NASA’s moon astronauts are in quarantine — what does that really mean?

The buzz is building for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. The ...

NASA begins practice countdown for first moonshot with astronauts in over 50 years

Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972. They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base ...

A day of tragedy for the space shuttle over Florida. See original live coverage

On Jan. 28, 1986, America witnessed a tragedy: the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger in the blue skies over Florida. The ...
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Ancient lake full of crop circles lurks in the shadow of Saudi Arabia's 'camel-hump' mountain — Earth from space

A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia's "two ...

Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...

Ohio's Judith A. Resnik, Challenger astronaut, remembered as hero

Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

You can see NASA's Artemis rocket on the launch pad anytime. Here's how

NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

NASA, Axiom Space finalise agreement for private astronaut mission to ISS in 2027

The US space agency NASA and the US-based Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the fifth private astronaut mission (PAM) to the International Space Station, marking the agency’s fifth ...

Florida residents don't have to be in person to see Artemis II SLS rocket

NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
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Meet the astronauts flying SpaceX Crew-12 to the space station

Crew-12 will fly to the orbiting laboratory aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape ...

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded 40 years ago today, killing its 7-person crew. Photos reveal Challenger's legacy.

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...
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40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff while carrying seven people, including "Teacher in Space" participant Christa McAuliffe. Nobody survived the launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from NASA's Kennedy ...