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May 31
- SpaceX 'stowaway' revealed by crew as sons' dinosaur toy 'Tremor'
- SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon with astronauts docks at space station in historic rendezvous
- SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon with astronauts to dock at space station today. Here's how to watch.
- With SpaceX's first astronaut launch, a new era of human spaceflight has dawned
- Astronauts name SpaceX spaceship 'Endeavour' after retired shuttle
- Elon Musk 'overcome with emotion' after SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch
- Why now is a good time for a SpaceX astronaut trip to space
- Tour SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship in orbit with NASA's Demo-2 astronauts (video)
May 30
- Trump hails SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch success for NASA
- SpaceX just launched 2 astronauts into orbit. What's next for the NASA crew?
- Here's what SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch looked like from space (photo)
- You can see SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon with astronauts in the night sky tonight. Here's how.
- In photos: SpaceX's historic Demo-2 test flight with astronauts
- Liftoff! SpaceX launches 1st astronauts for NASA on historic test flight
- SpaceX's historic Demo-2 astronaut launch: Photos, videos and awesome tweets
- Cosmonaut spots SpaceX's Demo-2 launch pad from space station (photo)
- Hydrogen ice? Unheard-of composition could explain 'Oumuamua's weirdness
- How to watch SpaceX's historic 1st Demo-2 astronaut launch live online
- SpaceX will try again to launch 1st astronaut mission for NASA today. Here's when to watch live.
- NASA and SpaceX eye weather for historic Demo-2 astronaut launch Saturday
May 29
- Sun unleashes biggest flare since 2017. Is our star waking up?
- What time is SpaceX's Demo-2 astronaut launch for NASA?
- Proxima b, the closest exoplanet we know, may be even more Earth-like than we thought
- SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype explodes after rocket engine test
- NASA marks new era of spaceflight with resurgence of 'worm' logo
- SpaceX Demo-2 with Space.com! Tune in Fridays for weekly updates
- Here's the weather forecast for SpaceX's 2nd astronaut launch attempt on Saturday
- Meteor that blasted millions of trees in Siberia only 'grazed' Earth, new research says
- Netflix's 'Space Force' is everything we hoped it would be
- Surprise! 'Space Force' co-creator Greg Daniels is a big space fan. His comedy with Steve Carell launches on Netflix today.
- A first-of-its-kind asteroid thrilled astronomers. But it was just a comet fraud.
May 28
- SpaceX fires up Starship SN4 prototype as FAA issues launch license for test flights (video)
- SpaceX's historic astronaut launch try draws huge crowds despite NASA warnings
- 'Vigorous' magnetic field oddity spotted over South Atlantic
- General Relativity passes the Ratio's Test
- Tristan Eaton's 'Human Kind' art flying on SpaceX astronaut launch
- A NASA astronaut launched a model rocket on eve of his own historic SpaceX launch
- 6 wild things we spotted during SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch attempt
- Why SpaceX has to wait until Saturday for its next try to launch astronauts for NASA
May 27
- 'The weather got us,' NASA chief says of SpaceX's 1st crewed launch delay
- Stuck on Earth, the astronauts of SpaceX's 1st crewed flight keep their spirits high
- SpaceX delays 1st astronaut launch for NASA due to bad weather
- Trump will return to Florida Saturday for SpaceX launch after weather delay
- For the astronauts on SpaceX's Crew Dragon, space travel is all in the (NASA) family
- Satellites track Tropical Storm Bertha ahead of historic SpaceX launch
- NASA astronauts avoided turning SpaceX's Crew Dragon into 'Bob & Doug's excellent machine'
- The touchscreen controls of SpaceX's Crew Dragon give astronauts a sci-fi way to fly in space
- Ancient 'ring of fire' galaxy found glaring at Earth across space and time
- Interview: Astronaut Cady Coleman on SpaceX's historic Demo-2 launch for NASA
- SpaceX will launch NASA astronauts for the 1st time today. Here's what to expect.
- SpaceX's 1st astronaut mission is launching from a truly historic NASA pad
- For SpaceX's historic astronaut launch, the stakes have never been higher
May 26
- NatGeo and ABC team up for live SpaceX astronaut launch coverage Wednesday
- SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch will be a 'unique moment' for America, NASA chief says
- SpaceX's Crew Dragon has a new space toilet for astronauts. But how does it work?
- SpaceX astronauts first to forgo wearing mission patch for launch since Gemini
- Ben & Jerry's launches new limited flavor Boots on the Moooo'n
- Adam Savage on SpaceX's first astronaut launch, spacesuits and storytelling
- Lego and partners open online robotics competition for students
- SpaceX wants to send people to Mars. Here's what the trip might look like.
