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Space station astronauts bid farewell to private Ax-4 crew | On the ISS this week July 14-18, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)
By Andrew Jones Published
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50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard
By Josh Dinner Published
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Keeping wastewater flowing into tomorrow's coffee | On the ISS this week July 7 - 11, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Who is Sean Duffy, NASA's new interim chief? From champion lumberjack, reality TV star and Cabinet secretary to space
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS
By Josh Dinner Published
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Apollo
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50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA legend Gene Kranz returns to mission control | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon dies at 99
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast 'BUZZ'
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Artemis
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Nozzle blows off rocket booster during test for NASA's Artemis program (video)
By Josh Dinner Published
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Portrait of a moon buggy | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Norway becomes 55th nation to sign NASA Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration
By Josh Dinner Published
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ReferenceArtemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?
By Robert Lea Last updated
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NASA gets keys to Orion spacecraft | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket gets 2nd stage even as Trump tries to scrap Space Launch System (photos)
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026
By Josh Dinner Published
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Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Asteroid & Comet Missions
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Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029
By Andrew Jones Published
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Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
By Victoria Corless Published
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
By Keith Cooper Published
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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago
By Conor Feehly Published
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Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
By Robert Lea Published
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029
By Andrew Jones Published
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International Space Station
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Space station astronauts bid farewell to private Ax-4 crew | On the ISS this week July 14-18, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard
By Josh Dinner Published
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Keeping wastewater flowing into tomorrow's coffee | On the ISS this week July 7 - 11, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS
By Josh Dinner Published
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ISS astronaut captures a rare phenomenon from orbit — a giant 'sprite' above a thunderstorm
By Anthony Wood Published
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Seeing 'fireworks' on Earth from space | On the ISS this week June 26 - July 4, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 - 27, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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When it comes to auroras, pink is the new white, astronaut says | On the ISS this week June 16 - 20, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Space humbles the SEAL-doctor-astronaut | On the ISS this week June 9-13, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Mars rovers
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Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Why does NASA's Perseverance rover keep taking pictures of this maze on Mars?
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Dust devil on Mars photobombs NASA Perseverance rover's selfie (photo)
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Perseverance watches moonrise on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 16, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
By Leonard David Published
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Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable
By Victoria Corless Published
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NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Curiosity rover rolls past 'Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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New Horizons
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New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
By Leonard David Published
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Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger
By Keith Cooper Published
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New Horizons' Alan Stern will fulfill a lifelong dream on Virgin Galactic spaceflight this week
By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
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NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 2020s
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed)
By Rod Pyle Published
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NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from the rear (Neptune, too). Here's how you can help
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission
By Josh Dinner Published
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Parker Solar Probe
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ReferenceParker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest human-made object
By Tia Ghose Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
By Rahul Rao Published
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Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA selects solar physicist Nicola Fox as its new science chief
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its 15th close flyby of the sun this St. Patrick's Day
By Robert Lea Published
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Space Shuttle
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Trump's signing of 'One Big Beautiful Bill' includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Texas Senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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The most memorable space shuttle missions
By Clara Moskowitz Last updated
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ReferenceEndeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Buran: The Soviet space shuttle that flew just once
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Full-size mock space shuttle makes first move towards Downey display
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Voyager
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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles
By Robert Lea Published
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Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't doing so well — here's what we know
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe in interstellar space can't phone home (again) due to glitch
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away
By Rahul Rao Published
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NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft extends its interstellar science mission for 3 more years
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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NASA's Voyager project scientist Ed Stone retires after 50 years
By Mike Wall Published
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Mysterious dust ring around Uranus spotted in rediscovered Voyager 2 data
By Meghan Bartels Published
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More about Missions
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NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS
By Josh Dinner Published
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ISS astronaut captures a rare phenomenon from orbit — a giant 'sprite' above a thunderstorm
By Anthony Wood Published
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Trump's signing of 'One Big Beautiful Bill' includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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