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NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

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Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

International Space Station
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

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An artist's representation of NASA's Lucy spacecraft flying by the asteroid Donaldjohanson.

NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday

By Stefanie Waldek published

On Easter Sunday (April 20), NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

Asteroids
Art for the turn-based tactics video game 'Star Wars: Zero Company'. On the left is the title of the game "Star Wars Zero Company". To the right is a rag-tag group of six, preparing to enter battle.

'Star Wars: Zero Company' is a new X-COM-style strategy video game set during the Clone Wars, and it's coming in 2026 (video)

By Fran Ruiz published

If you're a fan of XCOM and the Star Wars' Clone Wars era, you're in luck. Zero Company is coming in 2026.

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This Week in Space 157 — Space Force!

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 157 — Space Force!

By Space.com Staff published

On Episode 157 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik invite Chief Master Sergeant John Bentivegna to the podcast to discuss the Space Force.

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a black and white photo of a light colored space module with darker solar array panels

On this day in space! April 19, 1971: World's 1st space station launches into orbit

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1.

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A stunning long-duration photograph of the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked above Earth’s atmospheric glow as seen 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station this evening (April 19), and you can watch it live.

International Space Station
a rust orange yellow sky and landscape features a rocky surface in the foreground, with a large pointed hill beyond.

Could Mars volcanoes have supported ancient life on the Red Planet? Well, maybe

By Stefanie Waldek published

Using NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze Martian rocks, researchers suggest that Mars' complex volcanism might hold clues about the planet's ancient habitability.

Mars
SpaceX's first Falcon 9 rocket to land off the coast of the Bahamas touched down on a drone ship on Feb. 18, 2025.

Bahamas puts SpaceX rocket landings on hold pending review: report

By Tariq Malik published

Landing off the coast of the Bahamas offers SpaceX new rocket flight trajectories.

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