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Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid
By Monisha Ravisetti published
There's an issue with the fuel line that feeds the Psyche asteroid probe's thrusters with xenon gas. But we needn't worry yet, NASA says.

International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid Chinese rocket debris
By Josh Dinner published
A Russian cargo ship docked to the International Space Station fired its thrusters Wednesday (April 30) to distance itself from passing piece of orbital space debris.

ISS astronaut shares recipe for a 'ranger' burger | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Stacking wheat snack bread, beef steak, cheese spread, potatoes au gratin and gochujang red pepper paste, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim creates his take on a "ranger" burger on the space station.

Watch 2 NASA astronauts perform the 5th-ever all-female spacewalk today
By Mike Wall published
NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain will head outside the ISS at around 8 a.m. ET today (May 1) on history's fifth all-female spacewalk, and you can watch it live.

New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Extensive observations by NASA's New Horizons mission have resulted in the first-ever map of the galaxy in an ultraviolet wavelength.

John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast 'BUZZ'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Having explored the 'third rock from the sun,' John Lithgow is heading for its moon. The actor is set to star in the new podcast "BUZZ" about the life of one of the first humans to land on the moon.

NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the liquid hydrogen tank for the Artemis 3 Space Launch System rocket was moved into the factory's final assembly area on April 22, 2025.

'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)
By Mike Wall published
Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.
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