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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA preps for critical test ahead of astronaut launch to the moon

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.

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Watch Rocket Lab launch Korean disaster-monitoring satellite tonight after long delay

Rocket Lab will try again tonight (Jan. 29) to launch a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite, and you can watch the action live.

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New 'Starfleet Academy' episode 'Vox in Excelso' shows that Klingons are the most versatile species in 'Star Trek'

Think Klingons are just loudmouthed louts with terrible table manners? Think again…

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US government declassifies Cold War-era 'JUMPSEAT' spy satellites

The National Reconnaissance Office just revealed the existence of its "JUMPSEAT" line of spy satellites, eight of which launched to Earth orbit between 1971 and 1987.

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NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."

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NASA's Artemis 2 crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China's closed program

The United States is no longer competing against a single rival in a largely symbolic race.

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This trio of 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' cadets weren't Trekkies before the show, but they are now (interview)

"It's like when you watch 'The Lord of the Rings.' It feels like it's drawing from such a deep well of history."

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Jupiter's moon Europa has an ice shell about 18 miles thick — and that could be bad news for alien life

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean.

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Best Lego NASA sets 2026: Build NASA's finest from the Apollo 11 Rover to Artemis 2

We've rounded up the best Lego NASA sets to suit a range of budgets and ages.

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The 10 best sci-fi TV Shows of the 1990s

From "The X-Files" to "Farscape," drift back three decades with us as we reminisce over the last great run of science fiction on the small screen.

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Satellite sees river flow across the globe | Space photo of the day for Jan. 29, 2025

Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.

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Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.

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NASA and SpaceX move up launch of Crew-12 astronauts to Feb. 11 as relief crew after ISS medical evacuation

NASA and SpaceX are proceeding ahead of schedule with their next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, which is currently operating with a skeleton crew.

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NASA exoplanet probe tracks interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to gauge its spin

The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.

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How Earth's atmosphere and climate come together to create a polar vortex

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.

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See the Milky Way glow with the stars of the Summer Triangle above Egypt's Black Desert

Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.

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SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says

SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

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Proteins before planets: How space ice may have created the 1st building blocks of life

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly not the case."

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Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' Neutron fairing arrives at spaceport in Virginia

The "hungry hippo" fairing for Rocket Lab's new Neutron launch vehicle has arrived for integration at the company's Virginia Spaceport facilities.

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Inside Lego's Artemis 2 range: Which set delivers the best build, detail and value?

Space fans looking for a Lego Artemis set to build now have an interesting conundrum, as there are two Lego NASA Space Launch System Artemis 2 sets to choose from.

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