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SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut mission: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station for NASA.
The Psyche mission: A visit to a metal asteroid
By Adam Mann, Vicky Stein last updated
Reference Psyche is a NASA mission that will explore a 140-mile-wide (225 kilometers) metallic asteroid called 16 Psyche. To provide an insight into planetary formation.
Space Perspective completes 1st uncrewed balloon flight to the edge of Earth's atmosphere (video)
By Josh Dinner published
Space Perspective completed the first uncrewed test flight of its Spaceship Neptune Excelsior balloon ride to the edge of Earth's atmosphere, and expects crewed flights to begin next year.
New image of China's secret space plane shows delta-wing design
By Leonard David published
Images captured by spacecraft tracker appear to show China's mysterious space plane sporting a delta-wing design.
Orion spacecraft can shield Artemis astronauts from deep-space radiation, study shows
By Andrew Jones published
Data from NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight.
Boeing Starliner astronaut Suni Williams takes ISS command as 8-day mission turns into 8 months (video)
By Josh Dinner published
When assigned her original eight-day mission, she certainly didn't expect to taking over as commander of the International Space Station.
On this day in space! Sept. 24, 2014: India's 1st Mars mission reaches orbit
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Sept. 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission entered into orbit around Mars!
SpaceX fishes Starship Super Heavy booster out of the sea (photo)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX has retrieved from the sea the first-stage booster that flew on its latest Starship test flight, which launched this past June.
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