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Inside NASA's archives: Meet the team restoring astronomical history
By Keith Cooper last updated
Though data from all modern missions is digitized and properly archived, the same can't be said for missions prior to 1990.
How amateur radio is connecting astronauts in space with kids on Earth
By Leonard David published
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) aims to inspire and educate youth in STEM through connecting astronauts in orbit with people on the ground.
NASA tests cellphone-sized underwater robots for potential ocean world missions (video)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently tested prototypes of miniature, self-propelled robots designed to explore the hidden oceans of distant moons like Europa, Jupiter's icy moon.
NASA begins stacking SLS rocket for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The solid rocket boosters are coming together.
SpaceX's Starship will fly Lunar Outpost's rover to the moon
By Mike Wall published
Lunar Outpost has picked SpaceX's Starship vehicle to launch its new moon rover and land the wheeled vehicle on the moon.
Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
By Robert Lea published
The asteroid 2024 PT5 will leave Earth on Nov. 25 after visiting, but new analysis shows this temporary "second moon" may come from our original moon and, thus, from Earth itself.
SpaceX and NASA show off how Starship will help astronauts land on the moon (images)
By Brett Tingley published
NASA and SpaceX released a new set of illustrations showing off how Starship might look as it lands astronauts on the moon during the Artemis 3 mission.
Canada wants your help to name its 1st moon rover
By Elizabeth Howell published
Canada will soon roll a rover onto the moon, and you can help name the pioneering machine.
James Webb Space Telescope unveils surprising 'Red Monsters' in the early universe
By Larissa G. Capella published
Three ultramassive galaxies found by the James Webb Space Telescope have astronomers reconsidering how galaxies grew so quickly in the first billion years after the Big Bang.
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