space exploration
2026 will be the year NASA astronauts fly around the moon again — if all goes to plan
If all goes according to NASA's plans, 2026 will finally be the year when astronauts go to the Moon again. ...
She just became the first wheelchair user to travel to space
Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer for the European Space Agency, has just become the first wheelchair ...
Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A a lost comet from another star This week it will fly past Earth for one ...
Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright
Adobe Stock Photo/Phoebe Watts The Blue Earth rises above the barren surface of the Moon against the black emptiness of ...
3-man crew undocks from space station, wrapping up 8-month stay
A NASA astronaut and two cosmonaut crew members were strapped into a Soyuz ferry Monday night, undocked from the International ...
Boeing’s troubled capsule won’t carry astronauts on next space station flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight and instead ...
Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Blue Origin launched its huge New rocket Glenn Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined ...
Crossword quiz for week of Nov. 3, 2025
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