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Ax-1's first all-private crew to space station would love a trip to the moon. 'The sights here are amazing.'

The all-private mission to the International Space Station is leaving a bit of time for its four commercial astronauts to do a favorite space activity: looking at Earth, and maybe dreaming of the moon. That's what members of the Ax-1 mission by Axiom ...

Alien planet with 3 stars is actually a star itself, scientists determine

Finding alien worlds in distant solar systems is a delicate task. Astronomers' tools have come a long way since the first exoplanet discoveries in the 1990s, but the quest remains daunting: to find tiny objects hundreds of light-years away, ...

Hydrogen leak halts tanking test for Artemis moon rocket

A hydrogen leak near the connection between NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket and its mobile launch platform foiled another attempt Thursday to pump cryogenic propellants into the towering mega-booster at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA ...

NASA may resume critical Artemis 1 moon rocket tests next week

The agency aims to launch the mission this summer and has been carrying out a series of crucial tests at Pad 39B at Florida's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to help get the team and the hardware ready.

Artemis 1 moon rocket gets space station flyover in stunning NASA photo

A serene new NASA photo has captured two spacecraft at twilight, one in orbit and one on Earth, as the agency tested its new Artemis 1 moon rocket. The photo, taken by photographer Joel Kowsky, shows the agency's Artemis 1 moon rocket — the first Space ...

NASA puts Artemis moon rocket through crucial paces ahead of launch

CNN

CNN

(CNN) The NASA Artemis I mega moon rocket may face another attempt at its crucial prelaunch ground test as early as next week, according to NASA officials. Engineers are putting the 322- ...

Inside the final days of the dinosaurs before deadly asteroid fall

New York Post

New York Post

It's not just the discovery of fossilized animal remains that is adding to our knowledge of the period just before the dinosaurs died out. Beautifully preserved footprints left by the prehistoric creatures are now being unearthed by Robert ...

Commercial crew has no problem adapting to life on space station

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION. Axiom-1 mission commander Michael López-Alegría, a retired astronaut with four previous space flights to his credit, describes the first fully commercial visit to the International Space Station in an ...

After technical issues, NASA targets next week for fourth test of Artemis moon rocket

Florida Today

Florida Today

Teams are now targeting no earlier than Thursday, April 21, for the fourth attempt to fuel the 322-foot rocket's core stage with liquid propellants during a test known as the "wet dress rehearsal." A third try Thursday was scrubbed due to a hydrogen leak ...

SpaceNews

Far side: the moon's use as a new astronomical site

SpaceNews

BOULDER, Colorado — Astronomers have always sought out remote and isolated spots from which their precision observations of the surrounding universe can be made. Now, add one more far-flung location – the moon. But there is growing concern within the ...