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The Inspiration4 crew says they hope the diversity of their astronauts helped inspire others and told NBC News that the spaceflight experience changed them forever.

Mars was doomed to desiccation by its small size, a new study suggests.

Einstein's paper on special relativity revolutionized light, light speed, matter and energy with a deceptively simple equation.

Inspiration4's crew of civilian astronauts is sharing their joy after returning to Earth from their three-day mission in orbit.

The Harvest Moon is always the full moon closest to the time of the autumnal equinox.

After spending nearly three days in space, the Inspiration4 crew may have more appreciation for the facilities here on Earth — namely, the toilets.

NASA will hold a press conference Monday as part of its Artemis program.

The full Harvest Moon rises tonight, accompanied by brightly shining planets Venus and Jupiter.

There comes a time in every galaxy's life, astronomers think, when the galaxy ejects a large part of its gas, but scientists aren't certain what drives this "mid-life crisis."

Physicists turned on a new type of gravitational-wave sensor and saw two intriguing results, but they aren't yet ready to claim a discovery.

China has launched a cargo mission to its new space station, just days after astronauts departed the orbiting outpost.

The full moon of September 2021 also carries the title of the Harvest Moon for those living in the Northern Hemisphere.

Inspiration4 may be over, but many other missions are poised to follow in its pioneering footsteps.

Physicists have created the first-ever atomic vortex beam — a swirling tornado of atoms and molecules with mysterious properties that have yet to be understood.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has pledged to donate $50 million to benefit childhood cancer research by the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

After three days in space, SpaceX's first all-civilian crew returned to Earth tonight, splashing down off the Florida coast to end a historic mission.

SpaceX's first all-civilian crew will return to Earth tonight with a splashdown off the Florida coast to end a mission like no other.

The crystals neatly sidestep some of physics' most iron-clad laws.

The lightsaber will be their most realistic yet.

From ultrasounds to ukelele jam sessions and space art, it appears the Inspiration4 crew is staying busy in orbit.

In between playfully snacking on M&Ms, the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew took a break from their science-heavy mission to chat with kid patients from a Memphis children's hospital.