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NASA satellite will use radar to map Earth's crust in extreme detail
NASA and India's space agency are teaming up to launch a satellite that uses radar to study even the tiniest details of Earth's crust.
SpaceX astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will be recognized for their bravery after flying the first crewed SpaceX mission to the International Space Station.
NASA and DARPA will test nuclear thermal engines for crewed missions to Mars
Nuclear thermal rocket engines could help get astronauts to Mars more quickly than by chemical propulsion methods. NASA and DARPA are working on nuclear thermal propulsion tech that they hope to test as soon as 2027.
SpaceX completes first stacked Starship fueling test
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship super heavy-lift rocket is one step closer to the day when it may finally fly.
Scientists found a new emperor penguin colony by tracking poo markings from space
Half of the 66 emperor penguin colonies humans know about have been found using satellite imagery.
Russia will send a 'rescue' spacecraft to the ISS following leak
Russia is rushing a Soyuz capsule to the ISS to replace a damaged one.
Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit
On Thursday, Virgin Orbit leaders provided a preliminary explanation as to just what went wrong during Monday's Start Me Up mission launch.
The Webb Telescope's first confirmed exoplanet is 99 percent the diameter of Earth
We peered 41 light years into the cosmos and found a planet in the Octans constellation with a diameter 99 percent that of Earth itself — say hello to LHS 475 b.
What an 'oddball' star in the Cygnus cluster can teach us about how masers are made
Researchers with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory may have uncovered a significant insight into how masers (nature's lasers) are formed while conducting a routine study of the "oddball" star MWC 349A.
The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbit
Virgin Orbit's historic "Start Me Up" mission launched from Spaceport Cornwell on January 9th as planned, but it has failed to reach orbit and has ultimately ended in failure.
NASA's 38-year-old science satellite falls safely to Earth
NASA's dead 38-year-old satellite has plunged safely through the atmosphere — but you might not see many repeats in the future.
A dead NASA satellite is returning to Earth after 38 years in space
After nearly four decades in space, NASA’s retried Earth Radiation Budget Satellite is about to fall from the sky.
Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90
Walter Cunningham, last surviving astronaut of the Apollo 7 mission, died on Tuesday at 90.
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft returns to Kennedy Space Center
After a 1.4 million flight to the Moon and back (and a cross-country road trip across the US), NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft returned to Kennedy Space Center for closer inspection.
NASA officially retires its InSight Mars lander
After two consecutive failed attempts to re-establish contact, NASA on Wednesday officially called an end to its four-year InSight Mars mission.
Radiator leak from Russian ISS module leaves spacewalkers cooling their heels
A coolant leak on the Russian capsule Soyuz MS-22, docked to the ISS, halted a spacewalk.
Everything NASA is taking to the moon before colonizing Mars
NASA’s goal for Artemis is simple: to re-establish a human foothold on the Moon for the first time since 1972, and stay there. Here's how they'll do it.
Watch NASA's ocean-monitoring satellite launch here at 6AM ET
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite will track the vast majority of water on Earth for the first time. It will help to improve flood forecasts, drought monitoring and models that predict rising sea levels.
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission has returned to Earth
After a 25-and-a-half day flight to the Moon and back, NASA's Artemis 1 mission has returned to Earth.
Watch NASA's Artemis 1 splashdown here, starting at 11AM ET
After 25 days in space, Orion is about to conclude its uncrewed test run to the Moon. The Artemis 1 mission will draw to a close when the NASA spacecraft splashes down in the Pacific Ocean at around 12:40PM ET.