Saturday’s SpaceX launch will mark the return of regular crewed launches in the US after nearly…
Author: Daniel Oberhaus
Fireball Is Werner Herzog’s Ode to Space Rocks
A new documentary from the German auteur examines the influence of meteorites on cultures around the…
The Plan to Turn Scrapped Rockets Into Space Stations
Spent rockets are dangerous space trash, but they could be the future of living and working…
The Batteries of the Future Are Weightless and Invisible
There’s a renaissance underway in structural battery research, which aims to build energy storage into the…
How Humanity Spent Its First 20 Years in Orbit Aboard the ISS
Two decades ago, three explorers arrived at the International Space Station and marked the beginning of…
What Comes After the International Space Station?
Funding for the world's premiere orbital laboratory won't last forever. Its end could usher in a…
There May Be Far More Water on the Moon Than NASA Thought
A new pair of studies reveals that the resource isn’t limited to large shadowy craters. That's…
Mark Kelly’s Been To Space. Can He Make it to Capitol Hill?
Mark Kelly isn’t the first former NASA astronaut to run for office, but if he’s elected…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Is About to Touch an Asteroid
After years of studying Bennu, the spacecraft will make its first attempt at a sample collection…
How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World
WIRED paid a visit to NASA's first probe designed to protect Earth from killer asteroids. It…