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March 12, 2021

China, Russia reveal joint plan for lunar space station

China and Russia announced earlier this week that they had partnered to build a lunar research station.

March 9, 2021

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope goes into 'safe mode' after software error

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) went into "safe mode" on Sunday after what the agency said was a "software error."

March 5, 2021

NASA celebrates Mars rover Perseverance's first steps, other milestones

NASA got its Perseverance rover rolling on Mars, as the space agency celebrated the rover's first drive and other milestones Friday. 

March 5, 2021

Who is NASA astronaut Kate Rubins?

NASA flight engineer Kathleen "Kate" Rubins set out on her fourth career spacewalk on Friday, in an effort to ready the International Space Station (ISS) for solar array upgrades.

March 4, 2021

SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully lifts off with 60 new Starlink satellites

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 60 new Starlink satellites early Thursday morning.

February 28, 2021

Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings

The astronauts replaced wings on the port side of the station where the oldest and most degraded solar wings are located.

February 24, 2021

NASA astronauts 'very busy' ahead of International Space Station spacewalk Sunday

Sometimes the people looking after a building get a little behind on maintenance. Sometimes the same thing happens to the people looking after the International Space Station.

February 20, 2021

Buzz Aldrin reacts to NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars

Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on Saturday hailed "all the folks" at NASA and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on the successful landing of the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars.

February 20, 2021

How will NASA's Perseverance rover engineers pilot first helicopter on Mars?

NASA's first-ever Mars helicopter is preparing to take to the Martian skies following Thursday's successful Perseverance rover landing in the planet's Jezero Crater. 

February 19, 2021

NASA releases new images of Perseverance, surface of Mars

NASA's Perseverance team has already begun its work from Mars' surface and released incredible images on Friday taken from the rover.