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NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station

The agreement, which was announced on Monday (May 10), includes only a portion of the assorted exchanges required to make a flight like this a reality, but it will result in a net payment from NASA to Axiom of $1.69 million.

In wide-ranging interview, Bill Nelson lays out his vision for NASA

Washington Post

Washington Post

While in the Senate, Bill Nelson held enormous sway over NASA, helping guide its budget and priorities — from picking who the NASA administrator would be, to overseeing the end of the space shuttle era, to paving the way for what was to follow.

SpaceX reaches rocket reuse milestone on Starlink launch

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

The launch of another 60 Starlink internet spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Sunday thrust SpaceX past a major milestone in rocket reuse: the 10th successful flight of a Falcon 9 booster. The mission marked the fourth SpaceX launch from ...

Mars may still be volcanically active, study finds

Evidence of what may be the youngest eruption seen yet on Mars suggests the Red Planet may still be volcanically active, raising the possibility it was recently habitable, a new study finds. Most volcanism on Mars occurred between 3 billion and 4 billion years ...

Stunning new images of Jupiter reveal atmosphere details in different light (video)

Scientists have processed the images — captured in infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths — to allow interactive side-by-side comparison of the different views of the clouds above the gas giant.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its giant mirror for last time ahead of Oct. 31 launch

The mirror, which is composed of 18 hexagonal segments, is too wide to fit inside the payload fairing of any currently operational rocket, so it will launch in a compact configuration and deploy after reaching space.

New images of Jupiter reveal some of the planet's mysterious features

CNN

CNN

(CNN) Images captured by two different telescopes are showing our solar system's largest planet in a new light. The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii and the Hubble Space Telescope have captured Jupiter in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light, revealing ...

NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. On Monday, May 10, 2021, the robotic explorer fired its engines, headed back to Earth with samples it collected from the asteroid, nearly 200 million miles away.

Space telescope's golden mirror wings open one last time on Earth

For the last time while it is on Earth, the world's largest and most powerful space science telescope opened its iconic primary mirror. This event marked a key milestone in preparing the observatory for launch later this year. As part of the NASA's James Webb ...

Cabana to succeed Jurczyk as NASA associate administrator

SpaceNews

SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — Bob Cabana, a former astronaut and longtime head of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, will become NASA associate administrator later this month, replacing the retiring Steve Jurczyk. In separate announcements May 10, NASA said that ...