The Latest Breaking News from NASA

No disrespect to the pop star or the rest of Blue Origin’s all-female crew, but most of them weren’t obvious astronaut material, writes Zoe Williams

The last all-female crew sent to space was in 1963 by the Russians. Among the crew on Monday's flight was singer Katy Perry and TV host Gayle King.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into a moonlit Florida sky, deploying 21 Starlink satellites, 13 with game-changing Direct-to-Cell tech to kill dead zones. The historic 400th SpaceX mission reused a veteran booster on its 10th flight, capping a delayed but dazzling liftoff. Read more at Dynamite News.

James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.

On Episode 156 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik welcome Phil Metzger to discuss the dangerous realities of rocket plumes.

"First Woman" has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon.

Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed

Budget passback documents reportedly suggest the White House wants to cut NASA's budget by half — possibly closing down Goddard Space Flight Center.

The latest in a series of letters from House Democrats to NASA officials claims that Elon Musk's DOGE staffers have been given "unrestricted physical access" to agency facilities. NASA has yet to respond.