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May 2, 2016

NASA tests Mars ‘flying saucer’

NASA has given the world another glimpse of its revolutionary flying saucer technology, which will play a crucial role in future Mars missions.

May 2, 2016

Aral Sea looks like a painting from space

The Aral Sea is shrinking, leaving a dried-up white lakebed where there used to be blue water.

May 2, 2016

NASA astronaut already feels at home in space as 1-year journey begins

NASA's Scott Kelly — one of two people spending a year on the International Space Station — already feels like the orbiting outpost is home.

May 2, 2016

Astronaut Scott Kelly blasts off on yearlong space station mission

Astronaut Scott Kelly has blasted off on his yearlong mission to the International Space Station.

May 2, 2016

Astronaut twins make space history as NASA launches landmark experiment

If we are going to fly humans to Mars one day, we’ve got to learn more about how being in space affects astronauts. So Friday, NASA begins a landmark, human experiment.

May 2, 2016

A history of ultra-long missions off planet Earth

An American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut are set to make history as the first crewmembers to spend a year onboard the International Space Station, but the two are not the first to log 12 months off the planet.

May 2, 2016

A year in space: The science behind the epic space station voyage

Science experiments conducted on the International Space Station during the orbiting outpost's first yearlong mission could help open the door to deep space for NASA.

May 2, 2016

‘Space nets’ aim to capture threats to satellites and spacecraft

Technology thousands of years old has been overhauled to capture threats to space hardware.

May 2, 2016

The surprising story behind 1-year-mission astronaut Scott Kelly's space patches

Scott Kelly's astronaut name tags were supposed to be aboard the International Space Station by now.

May 2, 2016

Space hibernation: Will the Philae comet lander wake up?

The Rosetta spacecraft began listening for signs of ‘life’ from the Philae comet lander early on Thursday as the European Space Agency attempts to contact the historic probe.