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Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next administrator of NASA, appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Senators press Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, on his ties to Elon Musk

By Mike Wall published

Multiple Democratic senators have expressed concern about the business relationship between Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick for NASA administrator, and SpaceX chief Elon Musk.

Space Exploration
The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis following its capture and lock-down in Earth orbit.

How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors

By Tariq Malik published

How has the Hubble Telescope lasted so long? One of the astronauts who helped repair it explains.

Hubble Space Telescope
three men and a woman stand next to a rocket, making them look tiny or the rocket very large.

SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspective | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The next crew to launch to the International Space Station on a Dragon spacecraft pose inside SpaceX’s Hangar X at Kennedy Space Center.

International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink broadband satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 24, 2025.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites, aces droneship booster landing (video, photos)

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Fore Station on Thursday (April 24), carrying 28 Starlink satellites to orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
This Hubble Space Telescope image captures the beauty of the moth-like planetary nebula NGC 2899.

Hubble Telescope snaps stunning portraits of Mars, a celestial moth and more in spectacular 35th anniversary photos

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

As scientists and space enthusiasts commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in orbit, the mission team joined in by delivering a fresh collection of awe-inspiring images.

Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are the rover’s tracks, which can linger on the Martian surface for months before being erased by the wind.

Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)

By Mike Wall published

A NASA Mars orbiter recently spotted the Curiosity rover driving across the Red Planet's surface, capturing an unprecedented off-Earth action shot.

Mars Rovers
a large silver satellite with orange solar array wings is released from a robotic arm into the glare of the sun

Hubble Space Telescope at 35 | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Thirty-five years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into Earth orbit.

Hubble Space Telescope
The Shenzhou 19 and newly arrived Shenzhou 20 astronauts pose for a photo on China's Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025.

China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts arrive at Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 20 mission arrived at the nation's Tiangong space station today (April 24), about 6.5 hours after lifting off.

Missions
(Main) An image of the Extended Groth Strip as seen by the JWST (inset)

James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'

By Robert Lea published

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth.

James Webb Space Telescope
NASA astronaut Mike Massimino smiles for a photo during STS-125 — the fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission flown by NASA’s space shuttle fleet — in May 2009. The iconic observatory and Mike Good, Massimino’s spacewalk partner, can be seen in the background.

Could astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope again?

By Mike Wall published

Astronauts repaired and upgraded NASA's Hubble Space Telescope over the course of five servicing missions from 1993 to 2009. Could yet another astronaut visit be in the cards?

Hubble Space Telescope
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