Space Station For Sale: NASA Administrator Is In Talks With International Companies
NASA's Jim Bridenstine says he is interested in private corporations taking over management of the International Space Station consortium.
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86
Bean was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing, in 1969. Later in life, as a painter, he chronicled the people and experience of the Apollo program.
NASA Launching New Satellites To Measure Earth's Lumpy Gravity
The two satellites, which are collectively called GRACE and will replace two retired probes, are one of the most important tools for understanding the effects of climate change.
Trump Hints At Plan To Create 'Space Force' As Sixth Military Branch
While the Pentagon opposes the measure, the military has conducted operations in space for 50 years.
Asteroid Will Pass Between The Earth And The Moon Tuesday (Don't Panic)
First spotted in 2010, a space rock is zooming toward Earth, making a close pass on Tuesday that will see it fly safely by — about halfway between our planet and the moon.
Icy Moon Of Jupiter Spews Water Plumes Into Space
Researchers have evidence supporting the existence of plumes of water shooting up from the interior of Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Earth's 'Bigger, Older Cousin' Maybe Doesn't Even Exist
In 2015, to great fanfare, NASA announced a planet discovery considered a milestone in the hunt for another Earth. But now some researchers say it's not clear that this planet actually exists.
NASA Launches New Mars Mission
NASA is launching a probe to explore the center of Mars. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Oliver Morton, author of Mapping Mars, about what scientists hope to learn.
NASA InSight Kicks Off 6-Month Journey To Mars
The InSight Mars lander was successfully launched on Saturday morning, by an Atlas V rocket taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It will gather data on Mars' interior.
NASA Is Heading Back To Mars To Peer Inside The Red Planet
The NASA mission is set to launch Saturday morning. The InSight spacecraft will land in the Elysium Planitia to listen for "Marsquakes" and learn more about what Mars is made of.