Space

Today marks a year in space for NASA astronaut Frank Rubio

6:59am September 21, 2023

Rubio planned to spend six months at the International Space Station, but his stay was extended because of technical difficulties. He'll return with a record for longest spaceflight by an American.

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Self-proclaimed ufologist claims to have alien corpses

5:18am September 15, 2023

A NASA panel put out a report on UFOs, and a ufologist claimed to have alien corpses. NPR's A Martinez talks to Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace.

Saucer-like lenticular clouds appear over Turkiye's Bursa province in the early morning hours of January 19, 2023.

New NASA report lays out roadmap for studying UFOs

7:52pm September 14, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA is releasing a new report from advisers on what it would take for the agency to study unidentified anomalous phenomena (also known as UFOs) scientifically.

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How to see a newly discovered green comet this week, before it vanishes for 400 years

10:42pm September 11, 2023

by Linah Mohammad

A newly discovered green comet is zipping by Earth and is now visible for the first time since before Galileo invented his telescope.

Airborne antibiotic resistance, farms supporting biodiversity and how black holes eat

5:53pm September 07, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Short Wave hosts Regina Barber and Aaron Scott about antibiotic resistance spreading through air, how farms can support biodiversity, and the eating habits of black holes.

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A satellite dish outside the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre on in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

An Arab astronaut made history in space. Now his country has its sights on Mars

5:01am September 07, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

The United Arab Emirates celebrated after Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi splashed down to Earth following six months in space, a milestone for its growing space program.

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An HII-A rocket blasts off from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.

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Japan launches rocket carrying an X-ray telescope to explore the origins of universe

2:47am September 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

The telescope will measure the speed and makeup of what lies between galaxies, information to help study how celestial objects were formed.

Sultan Alneyad's 6 months in space hailed as a milestone for United Arab Emirates

5:55am September 04, 2023

The United Arab Emirates is celebrating the return of one of its astronauts from the International Space Station, where he spent months — and took a step in the UAE's space ambitions.

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In this image from video made available by NASA, the SpaceX Crew Dragon, slowed by parachutes, splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, as it returns to Earth with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev after a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

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Splashdown! NASA's Crew-6 returns after 6 months at the International Space Station

2:36am September 04, 2023

by Russell Lewis

The four-member crew — three astronauts and a cosmonaut — launched in March and conducted more than 200 experiments. They also performed spacewalks and did maintenance on the orbiting outpost.

This image provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows Vikram lander as seen by the navigation camera on Pragyan Rover on Aug. 30, 2023.

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India's moon rover completes its walk as scientists look for signs of frozen water

2:27am September 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

There was no word on the outcome of the rover searches for signs of frozen water on the lunar surface that could help future astronaut missions.