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NASA tells employees to ignore Trump administration's 'What did you do last week?' email
By Andrew Jones Published
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On this day in space! Feb. 25, 1982: Western Union launches Westar 4 communications satellite
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated
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NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA installs 'bulletproof' sunshade on powerful Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (photos)
By Victoria Corless Published
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NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
By Tariq Malik Published
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The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'
By Mike Wall Published
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Apollo
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Tom Hanks' 'The Moonwalkers' makes US premiere at Space Center Houston
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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What brand of golf ball did Alan Shepard hit off the moon? The world may never know
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Magnificent communication: Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin tests Verizon satellite service in new ad
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Ireland's lost Apollo 11 moon rock traced from basement to fire in documents
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Piece of Apollo 11 spacecraft 'lands' in moon meteorite-lined wedding ring
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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You can now wear an Apollo Guidance Computer keypad as a wristwatch
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Chef Duff Goldman spins up moon-shaped cake for NASA 'Taste of Space'
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Artemis
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Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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NASA just gave these 9 companies $24 million to dream up Artemis moon mission tech
By Julian Dossett Published
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Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?
By Robert Lea Last updated
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NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)
By Marcos Fernandez Tous Published
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NASA delays Artemis missions again. What could this mean for the moon, Mars and space leadership?
By Andrew Jones Published
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Astronauts on NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station will wear smart undershirts to stay healthy
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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NASA delays Artemis 2 moon mission to 2026, Artemis 3 astronaut landing to mid-2027
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's Artemis 2 mission: Everything you need to know
By Brett Tingley Last updated
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Asteroid & Comet Missions
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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago
By Conor Feehly Published
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Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
By Robert Lea Published
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029
By Andrew Jones Published
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The Psyche mission: A visit to a metal asteroid
By Adam Mann Last updated
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Europe's Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Meet Phaethon, a weird asteroid that thinks it's a comet – our new research may explain what's going on
By Martin D. Suttle Published
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UAE on track to launch bold 7-asteroid mission in 2028
By Leonard David Published
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Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Hubble Space Telescope spots a spectacular Bullseye in deep space (image)
By Victoria Corless Published
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Hubble Space Telescope reveals richest view of Andromeda galaxy to date (image)
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Hubble tension is now in our cosmic backyard, sending cosmology into crisis
By Keith Cooper Published
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Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)
By Julian Dossett Published
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An ancient 3-star system give this 'blue lurker' a turbo boost, Hubble Space Telescope reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Mysterious spiral galaxy jet puzzles astronomers: 'At first, I thought I completely messed up'
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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'Grand' spiral galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope photo
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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International Space Station
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The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'
By Mike Wall Published
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Boeing Starliner astronauts on the ISS set the story straight: 'We don't feel stranded'
By Josh Dinner Published
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How Sen's 4K live cameras on the ISS offer a new perspective from space (op-ed)
By Charles Black Published
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How to watch NASA's 1st Twitch stream from the ISS this week
By Julian Dossett Published
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Students' contest-winning pen, paint and poetry works shown aboard space station
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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NASA will beam Super Bowl LIX to orbit for astronauts aboard the International Space Station
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA astronauts free stuck radio unit, collect microbes and set record on station spacewalk
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)
By Josh Dinner Published
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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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James Webb Space Telescope
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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
By Tariq Malik Published
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James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
By Robert Lea Last updated
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Webb Space Telescope's 'big sky images' issued on stamps in Big Sky, Montana
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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3 years of James Webb Space Telescope data on alien worlds now available online
By Robert Lea Published
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Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter
By Robert Lea Published
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Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space
By Keith Cooper Published
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Juno
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NASA's Juno spacecraft watches most powerful volcanic event ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io
By Robert Lea Published
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What causes volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists aren't so sure anymore
By Keith Cooper Published
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Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may have less oxygen than we thought
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Juno probe sees active volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (images)
By Robert Lea Published
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Jupiter's volcanic moon Io looks outstanding in these close flyby photos from NASA's Juno probe
By Rahul Rao Published
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NASA Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like never before in spectacular new images
