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NASA astronauts arrive at launch site for historic SpaceX test flight

"We are on the cusp of launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil yet again." Shares. Comments (0). Click here for more Space.com videos... Two veteran NASA astronauts arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

Japanese HTV cargo ship, the last of its kind, launches to International Space Station

An unpiloted Japanese cargo ship, the last of its kind, launched toward the International Space Station today (May 20), kicking off a final voyage for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The supply ship, called HTV-9, lifted off atop a Mitsubishi ...

Japan will launch its last HTV cargo ship to the space station today. Here's how to watch live.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch the last of its robotic cargo ship fleet today (May 20) to resupply the International Space Station and you can watch it live online. JAXA's final H-II Transfer Vehicle, called HTV-9, will launch more ...

SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA

SpaceX's first crewed flight is just a week away. Elon Musk's company is scheduled to launch Demo-2 next Wednesday (May 27), a mission that will send NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Crew ...

NASA's head of human spaceflight abruptly resigns, citing 'mistake'

New York (CNN Business) NASA's chief of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, is departing the space agency after just six months in the role. In a farewell note to colleagues, which was obtained by reporters on Tuesday, Loverro said he was resigning over a ...

NASA plan to sample asteroid Bennu delayed by coronavirus pandemic

After delays from the coronavirus pandemic, NASA has picked a date for its spacecraft to snatch up a chunk of space rock to bring home. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft mission is now expected to perform its first asteroid-sampling attempt to occur on Oct. 20.

NASA names Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in honor of agency's first chief astronomer

(CNN) An upcoming NASA telescope has been named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in honor of the agency's first chief of astronomy. The telescope, which is currently in development and expected to launch in the mid-2020s, was formerly known ...

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The Galaxy That Grew Up Too Fast

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In the early days of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers, eager to see how far out in space — and how far back in time — their new instrument could peer, pointed it at an empty tract of sky. What returned was an image of space littered with what the ...

NASA renames WFIRST space telescope after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, the 'Mother of Hubble'

NASA has renamed its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), a flagship observatory set to launch in 2025, to honor the renowned astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, also known as the "mother of Hubble." The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ...

NASA human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro resigns on eve of historic SpaceX launch

Doug Loverro, NASA's chief of human spaceflight, resigned from his post Monday (May 18) after less than a year on the job, the agency announced today (May 19). Loverro's resignation as Associate Administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and ...