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By Josh Dinner Published
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine questions the designs for NASA's commercial moon landers for its Artemis program.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
While no imminent asteroid threats have been found for Earth, Chinese scientists discussed two ways to deflect a space rock in case of trouble.

By Mike Wall Published
The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and the Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties down below.

By Brett Tingley Published
Japan's Hayabusa2 asteroid probe got up close to asteroid Torifune on July 5 and captured stunning new images of the double-lobed space rock.

By Josh Dinner Published
NASA joined in the semiquincentennial celebrations this year by painting "America 250" on the rocket that launched the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon.

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robot arm on June 30, 2026.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will fix the International Space Station's Canadarm2 during a spacewalk today (June 30), and you can watch the action live.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
With the speed at which the rover completed this marathon, and how well it continues to explore on Mars, who knows, maybe Perseverance will be the first to manage an ultramarathon on the Red Planet.
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