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NASA's Crew-8 mission members return to Earth on SpaceX capsule

3:29am October 25, 2024

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut splashed down off the Florida coast early Friday, capping a nearly eight-month science and research mission to the International Space Station.

Meet the astronauts preparing to travel farther from Earth than any human before

6:00am September 28, 2024

This time next year, NASA plans to send its first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. NPR visited the facility to find out how astronauts are preparing for this high stakes exploration.

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With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch

12:10am September 07, 2024

The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft.

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An empty Boeing Starliner is set to return next week, while its crew stays in space

10:51am August 30, 2024

An empty Boeing Starliner is scheduled to return from the International Space Station in early September. It will fly home autonomously while its crew remains in space until February.

NASA delays next crew launch to buy time at the space station for troubled Starliner

3:57am August 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Starliner's test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, should have returned by mid-June. NASA is weighing its options for returning the two, including a ride home in a rival SpaceX capsule.

NASA still doesn't know when two astronauts will be able to come home

4:08pm July 25, 2024

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA still is not sure when two astronauts might come home in Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft.

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Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope

6:00am July 23, 2024

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA is facing a tight budget and wants to wrap up the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but astronomers don't want to see the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope mission go.

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NASA astronauts to extend space station stay as engineers troubleshoot Boeing capsule

11:16am June 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

Problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times while they analyzed the trouble.

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From planets to black holes, we look at the oddities of space

3:12pm June 25, 2024

Space Camp is a new series about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe by NPR's science podcast Short Wave. Check out the rest of the series.

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NASA says it accidentally sent out an emergency signal meant for training purposes

6:26am June 13, 2024

by Ayana Archie

A NASA simulation accidentally aired on the space agency's livestream. NASA said all crew members are healthy, safe and preparing for a spacewalk scheduled for Thursday.