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October 20, 2015

Cygnus arrives at International Space Station

Christmas has finally arrived for the six space station astronauts.

October 20, 2015

Newfound Earth-mass planet is a gassy puffball

Astronomers have spotted a hotter and puffier version of Earth circling a distant star.

October 20, 2015

Chinese lunar rover makes first tracks on moon, state media reports

China's first lunar rover has successfully separated from the probe that carried it into space has and made its first track upon the surface of the moon, Chinese state media reported Sunday. 

October 20, 2015

Astronaut may get Christmas wish for spacewalk

Space station astronaut Rick Mastracchio may get his Christmas wish for a spacewalk or two because of a broken cooling system.

October 20, 2015

SpaceX successfully launches commercial satellite

The private spaceflight company SpaceX launched a critical commercial satellite mission from Florida Tuesday after two delays due to technical glitches.

October 20, 2015

China launches first moon rover mission

China launched its first mission Monday to land a rover on the moon, an unmanned operation scheduled to arrive in mid-December to start surveying the lunar surface and transmitting images.

October 20, 2015

An observer's guide to Comet ISON's Thanksgiving sun encounter

The incoming Comet ISON is now in the home stretch of its long-awaited hairpin loop around the sun on Thanksgiving Day.

October 20, 2015

Southern California sky lights up with reported fireball

Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most likely a meteor streaking across the sky.

October 20, 2015

There’s a traffic jam at the International Space Station

It's a busy week in orbit at the International Space Station.

October 20, 2015

Mars Rover begins mountain climbing

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has started scaling the tallest hill it has yet encountered in its nearly 10 years of Red Planet exploration.