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ICON, depicted in this artist’s concept, will study the ionosphere from a height of about 350 miles to understand how the combined effects of terrestrial weather and space weather influence this ionized layer of particles.

Top Space Stories of the Week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

NASA astronaut Drew Morgan poses for a photo by fellow astronaut Christina Koch (visible in the reflection of Morgan's visor) during a spacewalk on Oct. 6, 2019 outside the International Space Station.

Watch Live: 2 Astronauts Taking Spacewalk Outside Space Station

By Space.com Staff

Two NASA astronauts are working outside the International Space Station today and you can watch their 6.5-hour spacewalk live here.

SpaceX's first Crew Dragon is seen at the International Space Station just before docking on March 3, 2019 during the Demo-1 test flight.

SpaceX Could Launch NASA Astronauts Into Space in Early 2020

By Mike Wall

Crew Dragon could carry astronauts to the International Space Station in the first quarter of next year, if testing continues to go well.

Artist's illustration of a Centaur upper-stage rocket approaching the moon with the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) shepherding satellite attached.

NASA Slammed a Rocket Body Into the Moon for Science 10 Years Ago Today

By Mike Wall

Ten years ago today (Oct. 9), NASA slammed a hunk of space junk into the moon, forever changing our perception of Earth's nearest neighbor.

A vintage artist's depiction of a space station.

NASA Wants to Encourage Private Space Stations

By Meghan Bartels

NASA is continuing to take steps to encourage companies to explore space station developments, both on the International Space Station and beyond.

This photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3717, a dusty swirl of stars about 60 million light-years away.

Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day

By Space.com Staff

This photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3717, a dusty swirl of stars about 60 million light-years away.

Artist's illustration of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander on the moon.

Intuitive Machines, NASA's Hired Ride to the Moon, Aims for 2021 Lunar Landing

By Meghan Bartels

One of NASA's two hired rides to the moon's surface is tackling a host of milestones leading up to a July 2021 launch and looking ahead to future flights.

NASA aims to land two astronauts, including the first female moonwalker, on the lunar surface by 2024.

NASA's 2024 Moon Goal: Q&A with Human Landing System Chief Lisa Watson-Morgan

By Leonard David

A NASA official discusses how the agency plans to pull off the ambitious landing plan.

Hiroshi Yamakawa, president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine signed a statement on lunar exploration on Sept. 24, 2019, in Tokyo.

NASA, Japan Consider Joint Crewed Moon Missions

By Elizabeth Howell

Japan may join NASA in the American agency's push to bring humans to the moon, NASA said in a statement.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (center) reviews the NDX-1 pressurized spacesuit, made at the University of North Dakota, along with spacesuit principal investigator and UND professor Pablo de Leon (right). At left is North Dakota senator Kevin Cramer. In a tweet accompanying this picture taken on Sept. 4, 2019, Bridenstine said of the NASA-funded spacesuits, "The work being done here will benefit our #Artemis program to send humans to the Moon and our eventual missions to Mars and beyond."

NASA Chief Talks Moon Landing and More in North Dakota

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine stopped by the University of North Dakota on Sept. 4 to check out its spacesuits and possibly, recruit help for his looming moon deadline.

A recovery ship hauls SpaceX's first Crew Dragon capsule out of the Atlantic Ocean after the spacecraft's splashdown on March 8, 2019.

NASA Expects to Buy More Soyuz Seats for Astronauts in 2020, at $85 Million a Pop: Reports

By Mike Wall

NASA anticipates having to buy yet more seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft next year, according to media reports.

An artist's illustration of the centaur Chiron, which may have rings or orbiting dust structures.

Centaurs Rising: NASA Eyes Missions to Weird Asteroid-Comet Hybrids

By Mike Wall

The Centaurs may get their first-ever close-up soon.

Among the 14 companies NASA has selected as partners in working toward exploration of the moon and Mars is Astrobotic, which wants to build a CubeRover.

NASA Hands Out $43 Million for 'Tipping Point' Tech for the Moon and Mars

By Meghan Bartels

NASA is funding more than a dozen technology projects that could aid exploration of the moon and Mars, focusing on issues including cryogenics, energy production and independent mobility.

The Orion capsule shown here will make NASA's first Artemis mission, an uncrewed test flight to the moon.

NASA Orders More Orion Spaceships for the Artemis Moon Missions

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA recently tasked a company to open production on the spacecraft that will bring astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program.

An image released by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team on Sept. 17, 2019, shows the Vikram lander's attempted touchdown site.

India's Lost Moon Lander Is Somewhere in This NASA Photo

By Meghan Bartels

It looks like just a barren moonscape of craters, but somewhere in this image is a hunk of metal and electronics that carried a country's hopes of lunar science.

NASA's existing mobile launcher, as seen on Aug. 31, 2018.

NASA Needs a Second Mobile Launcher for Its Massive SLS Megarocket

By Kasandra Brabaw

In a turn from the agency's original plan, NASA has awarded a contract for a second mobile launcher to be built at Kennedy Space Center.

Unofficial, concept-only rendering of what a coin honoring Christa McAuliffe could look like. The Secretary of the U.S. Treasury will choose the design of the coin to be issued based on the direction of Congress and the work of U.S. Mint artists.

Congress Votes to Issue Coin for 'Teacher in Space' Christa McAuliffe

By Robert Z. Pearlman

The United States Mint will memorialize the first teacher who lifted off for space with a 2021 coin that will help continue her mission of science education.

An artist's illustration of the proposed NEOCam spacecraft, which would hunt for asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth.

NASA Wants a New Space Telescope to Protect Us All from Dangerous Asteroids

By Meghan Bartels

Earth will soon lose a key tool in the fight to spot potentially hazardous asteroids — and NASA has decided to fund a custom-built replacement.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison speak with reporters after a bilateral meeting on Sept. 20, 2019 at the White House in Washington.

Trump Hails Mars As NASA's Next Target, Says the Moon's 'Not So Exciting'

By Tariq Malik

President Trump said the U.S. space program is doing tremendous work with commercial companies to eventually send NASA astronauts Mars.

Russia's Soyuz MS-09 crew spacecraft is is shown docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The MS-09 carried NASA astronaut Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, the European Space Agency's Alexander Gerst and cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev to the ISS in June 2018.

Russia Says It Will Keep Source of Hole (and Air Leak) on Soyuz Secret— But NASA Wants to Know: Report

By Elizabeth Howell

But NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wants answers.