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NASA's New Horizons Pluto spacecraft is still exploring, 50 AU from the sun

But there's plenty of reason to look ahead as well as back, because New Horizons is far from done. Though it's been streaking through space for 15 years, the probe remains in perfect health, Stern said, and it could continue to study its exotic environs for many ...

SpaceX's Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station in photos

SpaceX's second operational astronaut flight, Crew-2, is set to launch to the International Space Station on April 22. Crew-2 includes NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko ...

SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of Crew-2 astronaut launch for NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will ferry its next crew of astronauts to the International Space Station next week. The private spaceflight company conducted a static-fire test on Saturday (April 22) of its Falcon 9 rocket at Pad ...

As NASA troubleshoots its Mars helicopter, Perseverance rover keeps busy

The car-sized Perseverance rover has an ambitious agenda during its two-year primary mission to seek out potentially ancient habitable environments and pick up the most promising samples for a future mission to carry back to Earth in 2031.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces troublesome spin test

The Ingenuity team is evaluating the new data and data about a previously initiated software tweak to decide a new flight date for the 4-lb. (1.8 kilogram) helicopter, according to a NASA statement released Friday night.

Russian capsule brings home three space fliers

Two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth early Saturday, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan amid preparations in Florida for launch of another station-bound crew Thursday aboard a ...

Mars helicopter's first flight could happen on Monday

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(CNN) The Ingenuity helicopter is preparing for its historic flight on Mars Monday if everything goes according to plan. The first powered, controlled flight on another planet will take place at 3:30 a.m. ET on April 19, according to NASA. Unlike when the ...

Video: SpaceX test-fires rocket for crew launch

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Soyuz MS-17 crew returns to Earth after 185 days on space station

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Two cosmonauts and an astronaut have landed safely from the International Space Station after spending 185 days aboard the orbiting laboratory. Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos and Kate Rubins ...

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander

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NPR

NASA will pay Elon Musk's SpaceX $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX was one of three companies chosen last year to develop technology for NASA's Human Landing System program. On Friday ...