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NASA takes possession of Orion for Artemis II moon mission
For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, NASA officially has its hands on a spacecraft expected to fly humans to the moon.
NASA Proposal Would Shift Agency’s Focus Away From Space Science
That budgetary change aligns with the priorities of Elon Musk, who founded his SpaceX rocket company two decades ago with ...
Trump budget proposal: NASA's SLS rocket, Orion and science on chopping block
A budget proposal released on May 2 includes not only cuts to NASA's science budget, but an early end to its SLS moon rocket.
NASA’s new space observatory is mapping the entire sky in 3D
Pointed away from Earth about 404 miles overhead, the orbital observatory will circle the planet from north to south about 14 ...
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NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026
Orion, the capsule that will carry the Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon and back, has been officially handed ...
Enjoy a meteor shower Monday night … and other skywatching tips from NASA
NASA has revealed its top skywatching tips for May, and they include a meteor shower, lots of planets, and possibly a nova.
Asteroids: NASA Tracking House-Sized Space Rock Near Earth
The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.
NASA conducts rare all-female spacewalk outside International Space Station: Watch
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1 for the fifth-ever all-female spacewalk.
NASA’s oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from Starlink mission May 4 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Live updates from Sunday's early morning SpaceX Starlink 6-84 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy ...