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NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm
By Josh Dinner Published
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Trivia in orbit: How well do you know the ISS?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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Astronauts work through the U.S. government shutdown | On the International Space Station Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Europe teams with Japan on asteroid mission, beefs up space cooperation with South Korea
By Andrew Jones Published
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NASA's Artemis Program: Live updates
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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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
By Ari Koeppel Published
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Tumbleweed-inspired Mars rovers could be blown across the Red Planet
By Keith Cooper Published
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Apollo
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What caused the only known lunar landslide? Newly opened Apollo 17 moon samples may hold the answer
By Keith Cooper Published
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Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
By Mike Wall Published
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50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA legend Gene Kranz returns to mission control | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon dies at 99
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast 'BUZZ'
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Artemis
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NASA's Artemis Program: Live updates
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Meet 'Integrity': Artemis 2 astronauts name the spacecraft that will fly them around the moon
By Mike Wall Published
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'We are ready for every scenario.' NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts say they're all set for historic flight to the moon
By Tariq Malik Published
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'A front-row seat to history': NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot could launch astronauts as early as Feb. 5
By Tariq Malik Published
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Mission to the moon: The Artemis challenge
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts practice moonwatching | Space photo of the day for Sept. 22, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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Artemis 2 astronauts will double as human science experiments on their trip around the moon
By Josh Dinner Published
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'We're really on a different trajectory': How NASA's Artemis moon missions aim to prepare us for Mars
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Watch NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts take on the viral 'Bobby and Pete' fitness challenge (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Asteroid & Comet Missions
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NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams home haunting view of distant Earth (photo)
By Andrew Jones Published
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Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029
By Andrew Jones Published
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Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
By Victoria Corless Published
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
By Keith Cooper Published
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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago
By Conor Feehly Published
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Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
By Robert Lea Published
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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International Space Station
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Trivia in orbit: How well do you know the ISS?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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Astronauts work through the U.S. government shutdown | On the International Space Station Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Astronauts welcome NASA's new 'ascans' | On the International Space Station Sept. 22-26, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Will the ISS get another space plane visit before falling back to Earth in 2030? The dream may be fading
By Mike Wall Published
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Astronauts find sweet treats aboard extra-large Cygnus supply ship | On the International Space Station Sept. 15-19, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Northrop Grumman's biggest-ever cargo spacecraft arrives at ISS on its debut mission
By Mike Wall Published
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International Space Station: Live updates
By Space.com Staff Last updated
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Bad news for astronauts? Human stem cells age more rapidly in space, study suggests
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Will the International Space Station be replaced before its fiery death in 2030?
By Paul Sutter Published
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Mars rovers
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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
By Ari Koeppel Published
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Tumbleweed-inspired Mars rovers could be blown across the Red Planet
By Keith Cooper Published
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Landing site for Rosalind Franklin rover may be ripe with clues about ancient Mars life
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Curiosity Mars rover puzzles over intriguing 'boxwork' pattern | Space photo of the day for Sept. 19, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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NASA will reveal new Perseverance Mars rover discovery today: Here's how to watch live
By Monisha Ravisetti Last updated
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Perseverance Mars rover rolls over Soroya Ridge | Space photo of the day for Sept. 3, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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Perseverance Mars rover stumbles upon wind-carved 'megaripples' on the Red Planet
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Wheelie smart: A space quiz about rovers
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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What would Mars look like under an Earth-like blue sky? NASA's Perseverance rover just showed us
By Brett Tingley Published
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New Horizons
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New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
By Leonard David Published
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Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger
By Keith Cooper Published
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New Horizons' Alan Stern will fulfill a lifelong dream on Virgin Galactic spaceflight this week
By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
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NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 2020s
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed)
By Rod Pyle Published
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NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from the rear (Neptune, too). Here's how you can help
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission
By Josh Dinner Published
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Parker Solar Probe
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Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest human-made object
By Tia Ghose Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
By Rahul Rao Published
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Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA selects solar physicist Nicola Fox as its new science chief
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its 15th close flyby of the sun this St. Patrick's Day
By Robert Lea Published
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Space Shuttle
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Trump's signing of 'One Big Beautiful Bill' includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Texas Senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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The most memorable space shuttle missions
By Clara Moskowitz Last updated
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Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Buran: The Soviet space shuttle that flew just once
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Full-size mock space shuttle makes first move towards Downey display
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Voyager
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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles
By Robert Lea Published
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Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88
By Mike Wall Published
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NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't doing so well — here's what we know
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe in interstellar space can't phone home (again) due to glitch
By Josh Dinner Published
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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away
By Rahul Rao Published
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NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft extends its interstellar science mission for 3 more years
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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NASA's Voyager project scientist Ed Stone retires after 50 years
By Mike Wall Published
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Mysterious dust ring around Uranus spotted in rediscovered Voyager 2 data
By Meghan Bartels Published
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More about Missions
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Tumbleweed-inspired Mars rovers could be blown across the Red Planet
By Keith Cooper Published
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Astronauts welcome NASA's new 'ascans' | On the International Space Station Sept. 22-26, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Europe wants to launch a life-hunting mission to Saturn's icy ocean moon Enceladus
By Andrew Jones Published
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