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First element of Chinese space station ready for liftoff

The core module of China's space station is packaged inside the nose cone of a heavy-lift Long March 5B rocket for liftoff late Wednesday (U.S. time), the first of 11 launches to deliver astronauts, supplies, experiments, and new laboratory modules to build out ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Mike Collins dies at 90

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, has passed away after a battle with cancer, his family announced ...

In photos: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins space mission legacy

He went on to serve as an experimental test flight officer with the Air Force, logging 5,000 hours of flying time. An accomplished pilot, he was selected as one of NASA's third group of astronauts in 1963 and served as a backup pilot for the Gemini 7 mission as ...

Vega rocket returns to flight with Europe's most advanced Earth observation satellite yet

The mission by the European launch provider Arianespace lifted off from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana, at 9:50 p.m EDT (0150 April 29 GMT), carrying the Pléiades Neo 3 Earth observation satellite and five small "rideshare" payloads.

Mystery solved? Heat-trapping clouds may explain ancient Mars' rivers and lakes

Though the Red Planet is a frigid desert today, around four billion years ago it hosted relatively long-lived lakes and river systems, as observations by NASA's Curiosity rover and other Mars robots have shown.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity spots Perseverance rover from the air (photo)

The rotorcraft carries no science instruments but is paving the way for future Mars helicopters that could gather lots of data on their own and also serve as scouts for rovers and human pioneers on the Red Planet, NASA officials have said.

Spot the Perseverance rover in this new Mars helicopter photo

Now, the rover makes a nice cameo in an image taken by the 4-pound chopper during its third flight, which took place on April 25. But you'll have to look a little closer to see it.

These meteorites landed on Earth after a 22-million-year voyage

(CNN) For the first time, scientists have been able to precisely map the flight path of an asteroid that landed on Earth and trace it back to its point of origin. The boulder-size fragment's journey to our planet began 22 million years ago, according to new research ...

Michael Collins, 'Third Man' of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90

The New York Times

The New York Times

Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia in orbit 60 miles above the moon while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Col. Buzz Aldrin, became the first men to walk on the lunar surface, died on Wednesday. He was 90. A statement ...

Astronauts and the world mourn death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins

Collins was dubbed "the forgotten astronaut," because he didn't walk on the moon like his two Apollo 11 crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, did. But Collins' impact on spaceflight and the world is undoubted.