The Halloween season is here, and even the cosmos get in on the occasion—at least if you squint hard enough at the night sky.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope may now have enough fuel for at least 22 years of science, more than double its original 10 year design life. An extremely precise course correction, extra fuel at launch, ...

On September 14, at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland, Troy Meink, the 27 th Secretary of the United States Air Force, was giving a speech about how the military was stepping up to ...

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-27 ...

The 14th test flight marks a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars, but it was not a complete success. By Kenneth Chang A previous mission left two ...

The International Space Station is a microgravity research lab hosting groundbreaking technology demonstrations and scientific investigations. More than 3,700 investigations conducted to date have ...

Space Science Week is the joint meeting of the Space Studies Board of the U.S. National Academies discipline committees in collaboration with the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Board on ...

The year ahead is expected to be full of ambitious space missions. In the coming weeks or months, several robotic landers are expected to launch to the moon. China and India both hope to achieve ...

A new paradigm is taking shape in the space industry as the countries and entities accessing space continue to grow and diversify. This dynamic landscape creates both competition and potential for ...

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NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the first educator ...

Purdue University’s online Master of Science in Space Systems Engineering is designed to produce students with firm grounding in space systems engineering and well prepared to lead and execute ...