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NASA's Mega-Moon Rocket Is Poised to Try Again
The giant space Launch System (SLS) is back on the launch pad and could fly as early as Nov. 14
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China Sends Rocket Stage Hurtling Toward Earth
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The World May Benefit From China’s Space Ambitions
The completion of China’s space station, while prompting U.S. concerns, opens doors for international collaboration
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NASA's Moon Program Gives U.S. Economy Big Boost
NASA’s fiscal year 2021 budget was $23.3 billion and that spending, according to a new report, generated a total of $71.2 billion in economic activity nationwide.
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First Native-American Woman in Space Reflects on Earth's Fragility
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October 20, 2022
NASA's Wildly Successful Asteroid-Deflection Test
The DART mission to knock an asteroid off course just helped make Earth a little bit safer.
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October 12, 2022
Ancient Microbes Could Still Be Living on Mars
A new study makes the case that descendants of long-ago life forms may still be living on the Red Planet
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October 11, 2022
Why Uranus Orbits Sideways
A new computer model explains why the planet has a tilted orbit
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October 7, 2022
Ignoring Russia, China Seeks New Partners For Moon Missions
The war in Ukraine creates a rift between two erstwhile lunar partners
By Jeffrey Kluger
September 30, 2022
Scientists May Have Just Discovered A Lake On Mars
Findings from a new study could have implications for extraterrestrial life
By Jeffrey Kluger
September 29, 2022
NASA's Cosmic Collision Could Help Save the Earth
The DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, in a first test of humanity's ability to deflect incoming space debris
By Jeffrey Kluger
September 27, 2022
China Takes Aim for Jupiter and Uranus
Beijing announces plans for an ambitious dual mission in 2030
By Jeffrey Kluger
September 23, 2022
NASA's Big Plans to Collide With an Asteroid
A cosmic crack-up could help keep the planet safe
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September 23, 2022
Perseverance Rover Finds Organic Matter on Mars
The stuff of biology has been discovered in what was once a Martian lake
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September 16, 2022
China's New Space Station Has a Big Role to Play
The Tiangong orbiting laboratory will fill a void the International Space Station will leave—both scientifically and diplomatically
By Jeffrey Kluger
September 12, 2022
NASA Targets New Moon Rocket Launch Dates
A pair of launch windows open up before the end of September. If NASA misses those, the wait could be a long one
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September 9, 2022
Inside NASA’s Struggle to Launch America Back to the Moon
NASA's just-launched Space Launch System—its mega moon rocket—is a remarkable machine with a long, complicated history
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September 7, 2022
First Exoplanet Photo Revealed by James Webb Space Telescope
In a historic first, the James Webb Space Telescope takes a picture of a planet orbiting another star.
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September 2, 2022
NASA's Artemis 1 Moon Mission Launch
NASA's new Space Launch System rocket will launch for the first time with an Orion crew capsule that will carry experiments around the moon and back.
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August 29, 2022
Webb Telescope to Reveal New Exoplanet Photo
The discovery of carbon dioxide on a distant planet is one more sign that organic chemistry—and perhaps life—exists throughout the universe
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August 26, 2022
China Set to Overtake U.S. in Space
A new military study warns that China is on track to become the world's dominant space power in the next generation
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August 26, 2022
NASA a Step Closer to Searching for Life on Jupiter Moon
The Europa Clipper spacecraft will visit a moon of Jupiter that might harbor life
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August 19, 2022
Why NASA Is Launching Yeast Into Space
An experiment aboard NASA's giant new moon rocket has implications for humans in space
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August 18, 2022
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Twin studies using satellite observations show ice loss over Antarctica is twice as great as feared.
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August 10, 2022
Falling Space Debris Is a Growing Menace
China and SpaceX both recently sent space junk plunging Earthward
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August 5, 2022
U.S. Space Ambassadors are on the Way
The Space Force will establish global attachés in friendly embassies around the world
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August 4, 2022
History of Stars Captured in New Webb Telescope Images
New images capture the eccentric Cartwheel galaxy and the farthest star ever seen
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August 4, 2022
Chinese Space Rocket Debris Crashes Back to Earth Over Ocean
It remains unclear what path the debris from the booster might take, US Space Command said on Twitter on Saturday, referring questions to the Chinese government
By Victoria Cavaliere / Bloomberg
July 30, 2022
South Korea and the U.S. both Target the Moon
South Korea aims to launch its first moon probe while the U.S. finds a cave that could be a home for astronauts
By Jeffrey Kluger
July 29, 2022
Russia May Not Quit the Space Station After All
The boss of the Russian space agency threatens to quit the space station in 2024—but Moscow backpedals
By Jeffrey Kluger
July 29, 2022
Debris From a Chinese Space Rocket Is Crashing Toward Earth
Beijing is dismissing concern about the Long March 5B rocket debris set to make an uncontrolled reentry around July 31
By Bruce Einhorn and Shirley Zhao/Bloomberg
July 27, 2022
The James Webb Telescope Has Already Made Its First Scientific Discovery
"We’re potentially looking at the most distant starlight ever seen"
By Jeffrey Kluger
July 22, 2022
NASA's Giant Moon Rocket Set to Fly Soon
The first step to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface
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July 22, 2022
Why You Should Care—A Lot—About the Webb Telescope Images
The dazzling new images from deep space give us all a new perspective on our place in the cosmos
By Jeffrey Kluger
July 15, 2022
These 5 Photos From the James Webb Space Telescope Are Mind-Blowing. Here's What They Can Tell Us
The big reveal of pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope are not just dazzling; they also pack a lot of science.
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July 13, 2022
What These Dazzling James Webb Telescope Images Mean for Space
This glimpse into the history of the universe will usher in a "new phase of scientific discovery"
By Jeffrey Kluger
July 12, 2022
Russia Angers the World With Space Station War Propaganda
Waving the flag of stolen Ukrainian land
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July 8, 2022
The Billionaire Space Race Has Big Climate Costs
Rocket exhaust is no friend of the atmosphere
By Jeffrey Kluger
June 28, 2022
How Pittsburgh Is Leading the U.S. Back to the Moon
A one-time sooty city becomes a leader in space
By Jeffrey Kluger
June 23, 2022
NASA Insists All Is Well as the Webb Telescope's Mirror Gets Dinged
The $10 billion telescope meets a micrometeoroid
By Jeffrey Kluger
June 17, 2022
A Strawberry Moon Is Coming. Why the Rare Astronomical Event Is So Exciting
A close-up full moon is a sky show like no other
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June 14, 2022
NASA Launches Real Study Into UFOs
NASA has spent more than 60 years flying UFOs. Every spacecraft that ever visited the moon, landed on Mars, buzzed by Jupiter, orbited Saturn, or reconnoitered Pluto would be a decidedly unidentified flying object to...
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