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Op-Ed
Opportunity was the little rover that could
By
Usha Lee McFarling
Feb 15, 2019
L.A. Times en Español
La misión de Opportunity que buscaba establecer un récord en Marte parece haber llegado a su fin
By
Deborah Netburn
Feb 13, 2019
Science
Timeline: Opportunity’s record-setting mission on Mars
By
Karen Kaplan
Feb 13, 2019
Science
NASA declares end to Opportunity’s unequaled Mars mission: ‘We did love this rover’
By
Deborah Netburn
Feb 13, 2019
Science
Opportunity’s record-setting mission on Mars appears to have reached its end
By
Deborah Netburn
Feb 12, 2019
Books
How early NASA inspired the women of Kate Mascarenhas’ ‘Psychology of Time Travel’
By
Emily Rome
Feb 9, 2019
Business
Hawthorne headquarters of SpaceX to be hit hard by layoffs
By
Bloomberg
Jan 13, 2019
Business
SpaceX will soon launch and land its giant Mars spaceship. But its other 2019 goals are more down-to-earth
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jan 9, 2019
Science
NASA's New Horizons mission reveals Ultima Thule in 3-D
By
Deborah Netburn
Jan 3, 2019
World
China just landed on the far side of the moon. Could it become the first nation to have its own moon base?
By
Robyn Dixon
Jan 3, 2019
Science
Meet Ultima Thule: Dark as potting soil and shaped like a snowman, first images reveal
By
Deborah Netburn
Jan 2, 2019
Local
At 83, hidden figure of space program finally gets his due
By
Pam Kragen
Jan 1, 2019
Science
NASA's New Horizons just flew past the most distant world visited by humankind and it went perfectly
By
Deborah Netburn
Jan 1, 2019
Science
Nine science stories to watch in 2019
By
Deborah Netburn
,
Melissa Healy
and
Julia Rosen
Dec 28, 2018
Books
'Hidden Figures' NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson to release autobiography next year
By
Michael Schaub
Dec 20, 2018
Business
Astronauts prepare for flight in SpaceX capsule
By
Samantha Masunaga
Dec 19, 2018
Business
Air Force says it doesn't have concerns about SpaceX's processes as NASA launches a safety review
By
Samantha Masunaga
Dec 14, 2018
Science
Farewell, Voyager 2: NASA's pioneering spacecraft joins its twin in interstellar space
By
Karen Kaplan
Dec 10, 2018
Business
Drone maker AeroVironment moves its headquarters to Simi Valley from Monrovia
By
Samantha Masunaga
Dec 3, 2018
World
Soyuz spacecraft blasts off to International Space Station with 3 astronauts, two months after failure of Russian rocket
By
Associated Press
Dec 3, 2018
Business
NASA selects nine companies that could send science experiments to the surface of the moon
By
Samantha Masunaga
Nov 29, 2018
Science
InSight's 300-million-mile journey to Mars has ended with a safe landing, NASA says
By
Julia Rosen
Nov 26, 2018
Science
A big day for small spacecraft: NASA’s MarCO twins perform flawlessly at Mars
By
Deborah Netburn
Nov 26, 2018
Science
NASA’s InSight lander is about to touch down on Mars, and you can follow live right here
By
Deborah Netburn
Nov 26, 2018
Science
Why is Mars so different from Earth? NASA's InSight mission will dig deep to find answers
By
Julia Rosen
Nov 21, 2018
Business
NASA orders safety review of SpaceX and Boeing, reportedly due to Elon Musk marijuana video
By
Samantha Masunaga
Nov 20, 2018
Entertainment
The challenge of writing ‘First Man’ took four years and a crash course in aeronautical engineering
By
Josh Singer
Nov 20, 2018
Science
NASA’s next Mars rover will look for signs of life on an ancient crater lake
By
Sarah Kaplan
Nov 19, 2018
Q&A
After the flash of 'La La Land,' costume designer Mary Zophres tones it down for 'First Man'
By
Janet Kinosian
Nov 13, 2018
Science
Out of fuel, NASA's Dawn spacecraft ends its mission to study the asteroid belt
By
Deborah Netburn
Nov 1, 2018
Nation
U.S.-Russia space partnership has had its ups and downs, but failed launch might end up helping
By
Matthew Bodner
Nov 1, 2018
Science
After discovering more than 2,600 planets, NASA's Kepler space telescope is headed for retirement
By
Deborah Netburn
Oct 30, 2018
Science
American and Russian headed to International Space Station are safe after emergency landing
By
Associated Press
Oct 11, 2018
Entertainment
Review: 'First Man,' starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, thrills, moves and perplexes
By
Justin Chang
Oct 9, 2018
Business
First flights of Boeing and SpaceX astronaut capsules are delayed to 2019
By
Samantha Masunaga
Oct 4, 2018
Entertainment
