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NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket fails during launch, falls into the sea near Antarctica

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered an anomaly during its sixth-ever launch today (April 29), resulting in the loss of its payload, a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration.

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SpaceX's next private astronaut mission to ISS, Ax-4, to launch May 29 for Axiom Space

Houston company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it's targeting May 29 for the launch of its fourth astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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New record! 6 rockets launch in less than 24 hours

Six different rockets launched toward orbit during an approximately 17.5-hour stretch, topping by two the previous record for most liftoffs in a 24-hour span.

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Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory

Amateur astrophotographer Dr. Michele Hernandez Baylisshas captured incredible views of the Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from her Vermont-based backyard observatory.

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Watch Trump's pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman return to Capitol Hill for Senate vote on April 30

Jared Isaacman faces a vote by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to forward his confirmation as the new NASA administrator.

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Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025

At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the liquid hydrogen tank for the Artemis 3 Space Launch System rocket was moved into the factory's final assembly area on April 22, 2025.

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We got a trio of new 'Alien: Earth' trailers last week, and one hints at alien 'monsters' that aren't the xenomorphs (video)

What's this about five different alien creatures from five different worlds?

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US Army launches hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

The U.S. Army launched its new hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force station last week, just days after naming it the "Dark Eagle."

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AI designs 50 gravitational wave detectors that could outperform human-made ones

Artificial intelligence could offer a powerful pathway to supercharge our ability to "hear" the universe, according to new research.

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The pursuit of truths: A letter on the boy who cried aliens (op-ed)

As scientists, we must not forget our collective direction: the pursuit of truths and our responsibility to share these truths — and only these truths — with humanity.

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See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week

The crescent moon will seemingly jump over the planet Jupiter between the nights of April 29 and April 30.

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40-year-old spy satellite photos are helping find forgotten land mines in Cambodia

Long-forgotten mine fields in Cambodia are being revealed in decades-old, recently declassified images from U.S. military satellites.

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Brand-new Falcon 9 rocket sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on SpaceX's 2nd launch of the day

SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit tonight (April 28), its second liftoff of the day.

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Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the first big batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation to low Earth orbit today (April 28).

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Watch Vega-C rocket launch European forest-monitoring satellite to orbit today

The European Space Agency's Biomass forest-monitoring satellite will launch atop a Vega-C rocket early Tuesday morning (April 29), and you can watch the liftoff live.

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Pine Barrens ablaze as seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2025

Satellite imagery reveals scope of damage from one of the largest fires New Jersey has seen in decades.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

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China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station (video)

China's outgoing Shenzhou 19 crew have handed over the reins of the Tiangong space station to a new set of astronauts.

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The Outer Worlds 2: Release window, trailers, story details & everything else we know

Space isn't safe from money-hungry corporations, and sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2 will play with that idea in 2025. Here's everything we know about Obsidian's sci-fi sequel.

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