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Why is NASA sending a woman to the moon?

Reflecting on the space agency's decision to include women in the next crewed lunar landing on the 60th anniversary of human spaceflight. Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 commander and the last Apollo astronaut to walk on the moon. Following Apollo, NASA is ...

Epic NASA video celebrates 40 years of the space shuttle

NASA's first space shuttle mission, STS-1 aboard the orbiter Columbia lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center near Orlando on April 12, 1981. To get there, the flight had to overcome numerous budgetary, timeline and design challenges along the way to ...

Wings of exploration: reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle

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SpaceFlight Insider

Just seconds past 8 a.m. ET April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Take a deep listen to these celestial-inspired sounds from NASA (Videos)

A unique astronomy-music project has transformed NASA spacecraft data into celestial sound baths in a set of new videos. On Wednesday (March 24), NASA released three videos made by a collaboration of its Chandra X-Ray Center (CXC) and the science ...

Casio's new digital watch marks 40 years since first space shuttle launch

"The commemorative DW5600 honors decades of space exploration and was designed for watch collectors and space enthusiasts in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch," Casio wrote on its website. In ...

From the deepest seas to Perseverance's home on Mars, curiosity drives astronaut Kathy Sullivan

For retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, life is about exploring whatever is around you. As a NASA astronaut, she became the first American woman to walk in space. On Earth, she played a pivotal role in the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, ...

Mars helicopter needs a software update before attempting first flight

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Spaceflight Now

NASA said Monday the Ingenuity helicopter needs a software update to resolve a problem that cut short the drone's rotor startup sequence on Mars last week, postponing the craft's first flight in the Red Planet's atmosphere until later this month.

Researchers call for greater awareness of unintended consequences of CRISPR gene editing

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed that CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing can lead to unintended mutations at the targeted section of DNA in early human embryos. The work highlights the need for greater awareness of and further research ...

A small, car-sized asteroid just gave Earth a close shave

A newly spotted asteroid about the size of a car flew harmlessly past Earth this morning (April 12). Astronomers calculated the asteroid, dubbed 2021 GW4, to be about 14 feet (4 meters) across — much too small to survive a journey through Earth's ...

Making music from spider webs

Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs that serve as the spider's home and hunting ground. If humans could enter the spider's world, they could learn about web construction, arachnid behavior and more. Today ...