Two days after losing contact with Ingenuity, its autonomous helicopter in Mars, NASA announced it has…
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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…
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…
The SpaceX Axiom Space Ax-3 mission to the ISS returned to Earth : NPR
In this image from video provided by NASA, the 11 International Space Station crew members representing…