in March and April to follow the…
A company just produced kidney and liver tissue in space for the first time, using a method called bioprinting, which 3D-prints living tissue. The announcement comes from California-based Auxilium Biotechnologies, whose AMP-1 orbital bioprinter made the breakthrough. The bioprinter used…
One month from today, millions will turn their eyes to the skies for one of the most anticipated skywatching events of the year: the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. The eclipse will sweep across parts of Greenland, Iceland…
Imagine you’re on a hike in a remote mountain range. Your hyperactive dog catches the scent of a deer and, powered by his hunter’s instinct, disappears in the forest. He has a GPS tracker in his collar that can send…
On Episode 218 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss NASA’s new moonbase plans with planetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee. Starting with Artemis V (so far), the US plans to begin preparations for a permanent base…
We didn’t realize it at the time — nobody ever does — but the ’90s were a vintage era in Hollywood. It was a time when major studios were happy to take a punt on original scripts, knowing that people…
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed as the head of a new White House group to study unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAP, a new catch-all term for UFOs that might appear not just in the air but also in…
A SpaceX rocket just inched closer to the record books. A Falcon 9 vehicle lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California tonight (July 10) at 11:01 p.m. EDT (8:01 p.m. local time; 0301 GMT on July 11), carrying…
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA photographer Jim Ross flies above the Washington Monument in Washington on Saturday, July 4, 2026, in an F-18 aircraft, as part of a flyover to celebrate America’s 250th…
It looks like SpaceX’s next Starship flight is on the horizon, and it may lift off sooner than you might think. SpaceX today (July 10) completed a brief static fire of the Starship Super Heavy booster tapped to launch the…