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- May 9
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- On This Day in Space! May 9, 2003: Japan launches Hayabusa mission to asteroid
- SpaceX's Elon Musk lands on 'Saturday Night Live' to talk space, Mars (and yes, Dogecoin)
- Physicists get close to taming the chaos of the 'three-body problem'
- 8 extremely rare 'millisecond pulsars' discovered inside globular clusters
- Huge Chinese rocket booster falls to Earth over Arabian Peninsula
- SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff (and landing) of reused rocket
- Replay! SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for 10th time on Starlink mission
- May 8
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- A huge Chinese rocket will fall to Earth this weekend. Here's how to track it online.
- SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket on its 10th flight Sunday and you can watch it online
- The top space stories of the week!
- Space photos: The most amazing images this week!
- Space junk removal is not going smoothly
- Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
- World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands at new airfield after 5th flight
- May 7
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- You can see the International Space Station (and China's Tianhe, too) in the night sky this weekend
- A huge Chinese rocket booster is falling from space, but don't worry. It likely won't hit you.
- 'Debris' on NBC is a sci-fi show with enormous potential
- US Space Command is tracking China's falling rocket booster, but won't shoot it down
- Perseverance rover captures sounds of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's flight in awesome first (video)
- This week on the forums: Going to Mars, SpaceX giveaway and an alternate Earth!
- Visit 'Mars' with me in Space.com's new 'Space Traveler' mini-documentary out now
- 'Spaghettified' star wrapped around a black hole spotted for the first time
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will head to new airfield today on 5th flight
- Mystery of strange new 'dune' auroras solved, scientists say
- How long is a day on Venus? It's always changing, new study reveals
- May 6
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- SpaceX's Elon Musk hosting 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend
- Falling Chinese rocket debris spotted in space as White House weighs in (photo)
- Boeing, NASA target July 30 for 2nd test flight of Starliner capsule
- Exclusive: 'The Martian' author Andy Weir aims for the stars with new sci-fi thriller 'Project Hail Mary'
- Radiation resistance is baked into the Perseverance Mars rover. Here's why that's important.
- Welcome to Mars! Bill Nye and Robert Zubrin hail new Red Planet visitors.
- Is there a pattern to the universe?
- How do you clean a space station? Astronaut Thomas Pesquet shares orbital spring cleaning tips
- May 5
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- SpaceX launches Starship SN15 rocket and sticks the landing in high-altitude test flight
- SpaceX will try to launch its Starship SN15 rocket in Texas today (updated)
- China's huge rocket booster falling from space highlights orbital debris problem
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch its 1st astronaut flight on July 20 and you can bid for a seat
- Red wine in space may age faster than on Earth, study finds
- SpaceX's next flight for Crew Dragon Resilience is a private launch of 4 civilians
- 'For All Mankind' FAQ: How did the space shuttle fly to the moon?
- Stars made of antimatter could exist in the Milky Way
- Private Dream Chaser space plane to land on NASA's former shuttle runway
- Smithsonian inspects first US astronaut's space capsule, suit 60 years on
- US spaceflight at 60: A lot has changed since NASA's 1st crewed mission
- Photos: Freedom 7, America's 1st Human Spaceflight
- '2 Funny Astronauts': NASA vets Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman launch new podcast
- May 4
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- Boba Fett takes on the galaxy in Marvel Comics' bold new series 'Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters'
- SpaceX's Star Wars Day launch puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, lands rocket
- Hasbro's new animatronic Baby Yoda eats snacks, uses the Force and coos
- Witness visual effects magic in ILM's 'The Mandalorian' Season 2 sizzle reel
- The best Star Wars deals and gifts for 2021
- In photos: NASA's SLS megarocket core stage arrives in Florida for 1st Artemis moon mission
- Here's a first look at Disney Cruise Line's upcoming 'Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge'
- Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket packed with Starlink satellites this Star Wars Day
- Celebrate the 'Taco Moon' with a free taco from Taco Bell tonight!
- Celebrate Star Wars Day with an explosive premiere of 'The Bad Batch' on Disney Plus
- May 3
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- Rocket debris from China's space station launch is falling back to Earth — but where?
- Florida lawmakers protect spacecraft parts from finders, keepers
- 'Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark' is only 99 cents for May the 4th
- Star Wars video games are up to 75% off for May the 4th
- Former Senator Bill Nelson sworn in as new NASA Administrator
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower of 2021 peaks this week. Here's how to see it.
- Pictures from space! Our image of the day
- Dark matter could be destroying itself inside the bellies of exoplanets
- Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say
- The youngest exoplanet found by the Hubble telescope is the size of Jupiter (and still growing)
- Europe plans to launch space telescope to monitor orbital debris
- May 2
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- SpaceX Crew Dragon makes 1st nighttime splashdown with US astronauts since Apollo era
- Exclusive Peek: Soar Inside 'The Art Of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge'
- Disney Imagineers reveal new robotic 'Baby Groot' in new video
- Is there anything beyond the universe?
- SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission to the International Space Station in photos
- SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission for NASA: Live updates
- SpaceX Dragon leaves space station for NASA's 1st nighttime crew splashdown since 1968
- May 1
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- Vice President Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council under Biden administration
- How did you spend your week? NASA pretended to crash an asteroid into Earth.
- A SpaceX Dragon will make the 1st nighttime splashdown with NASA astronauts in 53 years. Watch it live.
- Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought
- HI-SEAS crew struggle to keep up hope as relentless storms foil their 'moonwalks' — Commander's report: lunar day 10
- Lego offers sweet Star Wars deals for May the Fourth