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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.

December 1, 2016

Russia: Space cargo ship malfunctions, crashes in Siberia

An unmanned Russian cargo space ship broke up in the atmosphere and crashed over Siberia on Thursday en route to the International Space Station due to an unspecified malfunction, the Russian space agency said.

December 1, 2016

Researchers figure out what's hurting astronauts' vision

One serious drawback for astronauts who spend long periods in space is that they often return to Earth with degraded vision, and a new study may have pinpointed the problem.

November 25, 2016

Help astronauts poop and be richly rewarded

Pooping in space "isn't glamorous, but it is necessary for survival," an astronaut explains—yet it's presenting quite a challenge for NASA.

November 17, 2016

Rocket carrying crew of 3 blasts off for International Space Station

A Soyuz rocket carrying a veteran American astronaut, a French newcomer and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off for the International Space Station on Friday.

November 16, 2016

Pluto could harbor a subterranean icy ocean

If you’re planning on visiting Pluto anytime soon, best to bring some warm boots. A frigid, possibly “slushy” subsurface ocean could be lurking under the crust of the dwarf planet.