Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from from Cape…
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Hubble will change how it points, but NASA says 'great science' will continue
NASA is shifting the way the Hubble Space Telescope points. The change is a work-around for…
Chinese spacecraft lands on moon’s far side in growing space rivalry with U.S. : NPR
This photo, provided on Jan. 12, 2019 by the China National Space Administration via Xinhua News…
Astronauts endure delays and missing luggage to ride on Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft : NPR
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled to the…
Are auroras coming back? : NPR
The sun has gone through a rotation, and the active region that triggered a huge amount…
Russia’s Cosmos 2576 satellite is a ‘space weapon,’ U.S. says : NPR
A recent Russian space launch placed a satellite onto the same orbital plane as a U.S.…
Ed Dwight, the U.S.'s first Black astronaut candidate on making it to space at 90
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with artist Ed Dwight about his recent trip to space and legacy…
On a Blue Origin rocket, Ed Dwight, 90, realizes his dream of space flight
Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the…
New images show a black hole collision
NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan about the James Webb Space Telescope’s recent discovery…
90-year-old Ed Dwight, 5 others blast into space aboard Blue Origin rocket : NPR
Ed Dwight poses for a portrait to promote the National Geographic documentary film “The Space Race”…