Spacecraft

A new film details the history of Ed Dwight and NASA’s first Black astronaut candidates

NASA’s venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal science operations with all four functioning instruments for the first time in more than six months

The latest images from Euclid, a European mission studying dark matter and dark energy, are spectacularly beautiful—and scientifically promising

We should—and must—take careful measure of what we name cosmic objects and the terms we use throughout science

The Hubble Space Telescope’s woes, moon rocks and antibiotic candidates discovered with AI are all in this week’s news roundup.

A space technology company CEO explains how growing competition in the commercial space industry may help boost climate science

Elon Musk’s SpaceX made a much-anticipated fourth test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket, Starship, a vehicle designed to power human flight to the moon and Mars

Failing hardware on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may lead to less science, officials say, but the space agency isn’t ready to pursue a private repair mission

After multiple delays, the first crewed launch of Starliner marks a milestone for U.S. human spaceflight

NASA’s head of heliophysics explains how we weathered the worst solar storm of a generation—and discusses the challenges we face in preparing for the next one

Instruments may fail, but humanity’s most distant sentinel will keep exploring, and inspiring us all

A new theory tested on Apollo-era data suggests that high-speed moon dust could pose engineering hazards—and diplomatic headaches