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News Articles: NASA

NASA's Artemis I moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June.

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After a delay, the next launch opportunity for NASA's giant moon rocket is Friday

The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission will have to wait until at least Friday, after a problem with one of the SLS rocket's engines was discovered.

August 30, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site.

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NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

August 28, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center ahead of its uncrewed flight around the moon.

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  • Space

Why manikins and Snoopy will make up the crew of NASA's Artemis I mission

The Artemis I mission is uncrewed, but that doesn't mean the spacecraft is empty. Lots of mementos are making the trip, along with manikins that will help NASA prepare to send humans back to the moon.

August 27, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
A new image of Jupiter taken from NASA's Webb Telescope and released on Monday is shown.

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NASA's James Webb telescope has taken new images of Jupiter's moons, rings and more

The telescope uses a camera with filters that can make a color map out of infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye.

August 23, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Istanbul, Turkey: The Sturgeon full moon rises next to Istanbul's Camlica Mosque.

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The last supermoon of the year lights up the night sky all over the world

The Sturgeon Moon became visible Thursday night, appearing bigger and brighter than usual because of its proximity to Earth.

August 12, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
A supermoon is pictured near the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 13, 2022.

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The last time to catch a supermoon this year is approaching

Supermoons in general appear 17% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA.

August 11, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
The Perseids are set to peak Aug. 13, with the most visibility in the Northern Hemisphere.

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  • Science

Get ready to look up in the night sky at all those meteor showers

The Perseids, the most popular meteor shower, will soon reach its peak. For best visibility, make sure you find a dark location and avoid light pollution from cities.

August 06, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
Researchers found that lunar pits and caves reach stable temperatures, making them potentially suitable for human life.

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  • Space

Parts of the moon have stable temperatures fit for humans, researchers find

Researchers discovered that lunar pits and caves could provide stable temperatures around 63 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to new possibilities for experiments and life there.

August 01, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda

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  • Science

COMIC: How living on Mars time taught me to slow down

NASA engineer Nagin Cox lives on Earth but works on Mars time, where days are longer and time works differently. Her work with the rovers has entirely changed the way she thinks about time on Earth.

July 22, 2022
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  • LA Johnson and
  • Anuj Shrestha
This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus.

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Far out: NASA space telescope's 1st cosmic view goes deep

The first image from NASA's new space telescope is the deepest view of the universe ever captured. The picture is the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of time and the edge of the universe.

July 12, 2022
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  • Associated Press
The James Webb Space Telescope (shown here being tested on earth) is expected to reveal some of the most spectacular views of the Universe ever seen.

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  • Science

A NASA telescope will soon show us the universe as we've never seen it

NASA's $10 billion new telescope will show the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe.

July 11, 2022
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  • Joe Palca
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 11, 2021 in Spruce Knob, W.Va.

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  • Space

There's a chance of a meteor shower Monday night

Those in North America have the best shot at seeing the shower at about 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast.

May 30, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
The International Space Station depends on a mix of U.S. and Russian parts. "I hope we can hold it together as long as we can," says former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.

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  • Space

Russia's war in Ukraine is threatening an outpost of cooperation in space

For decades, U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have lived side-by-side aboard the International Space Station. Now some are wondering whether that partnership can withstand the war in Ukraine.

May 23, 2022
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  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Alina Selyukh
In this photo made available by NASA, commercial crew astronauts, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, pose for a photo in their Dragon spacesuits during a fit check aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module on April 21, 2022.

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  • Space

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

May 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
NASA's Perseverance rover took this "selfie" next to a rock where it drilled for samples. NASA wants to bring samples collected by this rover back to Earth.

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  • Space

NASA is bringing rocks back from Mars, but what if those samples contain alien life?

NASA and the European Space Agency are gearing up to bring home a pristine sample of Martian rock. But given the small chance of life on the red planet, they have to grapple with safety questions.

May 04, 2022
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
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