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7 Spacecrafts That Could Replace the ISS When It’s Deorbited in 2031
Why Is the ISS Being Retired? Since the first segment of the ISS—Zarya—was launched into orbit by a Proton rocket in 1998, it ...
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon
The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway ...
NASA’s asteroid mission to Apophis: Key for Earth’s defense
REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...
How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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Pale Blue Dot: The iconic Valentine's Day photo of Earth turns 35 today — and you're probably in it
On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...
See The Best ‘Planet Parade’ For 40 Years As Venus Reaches Greatest Brilliancy
The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...
9 Brilliant Astronomy Events to Be Sure to See This Year
From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...
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NASA Faces The Promise And Peril Of Moondust
As NASA plans to establish a permanent Moon base via its Artemis program, it is looking to avoid the dangers of lunar ...
Think this space station and moon photo is AI? Meet the photographer.
Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost moon mission shares its most stunning image yet
“Now four weeks into the mission, Blue Ghost has downlinked more than 15 GB of data, including NASA science data, from record-breaking GNSS signals to magnetic field measurements, that is already ...