- In photos: The Expedition 63 mission to the International Space Station
May 25
- SpaceX, NASA give final 'go' for historic astronaut launch Wednesday
- Virgin Orbit's 1st test launch fails to reach orbit
- Japanese cargo ship arrives at space station to make one last delivery
- SpaceX's astronaut launch debut won't be the first human spaceflight from American soil since 2011
- SpaceX and NASA are ready to launch astronauts. Here's the 10-year journey it took to get here.
- Russian military satellite launch spawns space-junk fireball over Australia (video)
May 24
- Sensor glitch delays Virgin Orbit's 1st launch of new LauncherOne rocket
- Here's what SpaceX's 1st spaceship to carry astronauts looks like from space (satellite photos)
- Meet the NASA astronauts launching on SpaceX's historic Crew Dragon test flight
- NASA and SpaceX to launch astronauts into orbit this week on Crew Dragon spacecraft
May 23
- Astronauts perform one last dress rehearsal for big SpaceX launch next week
- These 2 NASA astronauts are ready to make history on a SpaceX spaceship
- Discovery, Science Channel offer behind-the-scenes looks at SpaceX's 1st crew launch
- Here's every spaceship that's ever carried an astronaut into orbit
- The astronauts on SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch have named their ship. (But they're not telling ... yet.)
May 22
- SpaceX test-fires rocket for epic astronaut launch for NASA on May 27
- NASA is having a virtual 'Launch America' party for historic SpaceX flight. (Yes, you're invited)
- It's official: SpaceX is 'go' to launch NASA astronauts on Crew Dragon spaceship
- From trees to tags, NASA astronauts start traditions before first SpaceX launch
- How SpaceX's sleek spacesuit changes astronaut fashion from the space shuttle era
- New Marsquake study could shatter theories on how Mars was born
May 21
- NASA review of Space's 1st launch to carry astronauts goes into overtime
- Satellite images show Typhoon Amphan's landfall in India, Bangladesh
- Trump will watch SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch for NASA in person
- Farewell Venus, hello Mercury! The innermost planet steals the spotlight this week
- Why did NASA's human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro abruptly resign?
- SpaceX Crew Dragon reaches launch pad for historic NASA astronaut launch
- Watch astronauts talk SpaceX's Demo-2 launch with 'Virtual Astronomy Live' today!
- SpaceX will make history with NASA astronaut launch next week. But will it draw crowds to Florida?
- Massive disk galaxy could change our understanding of how galaxies are born
- Ready, SETI, go: Is there a race to contact E.T.?
May 20
- Virgin Orbit to attempt 1st launch of LauncherOne rocket this weekend
- NASA astronauts arrive at launch site for historic SpaceX test flight
- NASA plan to sample asteroid Bennu delayed by coronavirus pandemic
- Japanese HTV cargo ship, the last of its kind, launches to International Space Station
- Lost in space: Before SpaceX can 'capture the flag,' an astronaut had to find it
- SpaceX fires up Starship SN4 prototype for 3rd time (video)
- NASA renames WFIRST space telescope after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, the 'Mother of Hubble'
- Japan will launch its last HTV cargo ship to the space station today. Here's how to watch live.
- Baby exoplanet spotted growing around distant star (photo)
- SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA
May 19
- NASA human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro resigns on eve of historic SpaceX launch
- Annie Glenn, widow of 1st American astronaut in orbit John Glenn, dies at 100
- Love isolation? NASA wants you to spend 8 months locked in a Russian lab
- 'Space Force' is coming! See the 2nd trailer for Steve Carell's new Netflix comedy (video)
- The 'EVE Online' mobile MMO spin-off 'EVE Echoes' is launching in August
- Colonizing Mars may require humanity to tweak its DNA
- SpaceX's 1st Dragon capsule for astronauts arrives at launch site for historic mission
- Mud volcanoes may spew on Mars, scientists say
May 18
- Comet SWAN: A brilliant 'icy wanderer' in photos
- See Jupiter and Saturn snuggle up in the predawn sky this week
- 'Kerbal Space Program' teams up with European Space Agency for 'Shared Horizons' expansion
- SpaceX postpones Starlink satellite fleet launch due to Tropical Storm Arthur
- Satellites see Tropical Storm Arthur, the Atlantic's 1st named storm of 2020, from space
- How SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission will work in 13 steps
- The NASA monopoly on US orbital spaceflight is ending
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts sun observation marathon
May 17
- The sky is full of weird X-shaped galaxies. Here's why.
- Space Force launches robotic X-37B space plane on new mystery mission
- Get lost in Jupiter's haze thanks to new pictures from NASA spacecraft
May 16
- Space Force launch of X-37B space plane delayed by bad weather
- Captain Pike of 'Star Trek' gets spin-off series with Spock and Number One
- The north magnetic pole is leaving Canada for Siberia. These 'blobs' may be the reason why.
