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Happy Thanksgiving from space! What Turkey Day dinner looks like for NASA astronauts on ISS (video)
The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station wished us all a happy Thanksgiving — and revealed what they'll be feasting on this Turkey Day.
NASA's Europa Clipper probe deploys 1st science instruments en route to Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper mission has successfully deployed its magnetometer's boom and several antennas for its radar instrument as it continues on its journey toward Jupiter's ice-covered moon.
Astronaut catches Dextre space robot 'busting a move' outside ISS — for science (video)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit took a 10-hour timelapse of Dextre, a handy Canadian robot, working with a science experiment on the ISS.
Sojourner: The first successful Mars rover
Mars Pathfinder carried the first rover to Mars, using an innovative airbag landing system to bounce safely onto the surface.
International Space Station dodges 2nd piece of space junk in 6 days
A Russian Progress freighter docked to the ISS fired its thrusters Monday (Nov. 25) to dodge a piece of debris, the second such evasive maneuver for the orbiting lab in less than a week.
ISS astronauts open hatch to Russian spacecraft after strange smell delays cargo delivery
Cargo is finally being unloaded from a docked Russian Progress spacecraft at the ISS. A delay occurred after astronauts reported an unexpected smell on Nov. 23.
NASA's nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter will ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket toward Saturn moon Titan
NASA has picked SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly astrobiology mission to the intriguing Saturn moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will loft Dragonfly in July 2028.
The Sombrero Galaxy's star-forming days are nearly over — and the James Webb Space Telescope may know why
A brand-new James Webb Space Telescope image captures the steady, slow lifestyle of the distinctive Sombrero Galaxy.
