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Posted on July 17, 2025

50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project’s legacy still resonates

On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the foundation for continued cooperation in space over the past 50 years.
Posted on July 17, 2025

‘Doghouse’ days of summer — Boeing’s Starliner won’t fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard

NASA and Boeing are still working on the thruster issues that Starliner experienced on its first crewed flight last year, and the spacecraft's next mission will likely launch without astronauts.
Posted on July 11, 2025

Keeping wastewater flowing into tomorrow’s coffee | On the ISS this week July 7 – 11, 2025

The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their second of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.
Posted on July 11, 2025

Champion lumberjack, reality TV star and Cabinet secretary: Who is Sean Duffy, NASA’s new interim chief?

President Donald Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary and former reality TV star Sean Duffy to lead NASA on an interim basis. Here's what we know about the man.
Posted on July 10, 2025

NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS

NASA and SpaceX are targeting July 31 for the launch of the four-astronaut Crew-11 mission, which will fly a mix of rookies and spaceflight veterans to the ISS.
Posted on July 4, 2025

Trump’s signing of ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas

The "One Big Beautiful Bill," now enacted, directs that space shuttle Discovery be removed from the Smithsonian and placed on display at Space Center Houston by January 2027.
Posted on July 4, 2025

Seeing ‘fireworks’ on Earth from space | On the ISS this week June 26 – July 4, 2025

The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their first of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.
Posted on June 30, 2025

Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA’s Perseverance rover is grinding into a ‘weird, uncooperative’ rock to find out

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose material that could hold clues to the planet's ancient environment and habitability.
Posted on June 28, 2025

The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 – 27, 2025

The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.
Posted on June 27, 2025

Nozzle blows off rocket booster during test for NASA’s Artemis program (video)

A solid rocket engine for NASA's Space Launch System rocket experienced an anomaly during a static fire test at the booster's Northrop Grumman facilities June 26.

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