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Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet
Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has ... World News -
Asteroid’s close passage shows blind spot in planetary threat detection
The discovery of an asteroid the size of a small shipping truck mere days before it passed Earth on Thursday, albeit one that posed no threat to ... Life -
Asteroid to come ‘extraordinarily close’ to Earth, poses no danger: NASA
A truck-sized asteroid will pass near Earth on Thursday in one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded, NASA said, emphasizing that it ... World News -
US plans to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027
The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a long-term NASA effort to demonstrate more ... World News -
Last surviving astronaut of Apollo 7 mission Walter Cunningham dies at age 90
Walter Cunningham, a US astronaut and final surviving member of the first NASA mission to transmit live TV from orbit, died on Tuesday at the age of ... World News -
After four-year mission, NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander
NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four ... World News -
Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russian ISS spacewalk: NASA
A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was called off as it was about to begin after flight ... World News -
NASA to conduct global water survey from space
A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct ... World News -
NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule heads for splashdown after Artemis I flight around moon
NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon and back, winding up the inaugural ... World News -
NASA's Orion capsule makes its closest approach to moon
The uncrewed Orion capsule of NASA's Artemis I mission sailed within 80 miles (130 km) of the lunar surface on Monday, achieving the closest approach ... World News -
Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission
Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China’s space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching ... World News -
NASA’s Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit
NASA’s Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed Moon mission proceeded successfully.For the latest ... World News -
NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveals molecular, chemical origins of distant planet
Images captured by NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveal new information about the molecular and chemical profile of a distant exoplanet named WASP-39b. ... Life -
NASA’s Artemis rocketship on course for moon after epic launch
NASA’s huge next-generation rocketship was on course Wednesday for a crewless voyage around the moon and back hours after blasting off from Florida on ... World News -
NASA's Artemis moon rocket's main fuel tanks filled for debut launch
Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday filled the main fuel tanks of NASA's towering, next-generation moon rocket for its debut launch, a ... World News -
NASA moon rocket launch delayed again, this time by storm
NASA again rescheduled its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nicole churned toward the east coast of Florida, ... World News -
SpaceX capsule leaves Space Station, to bring 4 astronauts back to Earth
The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA departed the orbiting outpost on Friday ... World News -
NASA says DART mission succeeded in altering asteroid’s trajectory
The spacecraft that NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet out of its natural orbit – the first ... World News -
Russian cosmonaut will hitch a ride with SpaceX as part of next space station crew
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next long-duration crew of the International Space Station into orbit on Wednesday, with a ... World News -
NASA’s DART mission hits asteroid in first-ever planetary defense test
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – ... World News -
In new setback, Hurricane Ian forces Moon rocket into storage
NASA’s Artemis 1 rocket – waiting to blast off on a delayed mission to the Moon – will be rolled back into its storage hangar Monday night, the space ... Variety -
NASA calls off Tuesday Moon launch due to tropical storm
NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen ... World News -
NASA says its delayed moon rocket passed a fueling test
NASA said Wednesday it had successfully trialed the fueling process for its new rocket, after technical issues a few weeks ago halted two attempts to ... World News -
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock samples
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic molecules, in a potential signal of ancient microbes that ... Variety -
NASA pushes back its Moon mission again
NASA is now targeting September 27 as the earliest possible launch date for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the agency said in a blog post ... World News -
NASA’s James Webb space telescope captures ‘cosmic tarantula’
NASA’s new $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is showing humanity some of the first stars in the universe - and has now unveiled images of a ... World News -
Fuel leak to delay first launch of NASA’s Artemis moon rocket for weeks
For the second time in a week, NASA on Saturday aborted an attempt to launch its giant, next-generation rocketship, citing a stubborn fuel leak that ... World News -
NASA calls off second launch retry for Artemis moon rocket
For the second time in five days, NASA on Saturday halted a countdown in progress and postponed a planned attempt to launch the debut test flight of ... World News -
NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Saturday
NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept. 3, five days after a pair of technical issues ... World News -
NASA postpones debut test flight of new moon rocketship for at least four days
An engine problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the launch of its colossal next-generation rocketship on a long-awaited ... World News