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Europe’s Proba-3 satellites will launch early Dec. 4 to create artificial eclipses in space. Watch the liftoff live
By Mike Wall published
An Indian PSLV rocket will launch Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Wednesday (Dec. 4), and you can watch the action live.
Buran: The Soviet space shuttle that flew just once
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
The Buran spacecraft was the Soviet Union's response to NASA's space shuttle program.
Inside the Hubble Space Telescope's 23-year-long look at a beautiful blue galaxy
By Larissa G. Capella published
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explores the evolution of spiral galaxy UGC 10043 through images taken 23 years apart, in 2000 and 2023.
Building blocks: How China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats
By Andrew Jones published
Chinese scientists are developing the capability to build a moon base made of bricks formed from lunar soil.
On this day in space! Dec. 3, 2014: Japan launches Hayabusa2 to sample an asteroid
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Dec. 3, 2014, Japan launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft on a mission to fetch a sample from an asteroid.
Satellites spy red-hot lava threaten Iceland's Blue Lagoon
By Samantha Mathewson published
Satellites watched bright burning lava surge toward Iceland's Blue Lagoon following a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Fruit flies in space! Chinese astronauts show off experiment on Tiangong space station (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's Tiangong space station — fruit flies, which arrived on a cargo ship on Nov. 15.
Private Japanese moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of January SpaceX launch (photos)
By Andrew Jones published
The "Resilience" Mission 2 lander, built by Japanese company ispace, has arrived in Florida ahead of its planned January launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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