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India launches craft to study the sun after a successful lunar landing

9:54pm September 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

The spacecraft took off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on a quest to study the sun from a point about 930,000 miles from earth, known as L-1.

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Arts

Bethesda's 'Starfield' is a fabulous playable space opera with a forgettable story

12:10pm August 31, 2023

by Swapna Krishna

In the massively-anticipated game Starfield, space exploration is its own reward. Good thing too, because the slow storyline isn't the star of the show.

This picture taken on Aug. 1, 2023, shows the second supermoon of 2023, also known as the sturgeon moon, rising behind the Cuatro Torres business area in Madrid.

It's big! It's bright! It's a rare blue supermoon! Here's how to check it out

6:55pm August 29, 2023

by Emily Olson

The Earth's lunar sidekick will appear extra big and bright as it reaches its fullest stage on Wednesday. It's not just the biggest supermoon this year, it's also a rare blue supermoon.

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The race to the moon is in full force

5:24pm August 26, 2023

The international race to the moon is on, especially after India's successful landing of a spacecraft there.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on August 26, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

National

SpaceX launches 11th crewed mission as it heads to the International Space Station

4:02am August 26, 2023

by Russell Lewis

The four members of the Crew-7 mission are set to dock to the International Space Station on Sunday. They'll spend six months on the orbiting outpost conducting science and other experiments.

National

What it's like cooking for astronauts as they quarantine for takeoff

9:40pm August 24, 2023

by Brendan Byrne

The job of cooking pre-flight meals for astronauts is up to a team of chefs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center which aim to make their guests feel at home — and keep them safe before flight.

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NPR's 'Short Wave' catches us up on this week in science

5:11pm August 24, 2023

Russia and India try to land spacecraft on the moon; recreating Pink Floyd via brain activity; and: Did human-caused wildfires drive sabretooth cats to extinction?

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India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole

5:24am August 24, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the Jill Stuart, an expert in the politics and ethics of space exploration, about India's successful lunar landing.

Ahead of space missions, NASA chefs prepare meals for quarantined astronauts

5:24am August 24, 2023

by Brendan Byrne

Chefs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center cook pre-flight meals for astronauts. They aim to keep the astronauts safe before launch — and make them feel at home.

Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

India joins an elite club as first to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole

1:09pm August 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Scientists believe the south pole region might hold frozen water that could help future astronaut missions.