China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program…
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China sends astronauts to its space station : NPR
A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off…
At 90, sculptor and former test pilot Ed Dwight is going to space : NPR
Ed Dwight poses for a portrait in February to promote the National Geographic documentary film The…
Good news from Voyager 1, which is now out past the edge of the solar system
In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it’s messages stopped making sense. But the NASA…
Space junk crashed through his roof. Who should pay to fix it? : NPR
In March 2021, mission controllers in Houston used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external…
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is finally 'phoning home' again
The space probe contacted ground control for the first time in five months with status updates…
NASA’s Voyager 1 team is having success in repairing a worrying glitch : NPR
Members of the Voyager team celebrate at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving data about the…
The Lyrids meteor shower is peaking. Here’s how to enjoy it with a bright moon : NPR
A Leonid fireball is shown during the storm of 1966 in the sky above Wrightwood, Calif.…
The space junk was supposed to disintegrate in the atmosphere — it didn't
NASA says the space debris that crashed into a home in Naples, Fla., last month was…
Our sun once had thousands of sibling stars. Where did they go? : NPR
The sun sits alone at the center of our solar system — but it was actually…