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NASA has finally given the go-ahead for the beleaguered Boeing Starliner to return to earth — without its crew
After months in space, the Starliner will return to New Mexico on September 7 without its crew, who…
Aditi Bharade
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NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices
Voyager 1 and 2 have traveled deeper into space than any human-made objects. NASA hopes they'll sta…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA is scrapping a moon rover that it spent $450 million to build
NASA is cutting its losses and scrapping its moon rover mission, after it proved to be exceedingly …
Aditi Bharade
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Why NASA is taking so long to get Boeing's 2 in-limbo astronauts back to Earth
NASA and SpaceX have been working on a backup plan to bring the astronauts home, but it has its own…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Noisy neighbour: The Earth randomly blasted Venus with a Missy Elliott hip-hop song last week, because why not?
The song journeyed approximately 254 million kilometres from Earth to Venus, completing the trip in…
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SpaceX is building a superpowered spaceship to scrap the International Space Station for NASA
NASA wants SpaceX to help end the International Space Station and push it into the ocean. They plan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jessica…
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45 years ago, NASA's Voyager spacecraft flew past Jupiter. See how the iconic video compares to photos of the planet today.
Voyager 1 captured Jupiter as nobody had ever seen it before. Now, 45 years later, NASA's Juno spac…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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Stranded in space: Sunita Williams shares her experience LIVE from the International Space Station
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore addressed Earth live from the ISS. They were launched …
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NASA says it has no plans to use SpaceX to rescue 2 stranded astronauts
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are stuck in space after Boeing's Starliner spacecraft f…
Tom Carter
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NASA astronauts describe flight aboard Boeing's glitching, leaking Starliner spaceship
Boeing's Starliner got two NASA astronauts to the space station despite failures. Now they're waiti…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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Will Sunita Williams be able to return to Earth?
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has found herself in an unexpected predicament aboard the…
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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching
NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Boeing says its spacecraft is leaking but it's still safe to launch US astronauts next week
NASA and Boeing said a helium leak won't stop two astronauts from launching into space next week in…
Geoff Weiss
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Sunita Williams flies to ISS on NASA's Boeing Starliner tonight; 3rd time in space for Indian-origin astronaut
"I'm very proud of the teams who have worked really hard the last two and a half weeks to prepare f…
ANI
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NASA is investing in a rocket that could get humans to Mars and back in 2 months — and travel at 100,000 mph
The Pulsed Plasma Rocket could significantly shorten a round-trip to Mars, reduce risks to astronau…
Ellyn Lapointe
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A train on the Moon? NASA’s new space tech includes lunar railways, Martian rockets and more
NASA has set its sights on six mind-blowing tech concepts that seem ripped straight from science fi…
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SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft back to Earth with scientific research samples
SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday with scientific research sample…
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NASA spacecraft captures unusual circles of sand dunes on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has captured unusual circles of sand dunes on t…
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…