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The private Athena moon lander will touch down near the moon's south pole today: Watch it live
By Josh Dinner published
Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is scheduled to touch down near the moon's south pole today (March 6). Here's how to watch it live.

Varda space capsule returns to Earth in 1st commercial landing in Australian Outback (photos)
By Andrew Jones published
Varda Space has successfully landed a reentry capsule in Australia, delivering critical data that could advance in-space manufacturing and hypersonic technologies.

The US will 'plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond,' Trump tells Congress
By Tariq Malik published
President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the American flag to Mars and beyond during a speech before the joint session of Congress.

Private Athena moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site
By Josh Dinner published
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown attempt.

Mystery solved! Odd X-ray signal was 'death knell' of planet destroyed by zombie star (video)
By Robert Lea published
An X-ray signal that has puzzled scientists for 45 years was the "death knell" of a planet ripped apart by a white dwarf star, data from NASA's Chandra observatory has revealed.

NASA delays launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to March 7
By Josh Dinner last updated
NASA is now launching its SPHEREx and PUNCH space missions on March 6 at 10:09 p.m. ET.

Sci-fi shooter 'Jump Ship' is nearly here, and it's a chaotic mix of 'Left 4 Dead', 'Sea of Thieves', 'FTL' and Hawaiian pizza (video)
By Jeff Spry published
Check out the new trailer for "Jump Ship", the wild co-op sci-fi shooter coming this summer, with a closed beta available right now.

SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch: Live updates
By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated
Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.
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