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NASA astronaut Kate Rubins performs tests and replaces parts inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (or BEAM), a privately built inflatable room, on the International Space Station on Sept. 5, 2016. An inflatable space habitat that could save weight and volume on future missions is showing how well it can do its job. The verdict: […]

The first people to step foot on Mars will face steep challenges and potentially deadly situations. In last night’s (Nov. 21) episode of “Mars,” the National Geographic Channel’s six-part docudrama, five crewmembers fight for their lives after landing on the Red Planet. Here’s what went down in the new episode of “Mars.” (Note: contains spoilers!) […]

Previously only pictured on social media, Arklu plans to release in 2017 a spacesuit accessory for its Stargazer Lottie doll, which flew to the International Space Station in 2015. The “First Doll in Space” is getting her very own spacesuit. “Stargazer Lottie,” a doll made by Irish toy company Arklu, spent more than 260 days […]

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Home Plate opaline silica (left) occurs in nodular masses with digitate structures that resemble those at El Tatio (right). During its wheeled treks on the Red Planet, NASA’s Spirit rover may have encountered a potential signature of past life on Mars , report scientists at Arizona State University (ASU). To help make their case, the […]

Engineers are working on ways to make spaceflight faster and cheaper, in an effort to open the cosmos to exploration. Good news for all you EmDrive enthusiasts: A new study suggesting that the seemingly impossible space engine may actually work has passed the peer-review process. The study — which was led by physicist Harold “Sonny” White, of […]

President Barack Obama presents Apollo code developer Margaret Hamilton (at left) and “Apollo 13” actor Tom Hanks (right) with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 22, 2016. A computer scientist who created the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo spacecraft and an actor who famously portrayed an astronaut whose life relied on that programming […]

This vertically exaggerated view shows scalloped depressions in a part of Mars where such textures prompted researchers to check for buried ice, using ground-penetrating radar aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A giant deposit of buried ice on Mars contains about as much water as Lake Superior does here on Earth, a new study reports. The […]

Sky & Telescope listed seven important qualities for choosing a telescope: “(1) eyepiece shows a sharp image from edge to edge; (2) smooth focuser with ‘precise’ feel; (3) mount moves smoothly on both axes; (4) mount is sturdy and stable; (5) tube stops shaking quickly after being touched; (6) eyepiece is at a comfortable height […]