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A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this image from NASA's Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.

NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable

By Victoria Corless published

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.

Mars Rovers
a space capsule descended through the dawn sky under a parachute, approaching a landing in the desert

NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

International Space Station
A stunning long-duration photograph of the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked above Earth’s atmospheric glow as seen 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station this evening (April 19), and you can watch it live.

International Space Station
ISS Expedition Commander Alexey Ovchinin (left) hands the symbolic key to the orbiting lab to Japan's Takuya Onishi (right) in a change-of-command ceremony on April 18, 2025.

'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

By Mike Wall published

Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).

International Space Station
a pillar of dust and gas extends outward in a nebula

Cosmic party streamer for Hubble's 35th | Space picture of the day for April 18, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A new portrait of a pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula is a reason to celebrate.

Hubble Space Telescope
a black and white photo of a man wearing a watch with an arrow pointing to a color enlargement of the same gold watch

Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut's timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong sold for $2,187,500 with premium.

Apollo
a woman in a blue shirt uses an electric shaver to trim the hair a japanese man with a white shirt while in microgravity aboard a space station

Haircut on high: Getting a trim in space | Space picture of the day for April 17, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

"What should I do with my sideburns?" asked the ISS commander of his barber and Expedition 73 crewmate.

International Space Station
Gateway’s HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) arrives in Mesa, Arizona on April 1, 2025, after traveling from Italy, where Thales Alenia Space fabricated its primary structure.

Moon-orbiting Gateway space station's habitat module arrives in the US (photos)

By Julian Dossett published

NASA released a set of photos highlighting the newly arrived HALO module for Gateway, a small space station that the agency aims to launch to lunar orbit in 2027.

Artemis
Hubble Space Telescope image of the Sombrero Galaxy, also called Messier 104.

Iconic Sombrero Galaxy shines in reprocessed Hubble Telescope view (image)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA just unveiled a new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, showcasing intricate details of its vivid structure that resembles the broad-brimmed Mexican hat.

Hubble Space Telescope
A massive crane lowers the launch vehicle stage adapter onto the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA continues stacking its giant Artemis 2 SLS moon rocket (photos)

By Josh Dinner published

NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.

Artemis
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