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April full moon 2024: The Pink Moon joins Mars and Saturn in the night sky
By Jesse Emspak last updated
The full moon of April 2024, called the Pink Moon, will occur during the evening hours of April 23. Later that night, Mars and Saturn will rise in the predawn hours.
Ingenuity's travels: New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter's 72 flights
By Mike Wall published
NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows.
Private space-junk probe to conduct up-close inspection of spent rocket stage
By Andrew Jones published
The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.
Watch 'Devil Comet' approach the sun during explosive coronal mass ejection (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
This NASA space-based observatory video shows 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks passing past bright Jupiter while the sun explodes in the distance.
Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025
By Tereza Pultarova published
Japan will test solar power transmission from space in 2025 with a miniature space-based photoelectric plant that will wirelessly transmit energy from low Earth orbit to Earth.
China's experimental moon satellites beam back lunar imagery (video, photo)
By Andrew Jones published
A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.
Space pictures! See our space image of the day
By Space.com Staff last updated
Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.
On This Day in Space: April 19, 1971: World's 1st space station launches into orbit
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1.
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