- Coronavirus pandemic delays key tests of NASA's new SLS megarocket
- Space Force to launch X-37B space plane on secret mission today. Here's how to watch live.
- NASA and 'Kerbal Space Program' challenge gamers to recreate historic SpaceX launch to space station
May 15
- The US Space Force now has a flag. Here it is.
- Hey, Class of 2020! SpaceX and NASA want to launch your photo on historic Dragon flight
- Why a microwave-beam experiment will launch aboard the Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane
- NASA lays out 'Artemis Accords' for responsible moon exploration
- 'Star Trek Online' and 'Neverwinter' join forces to help coronavirus relief efforts
- Watch how the Space Force will launch an X-37B space plane on a secret mission Saturday
- In photos: Atlas V launches AEHF-6 military satellite for US Space Force
- Japanese satellite filled with 'shooting star' pellets won't spawn artificial meteor shower after all
- 1st super-fast pulsar found snacking on its companion in far-flung star cluster
May 14
- 6 Planet satellites will hitch rides to orbit with SpaceX Starlink launches
- See Mars meet the last-quarter moon in the predawn sky Friday
- Satellite operator Intelsat files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- NASA and SpaceX are now less than two weeks from a historic crew launch
- A sun-watching spacecraft just might fly through tail of Comet ATLAS in rare encounter
- Astronauts to ride NASA-adorned Tesla Model X to SpaceX launchpad
- 'What Stars Are Made Of' tells the life story of the woman behind a stellar science
- Book excerpt: 'What Stars Are Made Of' (Harvard University Press, 2020)
- Exploring new tools in string theory
- Pluto's wispy atmosphere may be surprisingly robust
May 13
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aces test-fire for next Starlink launch
- Astronauts enter a routine quarantine for historic SpaceX Crew Dragon launch
- The space game 'Stellaris' is free to play on Steam this week for its 4th anniversary
- Future Mars and moon rovers may paddle their way out of sand traps
- NASA orders 18 more engines for its Space Launch System megarocket
- Video from space: Companies sign deal to launch 1st 'EarthTV' satellite in 2021
- NASA to pay Russia $90 million for a Soyuz seat on a crew launch this fall
- Air pollution levels will bounce back as COVID-19 restrictions loosen, scientists say
- Scientists peer back in time to find new evidence for watery plumes on Europa
May 12
- You can dock a SpaceX Crew Dragon at the space station in this free simulator
- Newfound Comet SWAN could soon fizzle out of view
- Your kids can join a free class with an astronaut (and more) in these virtual school days
- These lava tubes could be the safest place for explorers to live on Mars
- Saturn's weird hexagon has 'sandwich-like' layers of hazy mists
- Massive piece of Chinese space junk slams uncontrolled into Earth's atmosphere
- Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches 2 satellites for the 'Internet of Things'
- Mars may be wetter than we thought (but still not that habitable)
- After Demo-2: SpaceX is already prepping for 1st operational Crew Dragon mission
- Scientists spot super-Earth planet in Earth-like orbit
- Mars orbiter finds evidence of ancient, long-lived rivers on the Red Planet
May 11
- Cygnus cargo ship leaves space station for free-flying fire mission
- See the moon near Jupiter and Saturn in the predawn sky Tuesday
- Space technologies can help solve Earth's challenges (op-ed)
- 'A truly dark night sky can change someone's life forever': Q&A with 'The World at Night' photobook author Babak Tafreshi
- In photos: The dazzling 'Super Flower Moon' of May 2020
- SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype passes another, tougher pressure test
- Kepler-88 has a new king! Planet three-times Jupiter's mass discovered in alien star system
- Scientists get their best-ever look at Jupiter's atmosphere and storms
May 10
- Beyond the movies: 10 essential 'Star Wars' comics
- Four amazing astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece
- Inside the world's largest sun-spotting telescope
May 9
- Solar-sailing sentries could allow up-close study of interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua
- Boba Fett returning for 'The Mandalorian' (played by a familiar face) — report
May 8
- See the Full Flower Moon, last supermoon of 2020, bloom in these stunning photos
- Biosphere 2: Explore the habitat's history and mystery in these amazing photos
- 'Spaceship Earth' is a radical ride through science, quarantine and so much more
- Japanese probe's asteroid Ryugu encounter hints at space rock's dynamic history
- NASA starts packing Mars rover Perseverance ahead of July launch
- China's new space capsule lands safely to end 1st uncrewed test flight
- New image captures 'impossible' view of the moon's surface
- Renowned string theorist proposes new way to hunt our solar system's mysterious 'Planet 9'
- Elon Musk and Grimes named their baby in honor of the 'coolest plane ever'
- Scientists identify tiny satellite around an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft will visit
- China's next-generation space capsule aces orbital maneuvers during test flight
May 7
- Astronaut-led video tour reveals details in 'For All Mankind' moon base
- Dead Cassini spacecraft could solve mystery of Saturn's hot atmosphere
- Turbulent skies of nearby 'failed star' marked by thick cloud bands
- Giant, scorching-hot alien planet has yellow skies
- Russia wants to land 3 next-generation Luna spacecraft on the moon by 2025
- Will the 'Full Flower Supermoon' of May actually be 'super'? The experts disagree.