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Juno probe detects organic compounds on huge Jupiter moon Ganymede
By Brett Tingley Published
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Jupiter has a creepy 'face' in haunting Halloween photo by NASA's Juno probe
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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NASA's Juno Jupiter probe to get closest view of volcanic moon Io on July 30
By Robert Lea Published
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Mars rovers
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from an ancient Red Planet lake (images)
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Perseverance rover's Mars samples show traces of ancient water, but NASA needs them on Earth to seek signs of life
By Victoria Corless Published
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Perseverance Mars rover finds 'one-of-a-kind treasure' on Red Planet's Silver Mountain
By Brett Tingley Published
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies again as first drone on Rose Parade float
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Up and over! NASA's Mars rover Perseverance reaches rim of its Jezero Crater home (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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After accident on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years
By Brett Tingley Published
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Mars rover Perseverance sends home postcard from scenic 'Pico Turquino' (photo)
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Gigantic 'spiderwebs' on Mars are the next big target for NASA's Curiosity rover, agency reveals
By Harry Baker Published
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Sojourner: The first successful Mars rover
By Elizabeth Howell Last updated
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Moon rovers
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
By Mike Wall Published
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VIPER back from the dead? NASA asks US companies to partner on ice-hunting moon rover
By Mike Wall Published
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Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night
By Leonard David Published
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SpaceX's Starship will fly Lunar Outpost's rover to the moon
By Mike Wall Published
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Watch Chinese researchers test out new Mars and moon rover tech (video)
By Andrew Jones Published
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NASA cancels $450 million VIPER moon rover due to budget concerns
By Brett Tingley Published
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Get an up-close look at China's Chang'e 6 farside moon rover (video)
By Leonard David Published
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China just sent a secret mini-rover to the far side of the moon on its Chang'e 6 sample-return probe
By Harry Baker Published
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China names the spacecraft that will put its astronauts on the moon (video)
By Andrew Jones Published
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New Horizons
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Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
By Leonard David Published
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Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger
By Keith Cooper Published
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New Horizons' Alan Stern will fulfill a lifelong dream on Virgin Galactic spaceflight this week
By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
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NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 2020s
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed)
By Rod Pyle Published
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NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from the rear (Neptune, too). Here's how you can help
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission
By Josh Dinner Published
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New Horizons Pluto probe notches 3 new discoveries in outer solar system
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Parker Solar Probe
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Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest human-made object
By Tia Ghose Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
By Rahul Rao Published
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Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA selects solar physicist Nicola Fox as its new science chief
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its 15th close flyby of the sun this St. Patrick's Day
By Robert Lea Published
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Quesst
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
By Brett Tingley Published
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NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-59 jet
By Brett Tingley Published
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet passes key safety review ahead of 1st test flight
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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NASA is 'learning to listen to the X-59' by simulating sonic thumps with fighter jets (photos)
By Brett Tingley Published
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NASA unveils its revolutionary X-59 Quesst 'quiet' supersonic jet (photos, video)
By Brett Tingley Published
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NASA will reveal the new X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet today and you can watch live
By Brett Tingley Last updated
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet looks ready to fly in new photos
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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NASA's new X-59 supersonic plane gets powerful engine for quiet sonic booms
By Doris Elin Urrutia Published
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Production of NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet continues amid coronavirus outbreak
By Chelsea Gohd Published
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Space Shuttle
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On this day in space! Feb. 25, 1982: Western Union launches Westar 4 communications satellite
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated
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The most memorable space shuttle missions
By Clara Moskowitz Last updated
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Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Buran: The Soviet space shuttle that flew just once
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Full-size mock space shuttle makes first move towards Downey display
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Endeavour lifted onto space shuttle stack for California Science Center exhibit (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Watch a crane lift space shuttle Endeavour into place for museum exhibit early Jan. 30 (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Voyager
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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles
By Robert Lea Published
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Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't doing so well — here's what we know
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe in interstellar space can't phone home (again) due to glitch
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away
By Rahul Rao Published
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NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft extends its interstellar science mission for 3 more years
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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NASA's Voyager project scientist Ed Stone retires after 50 years
By Mike Wall Published
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Mysterious dust ring around Uranus spotted in rediscovered Voyager 2 data
By Meghan Bartels Published
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The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from an ancient Red Planet lake (images)
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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