NASA rover peers up at space, sees strange Mars moon and distant Earth
The Curiosity rover captured this image on Sept. 9, 2024, during its 4,295th Martian day (called a "sol") on Mars. It's been ...
What human-made object is the farthest from Earth?
Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
Polaris Dawn Astronauts Reach Record High Orbit Above Earth
After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any ...
New Images of Mercury Show Speckled Surface in Sharp Detail
BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its latest flyby of Mercury, sending back a sneak peek of the ...
Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth
A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth. It was a high-risk endeavor ...
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Boeing’s beleaguered space capsule is heading back to Earth without two NASA astronauts
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY / USA TODAY NETWORK NASA decided that the astronauts will be brought back to Earth in 2025, using SpaceX instead of Boeing. AFP via Getty Images The 2022 do-over ...
NASA's Artemis II Crew Visits 'Most Lunar-Like' Place on Earth For Training
"It has the landscape; it looks like the Moon. And it has the scale of features astronauts will both be observing and exploring," NASA's Cindy Evans said.
Above the sharks: Historic space mission captures images of Australia as it returns to Earth
A space mission that included the first private spacewalk caught a glimpse of Western Australia as it came back to Earth ...
Record-setting Polaris Dawn crew safely splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
Splashdown northwest of Key West, Florida, closed out a mission highlighted by the first non-government civilian spacewalk.
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Rare Footage of a Satellite Reentering Earth's Atmosphere Captured
Though not particularly high-fidelity, the ESA footage should give space agencies insight into what happens when a piece of ...
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Billionaire rocketman who made historic first private spacewalk on SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission back on earth waving after splashdown landing
The billionaire rocketman who made the first private spacewalk on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission is back on earth after splashing ... onto the recovery vessel half an hour later.
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Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts
After it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere parachutes ... up anything else that they need for the back-end half of their mission on that flight.” Image source, NASA Image caption, Nasa says ...