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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The moon is getting smaller in the window.
China's space station experiments are back on Earth
By Leonard David published
Space specialists in China have begun to assess experiment samples brought back by the Shenzhou-18 crew that touched down November 4 in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test
By Mike Wall published
LignoSat could help change the way we build satellites.
Satellite survives impact with object in space, takes selfie to prove it (photos)
By Tereza Pultarova published
The 6mm hole was discovered accidentally in footage from an onboard camera.
Presidential Visions for Space Exploration: From Ike to Biden
By Mike Wall last updated
A brief look at how each American president helped shape and steer American activities in space.
Design an interstellar 'generation ship' to spend decades among the stars with Project Hyperion competition
By Conor Feehly published
A new design competition, dubbed Project Hyperion, is calling for submissions for the design of a crewed interstellar generation ship.
Why can't active NASA astronauts endorse US presidential candidates?
By Brett Tingley published
NASA astronauts can vote from space, but why can't they endorse political candidates? As it turns out, U.S. federal law specifically prohibits them from doing so.
Satellites can now spot plastic trash on Earth's beaches from space (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson published
"This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space."
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrives at ISS on 31st resupply mission (video)
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Dragon completed its docking at 10:04 a.m. EST.
'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
By Keith Cooper published
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets.
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