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See amazing photos of SpaceX's Ax-1 private astronaut launch and mission

Axiom Space's private Ax-1 crew will ride a SpaceX spacecraft to the International Space Station in April 2022. They are (from left): pilot Larry Connor, mission specialist Mark Pathy, commander Michael López-Alegría and mission specialist Eytan Stibbe ...

Here's where planetary science is going in the next decade

The solar system is overflowing with fascinating destinations, but NASA can only operate so many missions. So every 10 years, the agency asks scientists to evaluate the state of planetary science and determine what questions should be the top ...

Perseverance rover arrives at ancient Mars river delta

NASA's life-hunting Perseverance Mars rover just reached a big mission milestone. Perseverance has arrived safely at the remains of an ancient Red Planet river delta on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, NASA announced today ...

SpaceX rolls out rocket for Crew-4 astronaut mission ahead of Saturday launch (photos)

The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will fly SpaceX's Crew-4 astronaut mission have made it to the launch pad. The hardware was rolled out to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today (April 19) to gear up for a planned ...

NASA plans to roll first Artemis moon rocket back to hangar next week

NASA will move its first giant Space Launch System moon rocket off the launch pad and back to its hangar at the Kennedy Space Center as soon as next Tuesday, giving teams an opportunity to resolve several problems discovered during three attempts to ...

Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 32nd anniversary with gorgeous gravitational 'dance' photo

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a unique group of merging galaxies that provides a glimpse into processes in the early universe. The five galaxies, known as the Hickson Compact Group (HCG) 40, are in the process of merging into a single ...

Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image shows 'galactic wings' from ongoing collision

The distinct wings-like look is a product of a cataclysmic encounter between two galaxies that have been in the process of merging for billions of years. "Unlike chance alignments of galaxies which ...

Sending a probe to Uranus labeled as top priority by space science community

The Verge

The Verge

A new report compiled by planetary scientists from across the United States says that sending an interplanetary probe to study the ice giant planet should be considered the top priority for planetary exploration over the next decade. Specifically ...

Ingenuity's record-breaking year transforms Mars exploration

The first-ever powered flights over another planet have proved a resounding success for NASA's JPL team, which is celebrating Ingenuity's 12-month anniversary of its first helicopter hop on Mars Tuesday. Some 25 flights later, the Ingenuity helicopter ...

Scientists Want to Probe Uranus With a New Spacecraft

WIRED

WIRED

For the past couple of decades, NASA has been investing in spacecraft to conduct up-close examinations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Now it'll likely be Uranus' turn. On Tuesday, a team of planetary science and astrobiology researchers ...