NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the U.S. record for longest…
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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…
After a year in space, this NASA astronaut reflects on his unexpected record : NPR
Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and cosmonauts…
NASA’s Ingenuity mission on Mars comes to an end : NPR
An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flying on Mars. In April 2021, Ingenuity became the first…
NASA’s Mars helicopter retires after almost 3 years on the planet : NPR
After almost three years on the Red Planet and 72 flights into the thin Martian atmosphere,…
Japanese lunar lander finds the sun, powers up : NPR
This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows an image taken by a Lunar…
The Earth will not be destroyed when an asteroid whizzes past on Friday : NPR
The space rock is believed to be about the size of the Empire State Building. It…
A tiny robot set to simulate remote-controlled surgery in space : NPR
Sean Crimmins, a senior in engineering at the University of Nebraska, loads the robotic arm into…
What space stations of the future could look like
NASA officials plan to take down the International Space Station at the end of 2030. They…
What space stations of the future could look like
NASA officials plan to take down the International Space Station at the end of 2030. They…