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This new NASA astronaut candidate has already been to space
By Mike Wall published
Anna Menon, one of NASA's 10 new astronaut candidates, already has a spaceflight under her belt — SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission to Earth orbit in September 2024.

Satellites track Pacific tsunami in real time after massive Russian earthquake
By Samantha Mathewson published
The system measured ripples in Earth's atmosphere to monitor the event.

NASA unveils 10 new astronauts for missions to the moon — and maybe Mars
By Josh Dinner published
NASA revealed the members of its 2025 astronaut class, the 24th group in the agency's history — some of whom may be among the first people to set foot on Mars.

Watch SpaceX launch 3 space weather probes today
By Mike Wall published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA's ambitious IMAP mission and two other space weather probes early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24), and you can watch the action live.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield explores murder in space in new Cold War space thriller 'Final Orbit' (exclusive)
By Jeff Spry published
Hadfield's 'Kaz' Zemeckis returns for this third entry in the bestselling author's 'The Apollo Murders' series

VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027
By Mike Wall published
NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the lunar surface in 2027, the agency announced today (Sept. 19).

'Apollo 13' launches back into IMAX theaters Sept. 19 for 30th anniversary
By Jeff Spry published
Director Ron Howard's 1995 space rescue thriller lives on with a special anniversary edition for one week only starting Sept. 19.

'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching
By Andrew Jones published
A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the famous near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in April 2029.
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