National A NASA Engineer Tells 6-Year-Old Nephew To Aim High Six-year old Jerry Morrison is obsessed with space — a love that intensifies when talking to his uncle, a NASA engineer. "I learned from you a lot," Morrison told him. "More than I could imagine." Jud Esty-Kendall Emma Bowman
Environment 2019 Was The 2nd-Hottest Year On Record, According To NASA And NOAA Last year's data collected by NOAA and NASA is the latest confirmation that the Earth is steadily getting hotter. The planet is now about 1 degree Celsius warmer than it was in the mid-20th century. Rebecca Hersher
National Boeing's Starliner Lands Safely Back To Earth After Aborted Space Station Mission The journey is being hailed as a major achievement despite failing to complete a core objective: docking at the international space station. NASA hopes to launch U.S. astronauts in space in 2020. Bobby Allyn
Science A 'Mole' Isn't Digging Mars: NASA Engineers Are Trying To Find Out Why After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground. Joe Palca
National NASA's First All-Female Spacewalk Set For Friday Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will replace a faulty power regulator on the International Space Station. Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men. Rachel Treisman
For NASA's New Suits, 'Mobility' Is The Watchword The space agency unveils two new spacesuits for a planned 2024 return to the moon. They're designed to be more comfortable and easier to move around in than their Apollo-era forerunners. Scott Neuman
Science Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's New Starship, Designed To Fly To The Moon, Mars And Beyond Calling it "the most inspiring thing" he's ever seen, SpaceX's CEO talked up his company's big innovation and plans to fast-track production of the spacecraft. He hopes to fly passengers by next year. Carmel Wroth
World Giant Pumice Raft Floating Toward Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef An underwater volcano is thought to have produced a sheet of pumice that stretches 58 square miles. Shannon Van Sant
How A 10-Year-Old-Boy Helped Apollo 11 Return To Earth Greg Force was just a boy when his father, the director of a NASA tracking station in Guam, called home with an important mission for him: To help the crew of Apollo 11 return safely to Earth. Josh Axelrod Mia Warren
Science Seeing Apollo Through The Eyes Of Astronauts Five former NASA astronauts who flew on space missions reflect on some of the awe-inspiring photos from Apollo 11, the first lunar landing flight. Ryan Kellman
