Both astronauts that flew on Boeing’s troubled Starliner mission are now retired

Veteran NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday. Her extended mission to orbit due to the troubled Boeing Starliner test flight was her final foray.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who stayed in space for 9 months after spacecraft problem, retires

Williams and another astronaut, Butch Wilmore, were supposed to stay in space for a week in 2024, but concerns about the ...
Space.com

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says Texas may get a moonship, not space shuttle Discovery

An Artemis Orion capsule could take space shuttle Discovery's place in Houston, NASA's new chief says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Houston Chronicle

Space Shuttle Discovery still isn't coming to Houston, NASA chief hints

After years of lobbying, legislation and public back-and-forth, the Space Shuttle Discovery still isn't headed to Houston—and new comments from NASA's administrator suggest it may never make the trip ...
Live Science

See the 100,000th photo of Mars taken by NASA's groundbreaking Red Planet orbiter

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has just taken its milestone 100,000th photo of the Red Planet using its high-definition camera. It reveals a dark region of moving sand dunes. When you ...
Ars Technica

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...
Gizmodo

A Vital NASA Mars Orbiter Has Gone Dark

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface. Reading time 2 minutes NASA has lost the signal from a Martian probe that also serves ...
The Hill

Give Space Center Houston a Starship instead of the Discovery

Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, want the space shuttle Discovery to be moved to Space Center Houston from its current location at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near ...
Houston Public Media

Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to be sent in pieces

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
Live Science

Mars orbiter narrows down the exact path of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by 'ten-fold,' surprising scientists

Scientists from the European Space Agency have significantly narrowed down the trajectory of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS thanks to data from the alien comet's recent flyby of Mars, allowing for ...
SlashGear

Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...
The National Interest

Why Virginia and Texas Are Fighting over the Discovery Space Shuttle

Texas lawmakers have demanded the Discovery shuttle be moved to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, but daunting technical challenges remain—and Virginia officials have dug in against the move. The ...