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Posted on January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

‘This is NASA at its finest’: Crew-11 astronauts in good shape after smooth medical evacuation and splashdown, agency says

NASA leaders said the Crew-11 mission's astronaut medical evacuation shows how the agency is prepared to handle the unexpected.
Posted on January 13, 2026January 14, 2026

‘Backward and upward and tilted’: Spaceflight causes astronauts’ brains to shift inside their skulls

Space apparently changes your frame of mind in more ways than one.
Posted on January 12, 2026January 13, 2026

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly sues Pentagon, Pete Hegseth over censure campaign

Former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is fighting back, suing the Pentagon for its plan to censure him over comments he made in a video late last year.
Posted on January 10, 2026January 9, 2026

Moon fever hits DC as Artemis 2 rocket ‘candle’ lights up Washington Monument just 1 month before launch (photos)

The Washington Monument lit up on New Year's Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence.
Posted on January 8, 2026January 8, 2026

How does NASA handle astronaut medical issues in space?

NASA just postponed a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an astronaut. Here's how the agency has handled such issues in the past.
Posted on January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Trump administration censures former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

The Department of Defense is taking administrative action against former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly over remarks he made in a 90-second video in November.
Posted on December 31, 2025December 23, 2025

Scientists are getting our robotic explorers ready to help send humans to Mars

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and human exploration and how we do these best together."
Posted on December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

Meet Qingzhou, China’s next-gen cargo craft for its Tiangong space station (video)

Qingzhou is a lighter and potentially lower-cost alternative to China's Tianzhou freighter.
Posted on December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

Experiments on a private space station: Vast asks scientists for research proposals

The California startup Vast has opened a call for scientific research aboard its Haven-1 private space station, which is set to launch atop a SpaceX rocket next year.
Posted on December 9, 2025

Chinese astronauts inspect damaged Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during 8-hour spacewalk (video)

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station and assessed the damage to the attached Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during a spacewalk on Tuesday (Dec. 9).

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