The space agency acknowledged that it cannot return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024, a…
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New York Times Space & Cosmos
SpaceX Carries NASA Astronaut Mission Home With Safe Water Landing
The Crew-2 astronauts spent nearly 200 days in orbit, and their stay aboard the International Space…
SpaceX Updates: NASA’s Crew-2 Mission Heads for Water Landing
After some 200 days aboard the International Space Station, astronauts from NASA, France and Japan will…
SpaceX Mission: How to Watch NASA's Astronaut Undock From the Space Station
Four crew members are scheduled to depart from the orbital outpost after about half a year…
Lights Out: 5 New ‘Dark-Sky Places’ for Top-Shelf Stargazing
The International Dark-Sky Association awards certifications to sites with exceptionally high-quality night skies, including national parks,…
Star System With Right-Angled Planets Surprises Astronomers
Two planets orbit the poles while another revolves around the star’s equator, suggesting a mysterious, undetected…
NASA’s Latest Breakthrough: ‘Best Space Tacos Yet’
For the first time, astronauts on the International Space Station cultivated chiles, adding some zing to…
Blue Origin Loses Legal Fight Over SpaceX’s NASA Moon Contract
A federal judge rejected the argument by Jeff Bezos’ rocket company that NASA unfairly awarded a…
A New 10-Year Plan for the Cosmos
On astronomers’ wish list for the next decade: two giant telescopes and a space telescope to…
Amazon to Launch First Two Internet Satellites in 2022
Competing with SpaceX, OneWeb and others, the e-commerce titan will rely on small rockets to get…