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A man with short black hair wearing a dark blue shirt floats in microgravity behind various plastic covered food packages.

ISS astronaut Jonny Kim floats with his lunch | Space photo of the day for Nov. 27, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A perfect Thanksgiving image of the day for all who celebrate.

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Four astronauts wearing black shirts float around a bag of prepackaged food in the International Space Station

'We've even got some lobster': Thanksgiving dinner on the International Space Station will be out of this world for astronauts (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Astronauts on the International Space Station just shared their Thanksgiving meal plans. Like many Americans, they will welcome guests — if a launching Soyuz crew arrives in time.

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a coral-like rock on a reddish orange dusty surface

After 5 years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover may have found its 1st meteorite (photos)

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.'

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an illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in deep space

NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is surprising scientists with its capabilities. It hasn't even launched yet

By Keith Cooper published

"Asteroseismology with Roman is possible because we don't need to ask the telescope to do anything it wasn't already planning to do."

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A photo of a large space station with various solar panels floating above Earth.

'We were genuinely astonished': This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth

By Mike Wall published

"This study demonstrates the astonishing resilience of life that originated on Earth."

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the snow-capped peak of a mountain is seen from far above the clouds in a photo taken by an astronaut on a space station.

NASA astronaut shows how to 'weigh' yourself in space | On the ISS this week Nov. 17-21, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

It is "rocket science," even when it comes down to high school-level physics. This week's lesson: Force equals mass times acceleration.

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A white pointed rocket module sits on top of a white cylinder, both having the red worm NASA logo and the blue and red meatball NASA logo. The entire system sits in a large warehouse

NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket comes together | Space photo of the day for Nov. 21, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Orion crew module gets stacked onto the Space Launch System in preparation for the upcoming Artemis 2 mission in early 2026.

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A streak of white showing Comet Lemmon moves into a red and green aurora seen on the edge of Earth in space

ISS astronauts see comet Lemmon 'absorbed' by aurora | Space photo of the day for Nov. 20, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

It's not every day you see both a comet and an aurora from low Earth orbit.

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A yellow spacecraft hovers over the Earth in low-Earth orbit

Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane

By Mike Wall published

Katalyst Space Technologies will use Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus rocket for its upcoming mission, which will send a spacecraft to boost the orbit of NASA's Swift space telescope.

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a green glow floats above earth in the background as a cylindrical space station module dominates the foreground

ISS astronauts take cover from radiation as solar storms spark auroras across the planet

By Josh Dinner published

The International Space Station's three Russian cosmonauts were instructed to spend a night in a laboratory module to shelter from radiation during a solar storm.

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