Review: Slick 'Above and Beyond' showcases NASA's triumphs and Earthbound concerns
By
Robert Abele
Oct 4, 2018
Entertainment
L.A. movie openings, Oct. 5
By
Kevin Crust
Sep 30, 2018
Business
United Launch Alliance picks Blue Origin's engine for its new rocket
By
Samantha Masunaga
Sep 27, 2018
Business
Meet the man who's paying SpaceX to fly him around the moon and back: billionaire Yusaku Maezawa
By
Samantha Masunaga
Sep 18, 2018
Business
SpaceX isn't the only one interested in heading to the moon. Here's who else is planning missions
By
Samantha Masunaga
Sep 17, 2018
Local
In last flight of a Delta 2, NASA launches satellite to measure changes in ice sheets and glaciers
By
Associated Press
Sep 15, 2018
Q&A
How Saturday's satellite launch will improve understanding of rising sea levels
By
Gary Robbins
Sep 13, 2018
Entertainment
'If Beale Street Could Talk' wraps Toronto in a loving embrace, while 'High Life' and 'First Man' probe new frontiers
By
Justin Chang
Sep 10, 2018
Entertainment
Virtually every film coming out this fall
By
Kevin Crust
Aug 30, 2018
World
China rankled by the Taiwanese president's visit to NASA
By
Ralph Jennings
Aug 20, 2018
Business
NASA is almost ready to let SpaceX fuel rockets while astronauts are strapped in
By
Samantha Masunaga
Aug 20, 2018
Business
Astronaut capsule development 'will not be a losing proposition' for SpaceX
By
Samantha Masunaga
Aug 14, 2018
Nation
NASA spacecraft rockets toward the sun for our closest look yet
By
Associated Press
Aug 12, 2018
Science
NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to bring the sun's mysteries to light
By
Amina Khan
Aug 10, 2018
Business
A new wave of satellites in orbit: Cheap and tiny, with short life spans
By
Samantha Masunaga
Aug 7, 2018
Business
NASA introduces astronaut crews chosen for the next human missions to launch from U.S. soil
By
Christian Davenport
Aug 3, 2018
Business
First flights for Boeing and SpaceX crew capsules are delayed again
By
Samantha Masunaga
Aug 2, 2018
Business
AeroVironment draws on high-altitude drone development to help make a helicopter for Mars
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jul 31, 2018
Business
Northrop CEO tells Congress cost overruns for new space telescope should not be paid by company
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jul 26, 2018
Science
Scientists detect a body of liquid water beneath a Martian ice cap
By
Carolyn Y. Johnson
Jul 25, 2018
Business
Boeing says its astronaut capsule system suffered 'anomaly' during engine test
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jul 23, 2018
SoCal
JPL experiences brush with stardom, earning Emmy nod for Cassini coverage
By
Sara Cardine
Jul 19, 2018
Business
The military is building a space plane. Now it looks to have an engine up to the task
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jul 16, 2018
SoCal
Caltech awarded 5-year, $15B NASA contract to continue management of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
By
Sara Cardine
Jun 29, 2018
Travel
Take a trip to Mars with a visit to NASA's InSight Roadshow
By
Mary Forgione
Jun 29, 2018
Business
SpaceX launches a robot and strong coffee for the space station crew
By
Associated Press
Jun 29, 2018
Science
If NASA can overcome human error and other problems, its James Webb Space Telescope may finally launch in 2021
By
Karen Kaplan
Jun 27, 2018
Science
NASA engineers hope the Opportunity rover will sleep through a continent-sized dust storm on Mars
By
Amina Khan
Jun 13, 2018
Science
Antarctica’s ice is shrinking at an unprecedented rate that could imperil coastal regions worldwide
By
Amina Khan
Jun 13, 2018
L.A. Times en Español
Hallazgos de moléculas orgánicas en Marte ofrecen pistas alentadoras en la búsqueda de vida en ese planeta
By
Amina Khan
Jun 7, 2018
Science
Curiosity rover's findings on Mars' organic molecules offer tantalizing clues in the search for life on the planet
By
Amina Khan
Jun 7, 2018
Science
Dunes of methane ice? Tiny Pluto's surface reveals big surprises
By
Amina Khan
May 31, 2018
Local
Alan Bean, fourth astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 86
By
Associated Press
May 26, 2018
Business
NASA looks to send nuclear reactors to the moon and Mars
By
Rob Nikolewski
May 25, 2018
Nation
Internal memo suggested that White House 'ignore' federal scientists' climate research
By
Washington Post
May 23, 2018
Op-Ed
Why are we relying on profit-driven Uber and Elon Musk for our transit future?
