Sarah Chen is an aerospace correspondent with over a decade of experience covering space exploration, rocket technology, and commercial spaceflight policy for leading science publications.
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NASA's Lunar Gateway, a planned moon-orbiting station, faces an uncertain future amid debates over its cost, necessity, and strategic role in the Artemis program.
NASA's Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight to the Moon in 50 years, will likely miss its March launch window due to a helium flow issue on the SLS rocket.
NASA is confronting a persistent liquid hydrogen leak on its SLS moon rocket, a critical issue that threatens the timeline for the upcoming Artemis II crewed mission.
Dust from asteroid Bennu reveals that life's essential building blocks, amino acids, likely formed in extreme cold and radiation, not warm water as long believed.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will take her three-year-old daughter's stuffed rabbit on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station.
NASA is updating its policy to allow astronauts on Artemis and ISS missions to carry iPhones and other modern smartphones, starting with Artemis II and Crew-12.
Voyager Space and Max Space have announced a strategic partnership to develop expandable, inflatable habitats for future human missions on the lunar surface.
Astronauts aboard the ISS are conducting vital heart health research and testing new fuel storage technology as the station orbits at a record altitude.
Families and NASA officials gathered at Kennedy Space Center to mark the 40th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle disaster, honoring the seven astronauts lost.
SpaceX is targeting a Sunday evening launch of 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, but faces a 40% chance of a weather-related delay at the start of the window.
NASA is accepting media applications to cover the historic Artemis II mission from Johnson Space Center, the control hub for the first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for a September launch, running ahead of schedule and within its $4.3 billion budget, a major success for the agency.
NASA is demolishing two historic rocket test facilities in Alabama as the first step in a major infrastructure overhaul under new Administrator Jared Isaacman.
A persistent air leak on the International Space Station's Russian segment has been sealed after a five-year effort, resolving a major safety concern.
A 33-year-old German aerospace engineer, Michaela Benthaus, has become the first wheelchair user to travel to space on a Blue Origin suborbital flight.
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is set to discuss his 245-day mission aboard the International Space Station, where he conducted vital research in medicine and robotics.
A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are on their way back to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station, concluding an eight-month mission.
Texas A&M University and Intuitive Machines are partnering to build a massive lunar simulation facility, backed by $200 million in state funding, to test rovers and equipment for future Moon missions.
NASA has selected commercial space company Arkisys to manage the Astrobee robotic system on the ISS, a move set to expand research and foster a new space tech hub in Southern California.
United Launch Alliance faces a 50% chance of favorable weather for its second attempt to launch the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite after a technical issue scrubbed the first try.
