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Polaris Dawn mission sets launch date after two weeks of delays and helium leak

The highly anticipated program has faced a series of delays from the originally planned Aug. 26 launch due to unfavorable weather conditions and a ground system issue.
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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sep. 9, 2024.
September 7, 2024 at 12:41 AM

Boeing’s Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts

NASA is taking no chances when it comes to safety, even if it means an eight-day mission turned into eight months on the ISS.
September 7, 2024 at 12:41 AM
VIDEO:  Boeing’s Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts
September 7, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts

The Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
September 7, 2024 at 12:25 AM
VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts
September 6, 2024 at 1:53 PM

Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts

The Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
September 6, 2024 at 1:53 PM
VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts
September 6, 2024 at 11:51 AM

Stunning 'Orbital Sunrise' seen from space

A NASA astronaut captured this stunning timelapse of an "orbital sunrise" while flying over Europe on the International Space Station.
September 6, 2024 at 11:51 AM
VIDEO:  Stunning 'Orbital Sunrise' seen from space
September 5, 2024 at 7:10 PM

Tiny glass beads suggest the moon had active volcanoes when dinosaurs roamed Earth

New research suggests that volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth
September 5, 2024 at 7:10 PM
FILE - This Dec. 2, 2020, file image taken by panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-5 spacecraft provided by China National Space Administration shows a moon surface after it landed on the moon. (China National Space Administration/Xinhua via AP, File)
September 5, 2024 at 2:15 PM

How much radiation have the Starliner astronauts been exposed to aboard the ISS?

As the NASA astronauts who crewed Boeing's Starliner to the ISS wait until February 2025 to come home, here's how much radiation they may have been exposed to.
September 5, 2024 at 2:15 PM
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch in Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 5, 2024.
September 5, 2024 at 11:26 AM

Small, harmless asteroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere over the Philippines

NASA says a small, harmless asteroid has burned up in Earth’s atmosphere
September 5, 2024 at 11:26 AM
In this photo grabbed from a video, a space rock dubbed 2024 RW1 is seen over Progressive village, Gonzaga, Cagayan province, Philippines, early Thursday September 5, 2024. (Allan G. Madelar via AP)
September 1, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Youngest woman makes space history

A 21-year-old college student, Karsen Kitchen, made space history as the youngest woman ever to cross the Kármán line, the border between the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.
September 1, 2024 at 3:03 PM
VIDEO: Youngest woman makes space history
August 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM

A university professor will fly into space for a first-of-its-kind experiment

Researchers are trying to understand how cells transition from earth to space.
August 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Researchers are trying to understand how cells transition from earth to space.
August 28, 2024 at 2:20 PM

A university professor will fly into space for a first-of-its-kind experiment

A university professor is about to venture out of this world to carry out a science experiment decades in the making.
August 28, 2024 at 2:20 PM
University of Florida professors Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul prepare for an experiment aboard the Blue Origin =.
August 26, 2024 at 1:51 PM

Starliner crew set to return in 2025

The two American astronauts' stay on the International Space Station has been extended because NASA has ruled the Boeing Starliner craft unsafe.
August 26, 2024 at 1:51 PM
VIDEO: Starliner crew set to return in 2025
August 25, 2024 at 2:47 AM

2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft

NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will go home February 2025 on a Space-X craft; Their return delayed another 6 months. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth unmanned.
August 25, 2024 at 2:47 AM
VIDEO: 2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft
August 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM

Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space will not return until 2025: NASA

NASA said Saturday the astronauts that flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
August 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test, is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 5, 2024.
August 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM

A rare landing on the south pole of the moon led to this scientific discovery

There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil.
August 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Fields of dark rock left by volcanic eruptions, mistaken for huge seas, were named "maria." Some of them make up the Man in the Moon's face.
August 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM

August's full blue moon will be first of 4 supermoons in a row: What to expect

A supermoon coinciding with a blue moon is exceptionally rare, according to NASA, with the next pairing happening in January and March 2037.
August 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
The Blue Supermoon rises behind the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in New York City on Aug. 30, 2023, as seen from Jersey City.
August 17, 2024 at 6:00 PM

NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS

NASA is weighing all options as two astronauts could be stranded on International Space Station until next year.
August 17, 2024 at 6:00 PM
VIDEO: NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS
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NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim

The Perseverance rover is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, working to collect data in preparation for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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This panorama shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater’s rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4.
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Perseid meteor shower is about to peak: Here's how to see it

Marking one of the most plentiful meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Perseids showcase approximately 50 to 100 meteors per hour, NASA reports.
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A huge Perseid meteor is being seen over the night sky in Haputale, Sri Lanka, on Aug. 4, 2024.
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Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025

Former astronaut Cady Coleman explains how the astronauts will be able to survive in space in the coming months and what the potential plan could be to bring them home.
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VIDEO: Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025
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NASA says Boeing's Starliner may not be able to bring astronauts home

NASA officials said during a press conference on Wednesday that the astronauts who flew on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft.
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In this June 24, 2024 file photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, center, pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, left, and Tracy Dyson, aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
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New images reveal what NASA learned from colliding a spacecraft into an asteroid

New images released from NASA’s mission to intentionally collide with an asteroid in 2022 have revealed information on the origins of the asteroid system.
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Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact in this image taken by DART on board DRACO imager from a distance of 68 kilometers, and released Sep. 26, 2022.
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Earth will soon have a naked-eye view of star system exploding 3,000 light-years away

