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Russian cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk to install and retrieve science experiments
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: 'We will spare no effort'
By Leonard David published
China is melding its robotic Chang'e lunar probe activities with the country's human spaceflight program in an effort to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'
By Mike Wall published
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.

3 planets will line up in the night sky tonight: Here's where to look for the mini planetary parade
By Anthony Wood published
Don't miss Jupiter, Venus and Mercury create a dazzling line in the western sky at sunset tonight.

On this day in space! May 27, 2009: Expedition 20 doubles space station's crew size
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On May 25, 2008, NASA's Phoenix lander arrived on Mars.

Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
Fear not, these lasers are just doing science.

NASA will reveal the Artemis 3 astronauts on June 9
By Mike Wall published
On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year.

'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity
By Robert Lea published
"The mystery is not solved."

The Milky Way may have devoured another galaxy named Loki, and astronomers think they've found its remains
By Julian Dossett published
Astronomers say that they have identified 20 stars that may have grown up together in a dwarf galaxy named "Loki" that eventually became part of our Milky Way.
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