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Gateway Space Station

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Explore Gateway: The first space station to orbit the Moon

Human Spaceflight

Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo

The ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft launches on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Human Spaceflight

Boeing Starliner launches NASA astronauts on mission to the ISS

Alien Life, Science

Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

What happens if someone dies in space?

Katya Echazarreta.

Human Spaceflight, Science

Meet Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless free-floating in space as he tested a device outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

NASA is taking astronaut applications. Here’s how to apply

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

It’s hard to grow food in space. These sensors can help.

The space station Tiangong has been constructed over the course of multiple launches. It consists of a central core module named Tianhe and two lab modules named Wentian and Mengtian. In this rendering, a Tianzhou cargo craft is docked in the foreground, with a Shenzhou crew capsule docked in the background.

Space Exploration

China is embarking on a science and exploration program of staggering scale

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Evidence shows the Moon’s south pole is probably not the best place to land

Bill Anders’ famous photograph of Earthrise became an iconic image of the Space Age — and a clarion call to the emerging environmental movement.

Human Spaceflight

The ‘Earthrise’ image and the impact of the Apollo 8 mission