Rescuing the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA crewmembers reflect on the most complex space repair in history.
3Q: Don Boroson on NASA’s record-breaking use of laser communications
Lincoln Laboratory efforts could enable the space agency to significantly change the scope and design of future scientific space missions.
Big plans for small spacecraft
Paulo Lozano is designing tiny ion thrusters for the next generation of satellites
Scientists generate first map of clouds on an exoplanet
Map reveals a lopsided cloud distribution on an extremely hot planet.
Space weather’s effects on satellites
MIT study finds that high-energy electrons in space may be to blame for some satellite failures.
Q&A: John Richardson and John Belcher on Voyager 1’s crossing and interstellar exploration
Beyond the solar system, a probe launched in 1977 is likely to find a cold, dense sea of cosmic rays.
Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greater reach
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
Terramechanics research aims to keep Mars rovers rolling
Simulations predict safest path for rovers to travel.
An answer to why our galaxy’s black hole is a finicky eater
Researchers find material ejects itself before black hole can devour it.
Detecting DNA in space
Researchers, in a step toward analyzing Mars for signs of life, find that gene-sequencing chip can survive space radiation.