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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA begins countdown for critical fueling test
Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.
The Pelican Nebula shines near the Las Vegas Strip in gorgeous deep space photo
The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan.
Gladys West, GPS pioneer and one of NASA's famed 'Hidden Figures,' dies at 95
West's work on modeling the Earth's shape assisted with the development of GPS, today used by an estimated 4 billion people.
See the full 'Snow Moon' chill in the eastern sky at sunset tonight
The 'Snow Moon' is named for the inclement weather that is common in January.
Chinese space tourism startup eyes 2028 for 1st crewed mission, signs celebrity for future flight
InterstellOr is already taking bookings for its planned suborbital flights and says it has attracted its first celebrity passenger, highlighting China's growing commercial space ambitions.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 193 — A History of Tomorrow
On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and Director of the Johnson Space Center, about NASA's spaceflight tragedies.
On this day in space: Jan. 31, 1961: Ham the chimpanzee takes flight
On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee by the name of Ham blasted off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket and became the first hominid to go to space.
From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.
