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October 12, 2022

World's first space tourist signs up to take a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk's Starship

The world's first space tourist signed up to return to space on Elon Musk's Starship. Dennis Tito traveled to the International Space Station 21 years ago.

October 12, 2022

NASA's DART mission successfully hits asteroid into new orbit

NASA said Tuesday that its DART mission had successfully altered the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos. The impact shortened the length of its orbit by 32 minutes.

October 7, 2022

William Shatner explains why his trip to space ‘felt like a funeral’: ‘I saw death and I saw life’

William Shatner, the "Star Trek" alum, has written a new book titled “Boldly Go: Reflections on a life of Awe and Wonder.” In it, he detailed his experience traveling to space in 2021.

October 5, 2022

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster successfully lands on Just Read the Instructions drone ship

After launching astronauts to the International Space Station Wednesday the first stage booster of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed on the Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) drone ship.

September 30, 2022

NASA, SpaceX to study feasibility of boosting beleaguered Hubble Space Telescope into higher orbit

NASA has agreed to a six-month study to see if SpaceX could use one of its Dragon capsules to boost the slowly falling Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit.

September 29, 2022

Russia safely returns 3 cosmonauts from International Space Station

Russia has successfully returned three cosmonauts from the International Space Station. The cosmonauts spent 195 days in orbit on this mission.

September 27, 2022

NASA's planetary defense team successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino explains NASA's DART mission and why they intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

September 26, 2022

NASA’s DART spacecraft slams into asteroid to knock it off its path

NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with an asteroid as part of a test to prepare the Earth for defensive measures against possible threats in the future.

September 26, 2022

NASA's DART mission: What to know about the impact

NASA will use its DART spacecraft to impact the faraway asteroid Dimorphos. The moonlet is nearly 7 million miles away from Earth and orbits Didymos.

September 25, 2022

NASA postpones decision on rolling Artemis I back to the Vehicle Assembly Building due to Tropical Storm Ian

NASA is holding off on a decision on whether or not to rollback Artemis I to the Vehicle Assembly Building as weather forecasts indicated more favorable conditions for a launch.