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NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'
By Mike Wall published
NASA is asking its various research centers as well as private industry for new ideas about how to get Mars samples back to Earth relatively quickly and cost-effectively.
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed watching an eclipse from the ISS by days. But she did participate in the 4th all-woman spacewalk, and has a unique story about a baby octopus.
In a virtual reality universe, upcoming 'JUICE' mission flies by Jupiter's moon Callisto
By Keith Cooper published
To test its autonomous software, the JUICE mission team pretended to fly the spacecraft past Jupiter's fourth moon, and passed the exam with flying colors.
Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft starts testing ahead of moon mission with astronauts in 2025 (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft began testing on April 10 in an altitude chamber at NASA. The spacecraft will bring four astronauts around the moon no earlier than 2025.
Japanese astronauts will join NASA moon landings in return for lunar rover
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The first non-American to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut. Two JAXA astronauts will fly on future Artemis landing missions in return for Japan providing a pressurized moon rover.
Soyuz capsule with crew of 3, including 1st female astronaut from Belarus, lands safely to end ISS mission
By Elizabeth Howell published
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people, including the first female Belarusian in space, landed in Kazakhstan early this morning (April 6).
Watch live as Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying 3 spaceflyers departs the ISS tonight
By Elizabeth Howell published
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to depart the ISS late tonight (April 5) with three people on board, and you can watch the action live.
The James Webb Space Telescope has solved a lot of puzzles, and created a few more
By Rebecca Sohn published
Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the 2024 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate surrounded the James Webb Space Telescope's scientific revolution.
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