The last recorded T Coronae Borealis explosion occurred in 1946.
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The last recorded T Coronae Borealis explosion occurred in 1946.
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Nova explosion 3,000 light-years away will be seen from Earth with the naked eye

T Coronae Borealis is one of just 10 recurring novas known in the Milky Way that erupt on time scales of less than a century, according to NASA.
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A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis.
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Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft prepares to dock with the International Space Station for the first time on June 6, 2024.
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July full moon: What the buck moon means for your zodiac

The full moon in July is known as the buck moon and will arrive on July 21, 2024, at 06:17 a.m. ET.
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The full moon was dubbed the Buck Moon by northeastern Native American tribes because the antlers of male deer, known as bucks, are in "full-growth mode at this time."
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Daylight fireball meteor may have rattled parts of NYC and New Jersey: NASA

Officials report that the fireball may have flown at 34,000 miles per hour as it passed over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating over Midtown Manhattan.
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In this undated file photo, the skyline of New York is shown.
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NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor

ABC News' Rhiannon Ally reports on the rare fireball seen and felt yesterday in the Northeast.
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VIDEO:  NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor
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NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope

To celebrate the two-year milestone of the James Webb Space Telescope capturing and sending images back to Earth, NASA released another stunning image the revolutionary space telescope took.
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VIDEO: NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope
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NASA hopes for Mars mission in 2030s: Here's how

NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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NASA hopes to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s; here's how they will get there

NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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Mars.
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Astronauts stuck on ISS say they're 'confident' Boeing Starliner can bring them home

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were originally to return to Earth on June 14.
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VIDEO: Astronauts stuck on ISS say they're 'confident' Boeing Starliner can bring them home
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NASA astronauts say they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said during a press conference on Wednesday they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 5, 2024.
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Scientists make surprising announcement about Jupiter-like exoplanet

Analyzing data gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists discovered that an exoplanet named HD 189733 b, contains hydrogen sulfide.
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Exoplanet HD 189733 b circles its home star 13 times closer than Mercury orbits the sun.
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China’s lunar probe lands with 1st samples from far side of moon

The return vehicle touched down in China’s Siziwang Banner after a 53-day mission.
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The return vehicle touched down in China’s Siziwang Banner after a 53-day mission.
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China's lunar probe returns with 1st samples collected from far side of the moon

China's lunar probe Change'6 returned to Earth Wednesday with the first-ever samples of rock and soil collected from the far side of the moon.
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Officials prepare to recover the landing module of the Chang'e-6 moon probe after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in northern China on June 25, 2024.
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Boeing Starliner astronaut's return home delayed

The return has been postponed for a fourth time as NASA wants more time to review test data after helium leaks and thruster issues.
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VIDEO: Boeing Starliner astronaut's return home delayed
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May's full Flower Moon: How to see it and what it means for your zodiac sign

The full moon in May is known as the Flower Moon and will arrive on May 23, 2024 at 9:53 p.m. E.T.
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The full moon was dubbed "Flower Moon" because flowers spring forth across North America in abundance around this time.
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Starliner facing helium leaks as astronauts' trip to ISS extended: Boeing, NASA

Boeing said its Starliner spacecraft is experiencing five "small" helium leaks as the crew's mission aboard the ISS was extended to June 18.
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.
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‘Small’ helium leaks extend Boeing Starliner’s stay on ISS

Despite the leaks, the Starliner has more than enough helium needed for a normal mission end, according to NASA.
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Despite the leaks, the Starliner has more than enough helium needed for a normal mission end, according to NASA.
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Water frost discovered on Mars: 'We thought it was improbable'

Patches of water frost equating to "60 Olympic-size swimming pools" have been detected on Mars.
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The frost on Olympus Mons, is shaded in blue.
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Boeing Starliner docks at International Space Station after initial delay

Starliner successfully docked at the ISS on Thursday after helium leaks developed as Starliner made its way to the ISS.
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VIDEO: Boeing Starliner docks at International Space Station after initial delay
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Despite helium leaks and thruster issue, Boeing's Starliner docks at ISS

Boeing's Starliner successfully docked at the International Space Station after managing three helium leaks and a thruster issue,
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.
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Starliner spacecraft successfully docks with ISS

The astronauts are now expected to spend one week aboard the ISS and will evaluate Starliner and its systems.
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VIDEO: Starliner spacecraft successfully docks with ISS
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Boeing Starliner prepares to dock at International Space Station

The Boeing Starliner is orbiting Earth and will be docking at the ISS on Thursday after a delayed launch.
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VIDEO: Boeing Starliner prepares to dock at International Space Station
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Starliner launches 1st astronaut-crewed flight

After several delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule launched its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday.
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VIDEO: Starliner launches 1st astronaut-crewed flight
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Cosmonaut becomes 1st person to spend 1,000 cumulative days in space

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, 59, is set to return to Earth in September 2024.
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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, 59, is set to return to Earth in September 2024.
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Successful launch of Boeing's Starliner following several delays

Now if the mission is successful, NASA could certify the spacecraft to perform routine missions to and from the ISS.
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VIDEO: Successful launch of Boeing's Starliner following several delays
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Boeing's Starliner launches historic 1st astronaut-crewed test flight

Boeing's Starliner launched its first astronaut-crewed flight into space on Wednesday after several delays.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test, is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 5, 2024.
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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches first ever crewed test flight

NASA hired Boeing along with SpaceX after the space shuttles retired to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches first ever crewed test flight