Legendary Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham has passed away at 90 Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa, and received a master's degree in physics from the University of California before being selected for the astronaut program at NASA.
Will there be a Space Race between the US and China? As China becomes more technologically advanced, a new Space Race era could be upon us, this time between the US and China.
Why space debris is a real problem When we shoot stuff into space, it doesn’t always come back to Earth. But it doesn’t just disappear, either.
NASA flew a spacecraft into a rock, and it was a smashing success! A couple of weeks ago, NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. In fairness, they were aiming for it and trying to figure out how much they’d be able to divert an asteroid if it were headed towards Earth. (And hopefully, we can all agree that avoiding asteroid strikes
NASA’s Dart will hit an asteroid in space If you watched “Don’t Look Up,” and walked away from it having laughed but also trying to hide the fact that you now worry about asteroids hitting the Earth, you’re not alone. In fact, the folks over at NASA are light years ahead of you (pun absolutely intended)
Why NASA making oxygen on Mars is a huge deal Us humans have been dreaming about making it to the planet Mars for pretty much as long as we’ve been able to see the thing. But now, we’re getting pretty close to actually being able to do that, and depending on who you listen to, it might even
NASA will launch a new era of rockets toward the moon On Monday, NASA is launching its new space launch system (SLS) rocket on what is essentially a dress rehearsal for future trips to the moon and Mars. You can think of the SLS as a new-and-improved version of the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts to the moon during the