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An orange man in a dark suit walks in front of a large white space capsule.

What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space exploration

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Former President Donald J. Trump's return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA's Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to a crewed landing on the moon.

Space Exploration
China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there.

The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

By Jacco van Loon published

In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.

Human Spaceflight
A partially obscured Jupiter, swirling with blue and oranges and tans, with a bulge rising from the bottom.

Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere.

Jupiter
An image of blue swirlies on Jupiter.

How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

By Benjamin Roulston published

Jupiter has no solid ground, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have?

Jupiter
three people in dark blue polo shirts sit at a table during a press conference

NASA still mum about SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut's medical issue

By Mike Wall published

NASA is not yet providing details about what caused a SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut to be hospitalized late last month, citing medical privacy concerns.

International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft fires its thrusters under green and red lights with a nighttime Earth in the background while docking.

SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX's Dragon performed an orbital boost maneuver for the ISS; a first for the spacecraft, and a small step toward the space station's ultimate doom.

International Space Station
An image of a tardigrade as seen under a microscope.

Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions.

Earth

SpaceX's Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it's never done before

By Elizabeth Howell published

The data from the reboost, scheduled for Nov. 8, will help inform design for a larger Dragon to deorbit the ISS.

International Space Station
two grayish orbs shrink in size as one moves from right to left above the other

Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)

By Elizabeth Howell published

The moon is getting smaller in the window.

Asteroid & Comet Missions
An artist's depiction of NASA's Parker Solar Probe flying past Venus.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies by Venus before historic sun encounter

By Sharmila Kuthunur last updated

NASA's Parker Solar Probe swoops in for its seventh and final swing past Venus ahead of its history-making encounter with the sun on Christmas Eve.

The Sun
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