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January 2, 2025

Orbiter photos show lunar modules from first 2 moon landings more than 50 years later

Photos taken by the India Space Research Organization moon orbiter Chandrayaan 2 recently show aerial images of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12's lunar landing vehicles.

December 31, 2024

US prepares to deorbit International Space Station amid China competition

As competition in the new space race ramps up with China, the United States is preparing to deorbit the International Space Station. If a replacement is not ready by 2028, China may become the leader in space.

December 20, 2024

NASA finalizes strategy for human presence in space

NASA finalized its strategy for sustaining a human presence in space this week, looking ahead toward the planned de-orbiting of the International Space Station in 2030.

December 16, 2024

Elon Musk moves to make Starbase, Texas, the official ‘gateway to Mars’

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is petitioning to incorporate its launch site into an official town called “Starbase, Texas," to serve as the company’s headquarters and “gateway to Mars."

November 27, 2024

China’s secret weapon in the space race is already hurting us

China is determined to be a leader in space technology and to pass the US. There's one key problem holding Americans back from defeating the Chinese -- our own government.

November 27, 2024

Rocket launch attendees share hopes about Elon Musk’s prediction for Mars travel by 2026

Attendees of a SpaceX rocket launch in Texas shared their thoughts on how soon Elon Musk will be able to send manned or unmanned spacecraft to Mars.

November 20, 2024

Pentagon solves one of its highest-profile UFO mysteries

A pentagon official told Congress Tuesday that the agency has solved a prominent UFO mystery from 2016 which showed what appears to be an object flying at a high speed just above water.

October 31, 2024

NASA reconnects with interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft using technology not used in decades

NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, which is located nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, after a brief pause that triggered the spacecraft's fault protection system.

October 25, 2024

NASA astronaut hospitalized with medical issue after crew’s delayed return from space station

NASA said that one astronaut remains hospitalized Friday, hours after a four-person crew from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast of Florida.

October 15, 2024

SpaceX pulls off historic achievement, launching four rockets in less than 40 hours

SpaceX pulled off a stunning achievement this week, conducting four launches in less than 48 hours with huge implications for the future of space exploration.