NASA officials plan to take down the International Space Station at the end of 2030. They…
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NASA officials plan to take down the International Space Station at the end of 2030. They…
Lexington, Kentucky, unveiled a new tourism campaign beyond this planet : NPR
The city used a laser to beam its message to a solar system 40 light years…
Japan makes soft landing on the moon, but lander has a power problem : NPR
Staff of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) watch a live stream of the moon landing…
SpaceX launches Axiom Space’s Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station : NPR
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with its Crew Dragon capsule launches from pad LC-39A during Axiom…
NASA regains contact with its Mars helicopter : NPR
An illustration from NASA shows the Ingenuity Mars helicopter on the red planet’s surface near the…
NASA regains contact with its helicopter on Mars : NPR
Two days after losing contact with Ingenuity, its autonomous helicopter in Mars, NASA announced it has…
Japan shuts down SLIM moon lander after its battery drops to 12% power : NPR
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shut down its moon lander days after its historic arrival…
After a year in space, NASA astronaut reflects on the unexpectedly long trip : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the U.S. record for longest…
Arno Penzias, who helped confirm the Big Bang theory, dies at 90 : NPR
Arno Penzias (right) and Robert Woodrow Wilson, who co-discovered the afterglow of the Big Bang. The…