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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Walter Cunningham, Who Helped Pave the Way to the Moon, Dies at 90
In 1968 he was a member of the first manned Apollo mission, which buoyed an America…
2023 Space and Astronomy News: What to Expect
Solar eclipses, new rockets and new space telescopes are some of the ways that the year…
Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System.
Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space…
How to watch meteor showers
2023 should be a good year for meteor lovers. Click here for original story,…
31 Hours Inside SpaceX Mission Control
A reporter got an inside look at SpaceX’s attempt to launch and land three rockets in…
The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started
The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better…
NASA InSight Mars Mission Is Dead After 4 Years Listening for Marsquakes
After four years of making important discoveries about the interior of the red planet, the stationary…
How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia
Did the former head of NASA discriminate against gay people? One physicist tried to rebut the…
Russian Spacewalk Is Canceled Due to Coolant Leak
When mission controllers observed white particles spewing from a spacecraft that serves as a “lifeboat” for…