History A New Analysis May Have Just Solved A Decades-Old Mystery Of The Space Race The second Mercury mission was going according to plan until the Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank in the ocean. NASA exonerated astronaut Gus Grissom, and two researchers now say they know what happened. Scott Neuman
Environment A Study Predicts Record Flooding In The 2030s, And It's Partly Because Of The Moon Researchers say high tide flooding in U.S. coastal regions will become more frequent in the mid-2030s because of climate change, amplified by a routine wobble in the moon's orbit. Josie Fischels
Technology Hubble Trouble: NASA Can't Figure Out What's Causing Computer Issues On The Telescope "It's just the inefficiency of trying to fix something which is orbiting 400 miles over your head instead of in your laboratory," said Paul Hertz, the director of astrophysics for NASA. Joe Hernandez
Science How To See The 'Ring Of Fire' On Thursday Early risers across the Northern Hemisphere will be able to see an eclipse Thursday morning when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Joe Hernandez
Science Why NASA Is Blasting Water Bears And Bobtail Squid Into Space The animals are being launched into the cosmos as NASA researchers attempt to learn more about how the conditions of spaceflight can affect biological organisms and, by extension, future astronauts. Joe Hernandez
Science Success! NASA's Ingenuity Makes First Powered Flight On Mars The tiny helicopter took off and hovered briefly — the first such flight on another planet. The Perseverance rover kept tabs on the mission from a viewing point about 60 yards away. Joe Palca
Science With Mini Helicopter On Mars, NASA Hopes To Reinvent Flight 'On Another World' The successful deployment of Ingenuity brings NASA one step closer to its first attempt at testing the possibility of powered, controlled flight on another planet. Chloee Weiner
Politics Biden To Nominate Former Sen. Bill Nelson Of Florida As NASA Head Nelson, who spent six days in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986, would succeed Trump-era Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Scott Neuman
Technology NASA To Test Rocket In The Next Step Towards Returning To The Moon NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon. Nell Greenfieldboyce
After A Successful Landing On Mars, NASA Rover Undergoes A Systems Checkout Following a 300 million-mile voyage through space and a dangerous drop to the surface, Perseverance will be put through its paces before getting to a search for ancient Martian life. Scott Neuman
