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Russia threatens to leave International Space Station program over US sanctions: reports

"If the sanctions … remain and are not lifted in the near future, the issue of Russia's withdrawal from the ISS will be the responsibility of the American partners," Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said during a Russian parliament hearing on Monday ( ...

NASA selects two robotic missions to Venus for launch in late 2020s

Using a more sensitive radar instrument, VERITAS will update the topographic maps created by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the early 1990s, potentially revealing whether geologic processes such as volcanoes are currently active on the planet. DAVINCI+ ...

Double Venus missions: all the burning questions NASA hopes to answer

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On June 2, NASA announced it had selected two spacecraft — DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, Plus) and VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) — to ...

The 'ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2021 will look like the 'Death Star' in front of the sun, astronomer says

People across the Northern Hemisphere will be able to spot a "ring of fire" in the sky as an annular solar eclipse moves across our planet this Thursday (June 10). Solar eclipses happen when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth, casting a ...

NASA's new chief on SpaceX's Mars rocket, UFOs and going back to the moon

New York (CNN Business) Former Florida Senator and veteran of spaceflight, Bill Nelson, has taken the helm at NASA. The space agency has the ball rolling on plans to return humans to the moon for the first time in a half century (including the first woman ...

'Missing link' explosion on the sun could unravel longstanding solar mysteries

Back in March of 2016, scientists used NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and theSolar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to observe a dramatic explosion on the sun.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede seen up close for first time in 21 years

The solar-powered Juno spacecraft's JunoCam imager and navigation camera took pictures as the orbiter zipped by Ganymede at 1:35 p.m. EDT (1735 GMT) Monday at a distance of about 645 miles (1,038 kilometers).

The 'ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2021: What time does it begin?

A "ring of fire" or annular eclipse happens when the moon is near its farthest point from Earth during an eclipse, so the moon appears smaller than the sun in the sky and doesn't block the whole solar disk.

NASA designs new spacesuits for next lunar mission in 2024

Humans have explored the infinite abyss beyond Earth's atmosphere for over half a century. When astronauts explore the vast expanse of outer space, they need to wear high-tech spacesuits to protect them from the frigid conditions of the cosmos. Hollywood ...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 7th flight on the Red Planet

Ingenuity traveled 348 feet (106 meters) south from its previous location on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater as planned on Sunday, staying aloft for nearly 63 seconds, JPL officials wrote in another tweet.