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By Andrew Jones Published
China will fly its first foreign astronaut on the Shenzhou 24 mission, with a Pakistani pilot set for a roughly week-long stay aboard the Tiangong space station.

By Jeff Spry Published
'Humans are always the same. Desperate. Volatile.'

By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner, Mike Wall last updated
Follow live updates as SpaceX attempts its Starship Flight 15 test flight with first double landings.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
A commercial satellite has spotted the International Space Station, giving us a unique view of the orbiting lab from above.

By Jamie Carter Published
Ancient Roman cities, temples and amphitheaters across the Mediterranean will fall into the moon's shadow during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027.

By Robert Lea Published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the oldest pair of black hole-powered quasars ever seen. There's just one problem: they shouldn't exist!

By Mike Wall Published
SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California tonight (Nov. 11), the second such mission for the company in a six-day span.

By Leonard David Published
NASA is kickstarting a new initiative for Mars Sample Return (MSR), called the Perseverance Sample Retrieval Architecture.

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
Fast radio bursts are invisible, but a composer has turned thousands of them into sound at a Finnish cathedral, where a choir will sing along on Nov. 21.

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell Published
On Nov. 11, 1966, the Gemini 12 mission launched an astronaut crew into orbit and set the stage for NASA's Apollo program. Here's why it mattered.
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