By
David L. Ulin
May 18, 2018
Business
SpaceX's controversial rocket fueling procedure appears 'viable,' says NASA safety advisory panel
By
Samantha Masunaga
May 17, 2018
Science
Strange readings from a dead spacecraft reveal new evidence of water on Europa
By
Amina Khan
May 15, 2018
Science
How hard is it to fly a helicopter on Mars? NASA will soon find out
By
Karen Kaplan
May 11, 2018
Science
NASA's InSight spacecraft is on its way to Mars
By
Karen Kaplan
and
Amina Khan
May 5, 2018
Newsletter
Essential California: The pitfalls of DNA testing
By
Benjamin Oreskes
and
Shelby Grad
May 4, 2018
Science
NASA's InSight mission will look deep into the heart of Mars for clues about its past
By
Amina Khan
May 3, 2018
Op-Ed
We need to know if there is life on Mars before we send humans there
By
David Weintraub
Apr 30, 2018
Science
Liftoff! TESS, NASA's new planet-hunting space telescope, is now in space
By
Amina Khan
Apr 18, 2018
Science
NASA's new spacecraft will remain on the launchpad until Wednesday as SpaceX conducts rocket tests
By
Amina Khan
Apr 16, 2018
Science
NASA is about to step up its planet-hunting game with the launch of TESS
By
Amina Khan
Apr 13, 2018
L.A. Times en Español
Con el lanzamiento de TESS, la NASA redobla su cacería de planetas
By
Amina Khan
Apr 13, 2018
World
Mexico's disaster bonds were meant to provide quick cash after hurricanes and earthquakes. But it often hasn’t worked out that way
By
Jeremy Blackman and Micah Maidenberg and Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
Apr 8, 2018
Travel
Here are the best places in Lompoc to see the California launch of NASA's InSight mission to Mars
By
Mary Forgione
Apr 6, 2018
SoCal
Hoping to get into the June ‘Explore JPL’ event? First-come, first-served tickets available online Saturday
By
Carol Cormaci
Apr 4, 2018
Science
InSight: NASA's next mission to Mars will go deep beneath the red planet's surface
By
Amina Khan
Mar 30, 2018
Business
Launch of James Webb Space Telescope, massive successor to Hubble, delayed to 2020
By
Samantha Masunaga
and
Ralph Vartabedian
Mar 28, 2018
Business
With a spacecraft in trouble and the White House watching, SpaceX had to deliver
By
Washington Post
Mar 18, 2018
Science
Deep gas bands, shapely cyclones — NASA's Juno reveals more of Jupiter's secrets
By
Amina Khan
Mar 7, 2018
Q&A
A former NASA astronaut says it wouldn't be so bad to transfer the space station to private management
By
Deborah Netburn
Mar 2, 2018
Travel
Coastal road trip in Western Australia is a long-held dream finally fully realized
By
Margo Pfeiff
Feb 25, 2018
Travel
MarsFest in Death Valley brings the Red Planet down to Earth
By
Mary Forgione
Feb 23, 2018
Business
NASA is bringing back Cold War-era atomic rockets to get to Mars
By
Stephen Stapczynski
Feb 15, 2018
Science
TRAPPIST-1 planets are rocky and have complex atmospheres, new studies show
By
Amina Khan
Feb 6, 2018
Science
Blast from the past: How Explorer 1, America's first satellite, launched the space race and NASA
By
Sean Greene
Jan 31, 2018
Travel
Watch live: 'super blue blood moon' eclipse from points in the West
By
Mary Forgione
Jan 30, 2018
Visuals
From the Archives: Rocket test rumbles Santa Susana Field Laboratory
By
Scott Harrison
Jan 23, 2018
Science
2017 was one of the three hottest years on record, NASA and NOAA scientists say
By
Amina Khan
Jan 18, 2018
Business
SpaceX and Boeing aim to take crews to the space station soon, but Congress has a warning
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jan 17, 2018
Business
The Falcon Heavy rocket will be one of SpaceX's biggest tests yet
By
Samantha Masunaga
Jan 12, 2018
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