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NASA's Artemis 1 rocket launch kicks off long-awaited journey to the moon
NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its test flight with three dummies aboard early on Wednesday, bringing the United States a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years. If all goes well during (...)

16 - 11 - 2022
Space station to mark 20 years of people living in orbit
The International Space Station was a cramped, humid, puny three rooms when the first crew moved in. Twenty years and 241 visitors later, the complex has a lookout tower, three toilets, six sleeping compartments and 12 rooms, depending on how you (...)

31 - 10 - 2020
Total solar eclipse 1st in 99 years to sweep width of US
This August, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes this one so special (...)

04 - 07 - 2017
SpaceX to send first paying tourists around moon next year
SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, the launch company announced on Monday. The launch of the first (...)

28 - 02 - 2017
Mercury poised for rare ‘transit' across sun's face on Monday
Stargazers will have a rare opportunity on Monday to witness Mercury fly directly across the face of the sun, a sight that unfolds once every 10 years or so, as Earth and its smaller neighboring planet come into perfect alignment. The best vantage (...)

09 - 05 - 2016
NASA clears SpaceX for trial run to space station
A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new US program to buy spaceflight services on a commercial basis, NASA said Friday. California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or (...)

11 - 12 - 2011
Defunct 6-ton satellite crashing back to Earth
A defunct NASA science satellite dispatched by a space shuttle crew in 1991 will come crashing back to Earth this month, with debris most likely landing in an ocean or unpopulated region, officials said Friday. The Upper Atmosphere Research (...)

11 - 09 - 2011
NASA probe poised for launch to Jupiter
A NASA satellite was hoisted aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday in preparation for launch next week on an unprecedented mission to the heart of Jupiter. The robotic probe called Juno is scheduled to (...)

29 - 07 - 2011
Astronauts make last spacewalk of NASA shuttle era
A pair of astronauts ventured out on the last spacewalk of NASA's space shuttle era Tuesday to retrieve a broken pump from the International Space Station and install a fill-er-up experiment for a robot. The space station's two-armed robot Dextre (...)

13 - 07 - 2011
Final space connection: Atlantis docks at station
In a flight full of passion, Atlantis made the final docking in shuttle history Sunday, pulling up at the International Space Station with a year's worth of supplies. The station's naval bell chimed a salute as Atlantis docked 240 miles above the (...)

11 - 07 - 2011
NASA astronauts give space station space
NASA astronauts attached a Russian docking and research module onto the International Space Station Tuesday, bringing the $100 billion complex to near completion. The compartment, known as Rassvet - Russian for “dawn” - was delivered aboard shuttle (...)

20 - 05 - 2010
Newton's apple tree bound for orbit
Sir Isaac Newton's famous apple tree is about to leave gravity behind. Flying aboard space shuttle Atlantis next week will be a 4-inch sliver of the tree from which an apple fell nearly 350 years ago and inspired Newton to discover the law of (...)

10 - 05 - 2010
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes first test flight
A suborbital spaceship owned by aspiring space tourism operator Virgin Galactic was airlifted into the skies over California's Mojave Desert Monday for its debut test flight. The sleek, six-passenger ship, called VSS Enterprise, remained attached (...)

24 - 03 - 2010
Endeavour astronauts say goodbye to ISS
The crews of the linked space shuttle and space station embraced and said farewell Friday as they prepared for Endeavour to begin its two-day trip home after “a mission of Olympic proportions.” There were hugs and handshakes all around as the six (...)

20 - 02 - 2010
Space deck in final resting spot
Astronauts successfully moved the International Space Station's fancy new observation deck to its final resting place Monday after a long, frustrating night spent dealing with stuck bolts and wayward wiring. But they will have to wait a few more (...)

16 - 02 - 2010
Space station gets window, room to see Earth
Astronauts put the last big addition on the International Space Station early Friday, attaching a new room with an enormous bay window that promises to provide unprecedented panoramic views of Earth. The room, named Tranquility, was hoisted into (...)

13 - 02 - 2010
Shuttle blasts off on last night flight
Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's expected to be the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station. The space shuttle took flight before (...)

09 - 02 - 2010
Astronauts get Internet in space
In a high tech first — really, really high — astronauts in space finally have Internet access. Space station resident Timothy (TJ) Creamer had been working with flight controllers to establish Internet access from his orbital post ever since he (...)

25 - 01 - 2010
Baby can wait as dad finishes spacewalk
A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station Saturday. The spacewalkers installed new antennas, relocated a monitor for electrical hazards, (...)

23 - 11 - 2009
Booster rocket damaged in flight
The booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic because of a deflated parachute, NASA said Thursday. The new Ares I-X completed a two-minute flight Wednesday. The launch itself went well, officials said, but (...)

31 - 10 - 2009
Spacesuit trouble for astronauts
Two astronauts cut short their spacewalk and hurried back to the safety of the international space station on Wednesday after a suit problem resulted in rising carbon dioxide levels for one of the men. NASA officials stressed that spacewalker (...)

24 - 07 - 2009
Flooded toilet in orbit a headache
The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer Sunday because of a flooded toilet. One of two commodes aboard the international space station broke down, right in the middle of complicated robotic (...)

21 - 07 - 2009
Endeavour rockets off, leaving debris behind
Space shuttle Endeavour rocketed toward the international space station Thursday as engineers on Earth pored over launch pictures that showed debris breaking off the fuel tank and striking the craft. Mission Control told the astronauts late (...)

17 - 07 - 2009
NASA launches first moon shot in decade
NASA launched its first moon shot in a decade Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come. The liftoff occurred just one month and two days shy of the (...)

20 - 06 - 2009
NASA invites Twittering media
NASA, which has tiptoed into the new world of social media with Twittering astronauts and Facebooking rovers, is taking the next step with an invitation to “the twedia” to cover a space shuttle launch. There are so many details to work out that the (...)

03 - 06 - 2009
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