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The International Space Station streaks through the starry sky above vineyards in Portugal.

Human Spaceflight, Observing

How to see the International Space Station

Observing Basics

How to observe a meteor shower

Summer Milky Way

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

Now is the best time to see the Summer Milky Way

Robotic Spaceflight

Sojourner: NASA’s first Mars rover

Observing, Science

The Galilean moons of Jupiter and how to observe them

The 7 wonders of the solar system

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System, Space Exploration

Sojourner: The microwave-sized rover that showed us Mars

Meet these 5 ‘celebrity meteorites’

How to see noctilucent clouds this spring and summer

A beginner’s guide to star parties