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December 26, 2016

Check out NASA's asteroid-catching robot arms

NASA is set to launch the robotic portion of its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) in 2021.

December 21, 2016

NASA scientists reveal how 'spiders' grow on Mars

NASA scientists think they have found an explanation for how mysterious ‘spider’ features develop on the surface of Mars.

December 21, 2016

The film 'Passengers' highlights the crazy distances and times of space flight

The fictional ship is on a 120-year voyage to a new planet.

December 19, 2016

Watch meat pie take a trip into space as part of a tasty science experiment

A team of pie-loving Brits has just sent a meat and potato variant of the delicacy into space.

December 16, 2016

Could we build a real-life Death Star?

One of the most infamous weapons in science-fiction movie history is the Death Star, a moon-size planet destroyer from the "Star Wars" universe.

December 15, 2016

NASA launches 8 mini-satellites for hurricane forecasting

NASA launched eight mini-satellites Thursday morning to measure surface wind deep in the heart of hurricanes.

December 12, 2016

Amazon/Blue Origin mogul Jeff Bezos gets letter from John Glenn the day he died

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos received an American Ingenuity Award Thursday night. He also received a letter from American astronaut legend John Glenn, the same day the 95-year-old passed away.

December 8, 2016

Tributes pour in for space pioneer John Glenn

Tributes are pouring in for former astronaut and senator John Glenn, who passed away Thursday.

December 6, 2016

Indian X Prize team secures launch contract with ISRO

TeamIndus, an Indian team competing in the Google Lunar X Prize, announced Dec. 1 it has a launch contract for its lunar lander mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

December 5, 2016

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceship makes 1st solo glide flight

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo performed its first free flight Dec. 3, a glide test that begins the next phase in testing of the commercial suborbital spaceplane.