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Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.
Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
By Jeff Spry published
A Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle dressed like a "Star Wars" X-wing fighter has been donated to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
On This Day in Space: May 3, 1986: Delta rocket fails to launch GOES-G weather satellite
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On May 3, 1986, NASA attempted to launch a new weather satellite called GOES-G for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but the rocket malfunctioned in mid-air.
Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing's Starliner is finally ready to fly astronauts, after several years of delay. The capsule's designers put the extra time to good use, NASA and Boeing representatives say.
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (May 2), on the second half of a planned spaceflight doubleheader.
Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
By Rahul Rao published
NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.
Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death
By Rahul Rao published
Scientists suggest lunar astronauts can stay fit by running sideways within a Wheel of Death.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two Maxar Earth-observation satellites today (May 2). It was the record-tying 20th mission for this rocket's first stage.
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