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NASA says it accidentally sent out an emergency signal meant for training purposes
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.
NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who took famous photo of Earth during Apollo, dies at 90
Awestruck, Anders snapped the timeless shot of the glorious blue and white planet rising over the horizon of the gray and lifeless moon, and "how tiny and fragile and precious and finite it is."
Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again
A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems.
Private mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show
When a private space traveler said he wanted to take a SpaceX capsule on a mission to improve the aging Hubble telescope, NASA studied the options. Internal emails show concern about the risk.
NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon first. Here's why
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.
Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense
After a nasty computer glitch five months ago, Voyager 1 is once again able to communicate with Earth in a way that mission operators can understand.
NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work
A new lunar time zone is all about ensuring the success of future, multinational missions to the moon.
NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93
Tom Stafford commanded the first Apollo mission to dock with a Soviet craft in space. He also served as commander of Apollo 10 - the dress rehearsal before NASA's first landing on the moon in 1969.
Elon Musk's giant Starship rocket is launching again. Here's what to expect
The rocket is the largest ever built. It has yet to complete a full test flight, but the third time might be the charm.