Science Oct 19 Japan launches spacecraft to Mars' moon in mission to bring back soil samples Five of the world's space agencies have joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons.
Science Oct 08 WATCH: Four astronauts return to Earth after 8 months aboard International Space Station NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot and Russia’s Andrey Fedyaev departed the orbiting lab on Wednesday, eager to reunite with their families after a lengthy separation.
Science Oct 01 WATCH: NASA launches Crew-13 to International Space Station Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away.
Science Sep 28 SpaceX's supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours after blasting off from Texas. The company had been aiming for a 10-hour flight, spanning six full laps around Earth, to prove its readiness for NASA’s…
Science Aug 30 NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe The bus-sized telescope — named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer — will take more than three months to reach its destination.
Science Aug 28 WATCH: Trump bestows Artemis II crew with Congressional Space Medal of Honor President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose April lunar flyby set a new distance record for humanity.
Science Aug 12 Want to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse from North America? Here's where and when If you’re far enough north in the U.S. and Canada, you might savor a partial eclipse as the moon nibbles away at the sun.
Science Aug 03 Total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland in August For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer.
Science Jul 03 Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth thanks to solar storms Launched in 2004, Swift is sinking faster than ever because of recent solar storms.
Science Jun 30 NASA races to save aging Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity. It needs to get to a higher, more stable orbit as soon as possible to survive.