NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the last decade

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sixty Years Ago, When Instruments Were Played in Space for the First Time, It Was ‘Jingle Bells’ All the Way

Astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra delighted mission control with their rendition of the Christmas classic ...

Cosmic trip could help bacteria keep future space missions safe from radiation

A new research collaboration that fuses fashion and science is set to send bacteria into space—and the outcomes could create ...
Space.com

Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video

Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

Space Experts Warn Human-Made Debris Could Spark a Communications Nightmare

Experts are sounding the alarm about escalating space debris concerns and the urgent plan designed to prevent catastrophic disruptions to worldwide communications.