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That's one small step for trivia: An Apollo space quiz

What caused the only known lunar landslide? Newly opened Apollo 17 moon samples may hold the answer

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates

50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes

NASA legend Gene Kranz returns to mission control | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2025

Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon dies at 99

John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast 'BUZZ'

NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95

Artemis 2 astronauts get the star treatment after historic moon trip

Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?

Welcome home! Artemis 2's Orion capsule returns to Florida after epic moon mission (photo)

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

Trump invited the Artemis 2 moon astronauts to the White House. Here's what happened

Artemis 3 SLS rocket's core stage arrives in Florida for 2027 launch (photo)

'Guess I'll be waiting a minute to surf again': Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch shares her recovery journey

NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays

Meet the US Navy divers who welcomed the Artemis 2 astronauts home from the moon

'This is going to be what makes the Earth secure.' How one California company plans to protect us from dangerous asteroids

Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dives toward the sun on April 4 — could it shine in the daytime sky?

NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun

NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams home haunting view of distant Earth (photo)

Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid

Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system

NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson

Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft arrives at space station

Europe plans EPIC SpaceX mission to send 4 astronauts to the ISS before its retirement

NASA astronauts complete preps for new solar array on spacewalk at International Space Station

Watch live today: NASA astronauts conducting spacewalk delayed by ISS medical evacuation

Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station

Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)

Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down after historic ISS-boosting mission (video)

Spacecraft, stars and city lights | Space photo of the day Feb. 25, 2026

Timboy Chaco in the Mars borderlands | Space photo of the day for March 16, 2026

Curiosity rover finds clues to Mars' watery past in rocky 'spiderwebs'

NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover completes its 1st drive planned by AI

NASA Perseverance rover sees megaripples on Mars | Space photo of the day for Jan. 7, 2026.

NASA's Curiosity rover sends stunning new panorama from high on Mars' Mount Sharp

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover could break the record for miles driven on another planet

After 5 years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover may have found its 1st meteorite (photos)

Mars rovers serve as scientists' eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life

New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025

Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'

Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet

Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger

New Horizons' Alan Stern will fulfill a lifelong dream on Virgin Galactic spaceflight this week

NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 2020s

NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed)

NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from the rear (Neptune, too). Here's how you can help

NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission

Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest human-made object

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale

Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery

NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21

NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun

NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind

NASA selects solar physicist Nicola Fox as its new science chief

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its 15th close flyby of the sun this St. Patrick's Day

Trump's signing of 'One Big Beautiful Bill' includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas

US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle

Texas Senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

The most memorable space shuttle missions

Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle

Buran: The Soviet space shuttle that flew just once

Full-size mock space shuttle makes first move towards Downey display

Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour

Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)

NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles

Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88

NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'

NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't doing so well — here's what we know

NASA's Voyager 1 probe in interstellar space can't phone home (again) due to glitch

NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away

NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft extends its interstellar science mission for 3 more years

NASA's Voyager project scientist Ed Stone retires after 50 years

Mysterious dust ring around Uranus spotted in rediscovered Voyager 2 data