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News Articles: Space

In this image taken from video provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule floats in the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, after landing off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov.

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2 NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpectedly long mission in space

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on the International Space Station more than nine months, despite launching into space in June for what was expected to be an eight-day mission.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
This image made from video by NASA shows astronauts waving after a four-person crew arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, March 16.

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  • Space

Crew arrives on ISS to replace astronauts 'stranded' in space for 9 months

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only supposed to be in space for about a week when they launched in June, but problems with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft extended their journey for months.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launches from the Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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  • Space

NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts to the ISS

The arrival of the new crew will pave the way for the return of two astronauts who have been "stuck" on the station since June of last year.

March 14, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Chandelis Duster
Astronauts Suni Williams (lower) and Butch Wilmore (left) were originally supposed to return to Earth in June of last year. Instead, they've been part of the latest crew of the International Space Station, along with astronaut Nick Hague (right).

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NASA's latest space launch: 'Stranded' astronauts and messy politics

President Trump and Elon Musk claim the Biden administration abandoned two astronauts in space. But the publicly available evidence suggests a different story.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach in California in 2021.

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What to know about this week's 'blood worm moon' total lunar eclipse

This total lunar eclipse — the first in three years — will feature a "blood worm moon," so named for the reddish hue of its glow and the time of year it's occurring.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
The booster of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is recaptured during a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday.

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  • Space

Failure is an option. Here's why some new space ventures go sideways

Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures. This reflects a new "fail-fast, learn-fast" ethos of spacecraft development.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
An artists impression of a black hole flinging a hypervelocity star out of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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  • Space

That galaxy next door? It's home to a monster black hole

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of our galaxy.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday.

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SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.

March 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A view of the moon from Intuitive Machine's Athena Lander.

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  • Space

Intuitive Machines sends another probe to the moon, but can't stick the landing

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has landed its second probe on the moon, but company officials say it isn't in the correct position. The same thing happened last time.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Scott Neuman
Youcef Sellam in his lab with the fossil filaments found in the gypsum.

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  • Science

An Algerian scientist splits his gaze between microbes and Mars

Searching for small fossils in big rocks requires specialized tools --tools that scientists could also use to look for evidence of life on Mars in rocks that may be similar on both planets.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Visitors watch as SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Sunday, March 2, 2025.

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  • Space

The latest launch for Elon Musk's Starship rocket has been delayed

Starship had been expected to launch again Monday. A previous launch ended in an explosion over the Caribbean, and sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling rocket debris.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Ayana Archie
Concept art for the SPHEREx Spectro-Photometer 

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  • Space

NASA's upcoming telescope launch aims to address some existential questions

The new 8.5-foot telescope is set to launch this Tuesday by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a clear objective: to explore the origins of the universe.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost is seen after touching down on the moon on March 2.

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  • Space

'We're on the moon': The private Blue Ghost spacecraft makes a historic lunar landing

A commercial spacecraft carrying NASA experiments successfully touched down on the moon's surface early Sunday morning, ushering in a new phase of private space exploration.

March 03, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Katy Perry performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. Now she'll be in space but for real this time.

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  • Space

Katy Perry and Gayle King are heading to space as part of an all-female Blue Origin crew

The crew was selected by Bezos' fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the brief suborbital flight scheduled for this spring.

February 27, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Lunar Trailblazer in lunar orbit about 60 miles from the surface of the moon. The spacecraft weighs 440 lbs and  is 11.5 feet wide when its solar panels are fully deployed.

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  • Science

What does water look like on the moon? A new lunar probe is on a mission to find out

The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for looking for water.

February 27, 2025
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  • Joe Palca
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