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NASA project leader blames next-generation X-ray telescope cancellation on agency mismanagement
NASA is canceling the AXIS X-ray space telescope mission concept, saying it failed to meet key requirements. But the project leader thinks there's another reason.
Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station
Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship departed the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and is scheduled to deorbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere this weekend.
Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA's mission update today
NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch plans today (March 12), and you can watch it live.
NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other
New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.
NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup
NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.
NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun
The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in the nick of time.
Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark
One of Europe's two Proba-3 spacecraft suffered an anomaly last month, putting the future of the solar eclipse-creating mission in doubt.
Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)
Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay.
NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.
A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.
Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station
Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation's human spaceflight missions. It had been out of commission since late November.
