Moonshot, once more

A new year brings an inspiring podcast. BBC's '13 Minutes to the Moon: The Space Shuttle' features a Live From Houston ...

NASA to monitor how the X59 supersonic plane sounds

NASA will use 30 ground recording stations to monitor the sound produced by the X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft. Learn more ...

Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously

Another member of the safety panel, Mark Sirangelo, said NASA should formally declare mishaps and close calls as soon as possible. “It allows for the investigative team to be starting to be formed a ...

Jared Isaacman confirmed as NASA chief after monthslong tug-of-war

A monthslong saga featuring tech billionaire Jared Isaacman has finally come to a close as the Senate confirmed his ...

NASA JPL tests future lunar craft with shake-up

The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar ...
Tech Xplore

It is rocket science: New method to more rapidly evaluate heat shields

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...
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 ...
LAist

A peek inside the space shuttle Endeavour’s new home in Exposition Park

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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 ...
New York Post

Trio of Chinese astronauts stranded in space after their shuttle was used to rescue another trapped group

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...
LAist

A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

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The Floridian

Senator Rick Scott Sounds the Alarm on New Space Race with China

Chinese ambitions to surpass the United States — quite literally to reach the stars — are at the center of a modern-day "Space Race." Over the past several years, China has sought to return humans to ...