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NASA says Elon Musk's SpaceX will bring home the Boeing astronauts stuck in space — but not until next year
Two astronauts have been stuck at the International Space Station for almost three months after Boe…
Lauren Edmonds,Morgan McFall-…
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Space elevators could get us to Mars in record time — and Japan is planning one for 2050
Space elevators are just theoretical at this point, but a Japanese company hopes to build one in th…
Jenny McGrath
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I tried the perfect space meal for astronauts, and it was surprisingly flavorful and easy to make
Scientists designed the perfect meal for astronauts based on NASA's guidelines for nutritional need…
Emily Swaim
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NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded 34 years ago today, killing its 7-person crew. Photos reveal Challenger's legacy.
The disaster marked a turning point for NASA. An investigation after the explosion found that many …
Holly Secon
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The man who was almost NASA's first Black astronaut in the 1960s explains why he never made it to space
Ed Dwight trained to be the first Black astronaut years before NASA sent an African American into s…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA awarded $850,000 to a company that wants to pick up space trash the old-fashioned way — with bags
NASA awarded TransAstra nearly a million dollars for its concept of capture bags large enough to sc…
Kelly Burch
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If a space tourism flight goes horribly wrong, it could be even harder to rescue passengers than the Titan sub disaster
As more companies are sending tourists into space, the Titan submersible disaster highlights the ch…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The James Webb Space Telescope is astronomy's shiny new toy, but the Hubble Space Telescope isn't old news — it's at its scientific peak
Because Webb looks at the universe in infrared, it will miss celestial objects in the visible and u…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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ISRO Scientist Becomes First Indian To Tour Stratosphere
TN Suresh Kumar is a senior scientist working at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s master co…
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The first American woman to walk in space, Kathy Sullivan, just became the first woman to reach the deepest point in all of the oceans
Sullivan joined the millionaire adventurer Victor Vescovo in a one-of-a-kind submersible, which dov…
Aylin Woodward
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Huntsville, Alabama, was named the best place to live in the US. Here's what it's like to live there.
I've been in the fast-growing Southern city for over 50 years. Here's why US News & World Report na…
Leslie Walker
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Big Bird almost rode the Challenger space shuttle - but his costume saved him
"In 1984, NASA created the Space Flight Participant Program to select teachers, journalists, artist…
Rebecca Harrington
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Russia and NASA have been on edge for years. Threats to leave the International Space Station are no surprise.
NASA and Roscosmos still need each other, for now. But they've been preparing to part ways for year…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA satellite sent into space by Sally Ride in the 80s will come crashing down this weekend. But the odds of being hit are 1-in-9,400.
NASA said the concern of being hit by falling debris from the satellite is "very low," maintaining …
Katie Balevic
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Outer Space: Terrorism Hub Or Security Haven?
Although terrorism in space is ruled out for now, it still throbs somewhere in people’s mind, with …
Preetam Kaushik
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NASA's powerful new space telescope will be named after Nancy Grace Roman — the agency's first female executive, known as the 'mother of Hubble'
Nancy Grace Roman was told she couldn't do science. She became NASA's first woman executive and mad…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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NASA astronaut rates 10 space movies based on how realistic they are
The science of space movies explained. NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, formerly Director of SpaceX,…
Brett Jordan,Meredith Geaghan…
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Astronauts often describe a powerful 'overview effect' when gazing at Earth. Here's what it is and why it may be essential to space missions.
When you live and work in space, as astronauts do, the sensation of awe and wonder at how finite an…