- 'Get a haircut,' real Space Force chief tells Netflix 'Space Force' star Steve Carell
May 6
- NASA space lasers track Earth's disappearing ice sheets and sea-level rise
- The US Space Force is recruiting (and has a snazzy promo video just for you)
- Astrophysicist Katie Mack talks the end of the universe tonight! Here's how to watch live.
- US Space Force to launch the next X-37B space plane mystery mission on May 16
- 'Full Flower Moon': See the last supermoon of 2020 at its best in these webcasts
- Head of Russian human spaceflight program dies after COVID-19 diagnosis
- SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype fires rocket engine for 1st time
- NatGeo launches first look at new Disney Plus Mercury 7 series 'The Right Stuff'
- Newfound black hole is the closest one to Earth we've ever found
- Virgin Galactic, NASA teaming up on superfast 'point to point' flight
May 5
- The hunt for asteroid impacts on the moon heats up with new observatory
- How long will the 1st astronauts to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon be in space? No one knows exactly (yet).
- Steve Carell's 'Space Force' farce will launch on Netflix May 29. See the new trailer.
- Tiny asteroid's super-close Earth flyby shows planetary protection in action, scientists say
- Tom Cruise, SpaceX, NASA developing action film shot in space — Report
- China launches next-generation space capsule on Long March 5B rocket test flight
- 'Spaceship Earth,' a wild new doc about Biosphere 2 habitat, launches May 8
- North Pole's largest-ever ozone hole finally closes
- A long-lost type of dark matter may resolve the biggest disagreement in physics
- Is string theory worth it?
May 4
- Nickelodeon debuts first footage of iconic green slime in space
- Could life thrive on hydrogen-rich alien worlds?
- Official: Taika Waititi to co-write and direct 'Star Wars' film
- Chaos reigns in detailed new views of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
- Elon Musk shows off Starship prototype's rocket engine ahead of test fire (photo)
- The 2020 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight! See 'crumbs' of Comet Halley rain on Earth
- Disney Plus drops epic 'Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga' trailer for May the Fourth
- Scientists keep debunking 'monster black hole' discovery. So, what's the deal with binary system LB1?
- The starry dusty field from the core of our Milky Way galaxy (photo)
- The moon isn't 'dead': Ridges on lunar surface show signs of recent tectonic activity
- There are two kinds of sunspots on the sun right now amid solar cycle change
- The UAE is going to Mars. Here's the plan for its Hope orbiter.
May 3
- A small asteroid the size of a bus will fly safely by Earth today
- How amateur satellite trackers are keeping an 'eye' on objects around the Earth
- Where do baby magnetars come from? Mysterious 'fast radio bursts' may provide clues.
May 2
- 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is coming to Disney Plus early for May the Fourth
- How the coronavirus pandemic has affected SpaceX's 1st crewed mission for NASA
- Two NASA astronauts are ready to try something completely new: Ride a SpaceX spaceship
May 1
- These Lego 'Star Wars' helmets are perfect for your Dark Side life
- Build a 'Star Wars' D-O droid in Lego form for May the Fourth
- SpaceX aces final parachute test ahead of historic May 27 crew launch
- Etch A Sketch draws on NASA for space-themed edition of classic toy
- With SpaceX's Dragon, NASA astronauts will ride a new spaceship for the 1st time in decades
- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo makes 1st glide flight over Spaceport America
- Lego just launched the ultimate 'Star Wars' A-wing Starfighter for May the Fourth
- No to Silver Surfer, yes to Space Sharks in 'Thor: Love & Thunder'
- Beacon of hope? NASA sees inspiration parallels between Apollo and Artemis moonshots
- All-Star Cast Assembles for First Photos from Legendary's 'Dune' Remake
- Rocket Lab tests Electron booster on new Virginia launch pad for 1st time
- Drop in fossil fuel emissions from coronavirus response is changing Earth's air, NASA satellites show
- NASA wants private moon landers from 3 companies. Here's how they'll work.