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Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today
By Mike Wall Published
Cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 27), and you can watch the action live.

'Stop lying!' Conspiracy theorist confronts Artemis 2 astronauts, accuses them of faking their moon mission
By Mike Wall Published
A conspiracy theorist confronted the Artemis 2 astronauts on Capitol Hill recently, accusing them of faking their moon mission. They showed more restraint than Buzz Aldrin did in a similar situation.

NASA's Psyche probe takes awesome images of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some close-up pictures on the way.

Scientists just solved a tricky asteroid-hopping spacecraft riddle
By Keith Cooper Published
Plotting the optimal trajectory to visit multiple asteroids is a fiendishly difficult take on the Traveling Salesperson problem, but a new mathematical approach has succeeded in solving it.

This amazing NASA video shows the exact moment the Artemis 2 Orion capsule broke free of its service module, and we can't stop watching it
By Josh Dinner Published
A new NASA video shows the Artemis 2 Orion capsule's separation from its service module just before the spacecraft slammed into Earth's atmosphere on April 10, 2026.
Artemis 2 moon astronauts snap gorgeous shot of swirling stars | Space photo of the day for May 18, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd Published
What a view from the Orion capsule.

SpaceX Dragon capsule delivers science and supplies to space station
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft delivered 6,500 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station on Sunday, May 17, 2026.

Giant radio telescope sees Artemis 2 astronauts on Orion flying around the moon. 'There are 4 people in those pixels.'
By Julian Dossett Published
A giant radio telescope in West Virginia tracked Artemis 2's Orion spacecraft around the moon for five days, gathering precise observations on its movements during the historic mission.
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