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![Boeing's Starliner capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hQSEPuUQWGLK27MppSSr2J-320-80.jpg)
NASA delays landing of Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission to June 22
By Josh Dinner published
The return of Boeings 1st crewed Starliner mission has been delayed to June 22.
![The space station above earth shoots a laser to another satellite, which relays it to earth. along the laser are pictures of cats and dogs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wGiCRWg6MWwoDYAKAbirHF-320-80.jpg)
Bark! Meow! Cluck! NASA uses lasers to beam pictures of pet dogs, cats and chickens to the ISS
By Stefanie Waldek published
NASA is testing how infrared light can transfer far more information than radio frequency communications.
![The super star cluster Westerlund 1 as seen by Chandra](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L8caKKpCSupRjiTsmPwMCR-320-80.png)
NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has imaged Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail.
![The International Space Station floating in the black void of space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/85zyvFzEYLMuCahcsNXS6m-320-80.jpg)
'No emergency situation' on International Space Station, NASA says after astronaut medical drill audio causes stir
By Tariq Malik published
It sounded like a nightmare scenario: An astronaut commander on the International Space Station in distress and a flight surgeon on Earth stuck in traffic. But it was all a simulation.
![a smiling older man in a suit stands in front of a model of a large spacecraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AyVBXUPgoU4CgqMQokWrga-320-80.jpg)
Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88
By Mike Wall published
Ed Stone, who for 50 years served as the project scientist for NASA's iconic Voyager mission, died June 9 at the age of 88.
![a fuzzy dark yellow and brownish orb in a black abyss.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dipWddnuG62TxaDKCCTCGR-320-80.jpg)
India's Aditya-L1 solar probe snaps shots of our hyperactive sun during May outburst (photos)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft imaged the sun a week after it unleashed the rare G5 geomagnetic storm that sparked some of the strongest auroras in centuries.
![illustration of a space telescope orbiting earth, with the sun in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uuM4dtfu8Npho38YrtFioV-320-80.png)
NASA funds tech development for life-hunting Habitable Worlds Observatory
By Conor Feehly published
NASA recently selected three proposals that will help develop the tech needed by its proposed life-hunting Habitable Worlds Observatory space telescope.
![a silvery white space capsule hovers in orbit with earth in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GbnD7hJTaaZ4pwUpPpRgdH-320-80.jpg)
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission extended through June 18
By Mike Wall published
The first astronaut mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule won't come back to Earth until June 18 at the earliest, NASA announced over the weekend.
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