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November 5, 2018

Hubble Space Telescope snaps smiley-shaped cluster of galaxies

This group of galaxies can’t help but grin.

November 4, 2018

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacecraft ID plate sells for $468G in auction

Neil Armstrong’s personal collection of memorabilia has taken flight.

November 3, 2018

SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster are now beyond Mars

Starman has put a lot of miles on his Tesla Roadster in the last nine months.

November 2, 2018

Elon Musk says he 'likes the idea' of Trump's Space Force

In a wide-ranging podcast, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he likes the idea of President Trump's Space Force, even if the idea is controversial.

November 2, 2018

Soyuz rocket failure: Russia blames botched launch on mistake during assembly

A Russian space investigation has blamed a damaged sensor for forcing a Soyuz rocket to abort its trip just two minutes after it was launched.

November 2, 2018

Dawn is dead: NASA's pioneering asteroid-belt mission runs out of fuel

Darkness has finally come for Dawn.

November 2, 2018

6 minutes of terror: What NASA's InSight Mars Lander faces to reach the Red Planet

NASA has enjoyed a nice run of Mars-landing success lately, but that doesn't mean the agency is getting cocky ahead of next month's touchdown of its $850 million InSight mission .

November 1, 2018

'There was a bit of tension': Astronaut describes watching Moon landing with Buzz Aldrin’s family

Former NASA astronaut Russell Schweickart helped lay the foundations of the Moon landing when he tested the lunar module as part of the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969.

November 1, 2018

Memorabilia from Neil Armstrong, John Glenn go up for auction

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As the sons of a legendary astronaut, Matt Carpenter says he and his little brother "were blessed to grow up around some pretty interesting stuff."

October 30, 2018

Stratolaunch's rocket carrier, the biggest airplane ever built, aces fastest runway test yet

The biggest airplane ever built, which will tote a variety of satellite-launching rockets into the sky, just got a step closer to flight.