Jon Kelvey

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The silver structure of the International Space Station against the black backdrop of space.
Health

What mouse embryos can tell us about the future of pregnancies in space

By Jon Kelvey

An ISRO rocket launches amid a brownish plume of exhaust.
Science

India had an impressive year in space—and it’s just getting started

By Jon Kelvey

Pale craters on the moon's lunar surface, with dark shadows below.
Moons

This private lander could be the first US machine on the moon this century

By Jon Kelvey

The metal capsule containing asteroid samples of Bennu.
NASA

NASA’s first asteroid-return sample is a goldmine of life-sustaining materials

By Jon Kelvey

A NASA astronaut in a white spacesuit in orbit above blue Earth.
Health

Why we need a code of ethics to study space tourists

By Jon Kelvey

A spacecraft in a white room as technicians wearing cleanroom suits look on.
NASA

NASA’s mission to a weird metal asteroid has blasted off

By Jon Kelvey

A NASA illustration of its boxy OSIRIS spacecraft touching an asteroid.
NASA

NASA’s OSIRIS mission delivered asteroid samples to Earth

By Jon Kelvey

An illustration of a white Starship rocket on a gray lunar surface.
Private Space Flight

What SpaceX—and anyone else going to the moon—can learn from the prep for Starship’s next launch

By Jon Kelvey

A rocket launch creates strange contrails in front of the Milky Way.
Science

You didn’t see a UFO. It was probably one of these things.

By Jon Kelvey

India just landed on the moon. Now it’s headed for the sun.
Physics

India just landed on the moon. Now it’s headed for the sun.

By Jon Kelvey

A NASA illustration of two astronauts in white spacesuits drilling into red Martian dirt.
Health

To create a small Mars colony, leave the jerks on Earth

By Jon Kelvey

An illustration of two NASA astronauts in a lunar crater.
Moons

Why do all these countries want to go to the moon right now?

By Jon Kelvey

The white Boeing Starliner capsule above a blue Earth.
NASA

Boeing’s struggling Starliner craft won’t fly astronauts until at least 2024

By Jon Kelvey

A NASA image of the sun with a bright solar flare in the upper left.
Climate Change

Would a massive shade between Earth and the sun help slow climate change?

By Jon Kelvey

SPT2215 relaxed galaxy cluster in composite image by Chandra, Hubble, and other space instruments
Deep Space

Secrets of the early universe are hidden in this chill galaxy cluster

By Jon Kelvey

Orange, fire-like clouds extend from a central star.
Deep Space

Astronomers spy cosmic dust, with a twist, from the very early universe

By Jon Kelvey

Silver radio telescopes with mountains in the background.
Science

How scientists decide if they’ve actually found signals of alien life

By Jon Kelvey

VIPER moon rover coming down a ramp during a test at the NASA Ames Research Center
Engineering

NASA’s quirky new lunar rover will be the first to cruise the moon’s south pole

By Jon Kelvey

Euclid Space Telescope mounted on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a holding facility before dark energy and dark matter mission launch
Deep Space

Euclid space telescope begins its search through billions of galaxies for dark matter and energy

By Jon Kelvey

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in suborbital space.
Private Space Flight

Virgin Galactic has a launch date for its first paying space tourists

By Jon Kelvey