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Posted on December 18, 2024

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than nine hours outside the nation's Tiangong space station on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17, beating the old EVA duration record by 10 minutes.
Posted on December 18, 2024

Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025 after new NASA, SpaceX delay

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay in space an extra month, until March 2025, giving SpaceX more time to complete a new Crew Dragon capsule.
Posted on December 5, 2024

NASA delays Artemis 2 moon mission to 2026, Artemis 3 astronaut landing to mid-2027

NASA has delayed the planned launch of its Artemis 2 crewed moon mission to April 2026, allowing more time to prep its Orion capsule.
Posted on December 5, 2024

Gigantic ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars are the next big target for NASA’s Curiosity rover, agency reveals

Curiosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out to explore miles of web-like surface features left behind by ancient water on the Red Planet. The zig-zagging rocks could also provide clues about whether Mars once harbored extraterrestrial life.
Posted on December 5, 2024

China debuts $553 million spaceport with launch of new Long March-12 rocket (video)

China debuted its new launch vehicle Long March-12, delivering two experimental satellites into orbit and marking the inaugural flight from the country's first commercial spaceport.
Posted on November 25, 2024

SpaceX to launch 24 more Starlink satellites from Florida late Nov. 26

SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Tuesday morning (Nov. 26).
Posted on November 25, 2024

NASA’s nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter will ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket toward Saturn moon Titan

NASA has picked SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly astrobiology mission to the intriguing Saturn moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will loft Dragonfly in July 2028.
Posted on November 25, 2024

The Sombrero Galaxy’s star-forming days are nearly over — and the James Webb Space Telescope may know why

A brand-new James Webb Space Telescope image captures the steady, slow lifestyle of the distinctive Sombrero Galaxy.
Posted on November 25, 2024

How does spaceflight affect astronauts’ brains? There’s good news and bad

Long-duration spaceflight affects some aspects of astronauts' cognitive health, but the observed impairment was not found to be lasting, a new study finds.
Posted on November 25, 2024

‘Unexpected odor’ on Russian spacecraft delays cargo delivery for ISS astronauts

A Progress spacecraft at the ISS has a strange smell and unusual droplets after arriving at the ISS, NASA reported. Troubleshooting is ongoing, but its hatch is closed for now.

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