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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.
NASA astronauts free stuck radio unit, collect microbes and set record on station spacewalk
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting spacewalk on Thursday (Jan. 30).
Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.
Trump administration's funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending
A memo issued by the Trump administration has frozen $1.2 billion in funding for NASA programs ranging from science to space operations.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
Webb Space Telescope's 'big sky images' issued on stamps in Big Sky, Montana
The unobstructed skies that gave Big Sky, Montana its name made for an appropriate setting for the release of two postage stamps depicting vistas visible to the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
NASA and Lockheed Martin recently released photos of the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, blasting out a column of fire while in the hangar.
US military practices rescuing astronauts from the sea (photos)
A U.S. military joint task force did some training recently off the Florida coast, preparing to help rescue astronauts from the ocean if need be.
