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SpaceX has proven it can fly astronauts. Here's how Elon Musk's company...
SpaceX returned two NASA astronauts to Earth on Sunday after flying them to the International Space Station.The mission, called Demo-2, flew the first crewed US spacecraft since the end of NASA's space...
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SpaceX just launched 57 new Starlink satellites with sun visors to make them...
SpaceX just launched a new batch of Starlink internet-beaming satellites equipped with visors to block sun glare.The new "VisorSats" should make the fleet of satellites less visible in the night...
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SpaceX says its first NASA astronaut flight went 'surprisingly well' — but...
SpaceX safely returned NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth in a Crew Dragon capsule on August 2 — completing the rocket company's first human journey.In a briefing after the landing,...
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The Perseid meteor shower, which NASA says is the best of the year, peaks on...
The Perseid meteor shower — which NASA says is the best of the year — happens each year in late summer.The Perseids are known for epic "fireball"meteors and long, streaking tails.Meteor activity should...
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16 plutonium-powered space missions shaping our understanding of space —...
NASA last week launched its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to hunt for signs of ancient alien life.Once on Mars, Perseverance will be powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The nuclear...
View ArticleHere's what you're actually seeing when you spot a meteor shower
Meteor showers like the Perseids in August and the Leonids in November are brilliant cosmic light shows we can count on year after year.The Perseids meteor shower peaks the night of August 11 into the...
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Elon Musk seems furious that SpaceX has to split Space Force contracts worth...
SpaceX recently won a 40% share of a prized agreement with the Space Force to launch classified US payloads into orbit.But the rocket company, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, remained curiously silent...
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Towering dust devils, ancient dunes, and avalanches: 12 stunning images from...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken nearly 7 million pictures of the red planet since leaving Earth 15 years ago. From dust storms to avalanches, the images reveal details of Mars' surface and...
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SpaceX's next astronaut mission for NASA has been pushed back, with a launch...
NASA announced on Friday that its next mission with SpaceX won't launch until late October at the earliest.The mission, called Crew-1, will ferry four astronauts to the space station and back: Victor...
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A car-sized asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the...
An asteroid the size of a car flew within about 1,830 miles of Earth this weekend — closer than any known space rock has ever come without crashing into the planet.A NASA-funded program detected the...
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SpaceX raises $1.9 billion in new funding, valuing it at $46 billion
SpaceX said Tuesday that it raised $1.9 billion in new funding. The round values Elon Musk's company at $46 billion, according to Bloomberg. Earlier this month, the company completed its first...
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An exploding star 65 light-years from Earth may have triggered one of the...
The explosion of a dying star could have extinguished much of life on Earth approximately 359 million years ago, a new study suggests.The supernova may have spewed radiation that depleted the planet's...
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The International Space Station has sprung 'a small air leak,' so a NASA...
The International Space Station is experiencing a "slightly increased" leakage of air, NASA said Thursday.NASA said the leak "presents no immediate danger to the crew or the space station" and is...
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NASA: A fridge-size asteroid is headed toward Earth one day before the...
An asteroid has a slim chance of entering the Earth's atmosphere on November 2.That's one day before the US election.Because of its small size, the asteroid, dubbed 2018VP1, would burn off while...
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NASA just selected astronaut Jeanette Epps for a historic space mission by...
NASA said Tuesday that astronaut Jeanette Epps will launch aboard Boeing's new CST-100 Starliner spaceship in 2021.Epps has not yet flown to space, but the Starliner-1 mission could make her the first...
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Starlink's speed tests may look impressive, but experts say SpaceX's...
Starlink, SpaceX's growing network of internet-beaming satellites, is undergoing a private beta test.In mid-August, Starlink performance results from an internet-connection-testing website began...
View ArticleWhat living on Earth would be like without the moon
Each year, the moon drifts an estimated 1.5 inches further away from Earth. The moon has the largest influence on Earth's tides and without it, high and low tides would shrink by an estimated 75%.Visit...
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NASA patented a faster, cheaper route to the moon. The first spacecraft to...
Summary List PlacementThe moon is both seductively close to Earth and cosmically far away: Decades after the end of the space race, it remains extraordinarily expensive and difficult to actually get...
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Crew members on the space station are still hunting for the source of a leak,...
Summary List PlacementA tiny bit of air always leaks from the International Space Station — but not quite as much as is leaking now.Officials first noticed a leak last September, but they didn't do...
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NASA just fired up the most powerful rocket booster ever built — a key part...
Summary List PlacementWith a spark, a burst of flames, and a thunderous roar on Wednesday, NASA completed a pivotal test of a rocket booster expected to power a return to the moon.The 176-foot boosters...
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