About Author
Harsh Vardhan brings over five years of experience in space reporting - a niche he discovered after staring at the night sky years prior. His interests lie in watching thrilling rocket launches, learning about mind-bending outer space discoveries and telling his readers about them. Since his journalism career began in 2021, Harsh has worked at Republic Media Network, Mashable India and Deccan Herald as a science writer. When Harsh is AFK, you can find him on a bike, behind a camera or in bed binging on movies.
Latest From Harsh Vardhan
International Space Station to retire in 2030: Here are major private habitats that will replace it
Several private companies are busy building habitats, which will ensure humans continue to occupy Earth’s orbit.
Five billion miles and 200,000 orbits around Earth: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completes milestone
According to NASA, Hubble has made over 1.7 million observations since its launch in 1990.
SpaceX stacks Starship ahead of its debut orbital flight on September 28—watch video
SpaceX is eyeing a launch window starting at 8:15 am EDT on Sept 28, pending regulatory approval.
NASA's Perseverance rover finds ‘astonishingly complex’ record of water activity on early Mars
Scientists have found that the reality on the ground is much different from what was spotted by the orbiters.
The end of ISS: How NASA plans to deorbit the gigantic orbital lab using SpaceX’s help
NASA will begin deorbiting the station in 2030 and crash it into a remote area in the Pacific Ocean.
No alien invasion for now? Study says life on nearby planets may not be advanced enough to attack Earth
Scientists believe life on alien worlds may be constrained by the same factors as on our planet.
On this day 12 years ago, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered Mars orbit. It may crash soon.
MAVEN was supposed to last just one year but orbited Mars for 11 years before finally dying.
International Space Station gets crowded after Progress 96's arrival, hosts five spacecraft
Five of ISS's eight docking ports are now occupied.
NEOMIR: Europe’s proposed mission might save Earth from dangerous asteroids hiding in Sun’s glare
Asteroids that may sneak up on the us hiding in the glare of the Sun pose one of the greatest dangers to humanity.
NASA awards SpaceX $946 million for three more crew missions to the International Space Station
NASA has modified SpaceX's CCtCap contract that now includes Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17.
Watch: Russia’s Progress spacecraft docks with International Space Station carrying 3 tons of cargo
The docking occurred at 9:44 am EDT on September 19 nearly three days after launch from Kazakhstan.
Astrophotographer shares incredible ‘deep field’ image featuring a supernova discovered two weeks ago
The supernova was found by NASA-funded ATLAS and had a magnitude of 17.3 at the time of discovery.
What happens when SpaceX Dragon retires? Boeing’s Starliner may become NASA’s primary vehicle to space: Report
NASA is likely to order two additional Starliner crewed missions to the station as SpaceX is looking to retire the Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX postpones Starship Flight 14, now eyes September 28 for first orbital mission
The launch timing hasn’t changed, and liftoff is still targeted within a 75-minute launch window.
'The Holy Grail of Rocketry': How SpaceX recovered stranded Starship upper stage from sea
SpaceX was able to recover Starship's upper stage from Flight 13 after it had already spent 24 days at sea.
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster landing team wins first ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize for rocket reusability
The Falcon 9 has already completed 100 launches this year, and has flown 687 times since induction.
NASA shares major update on the Crew-13 mission to the ISS—here’s when it will launch
Crew-13 was delayed due to an oxidizer leak in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft's propulsion system.
NASA releases first test image from Nancy Grace Roman Telescope’s 300-megapixel infrared camera
"There is much to do, but we are on our way to groundbreaking science."
Who is Adrianos Golemis, the soon-to-be first Greek astronaut to fly to the International Space Station?
Golemis is expected to fly to the ISS as part of Vast's first private astronaut mission to the orbital outpost.
Starship Flight 14: SpaceX will launch the mega rocket to orbit for the first time, deploy V3 satellites
Pending regulatory approval, Starship is scheduled to lift off from Starbase, Texas, within a 75-minute launch window, which opens at 8:15 a.m. EDT on September 22.