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The Artemis Generation: To the moon — this time to stay! (op-ed)
With NASA's leadership and global involvement, we are entering a period that will define the future of space exploration: the Artemis Generation.
Astrophotographer captures Vela supernova remnant in exquisite detail
Astrophotographer captures stunning image of Vela supernova remnant. The dramatic scene is located in the constellation Vela in the Southern Hemisphere sky.
JUICE Launched to Jupiter, AI Helping Astronomy, Terran-1 Is No More
JUICE launches to Jupiter and its moons. A new JWST image of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Machine learning cleans up the Universe, and improves images of a black hole’s event horizon. Terran 1 is dead, long live Terran R.
SpaceX launches Transporter 7 rideshare mission from California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 51 small satellites and payloads. Credit: SpaceX
After several delays to wait for improved weather, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket into space late Friday night from California’s Central Coast with 51 small satellites, payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles from customers around the world.
Hours before NASA's Artemis 2 moon crew reveal, I saw a neat slice of space history
Space Center Houston showcases more than six decades of spaceflight history, mapping out how humanity is on the cusp of returning to the moon.
FAA clears SpaceX to launch world’s largest rocket
SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy rocket on their launch pad in South Texas. Credit: SpaceX
The Federal Aviation Administration approved a commercial license Friday for the first full-scale test flight of SpaceX’s nearly 400-foot-tall Super Heavy and Starship mega-rocket from South Texas, a launch SpaceX said could happen as soon as Monday morning.
NASA Plans Threaten New Horizons
The New Horizons mission currently flying through the Kuiper Belt could be facing an unexpected change of plans. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is soliciting input on turning the spacecraft into a heliospheric science probe. The agency wants to do it much sooner than mission planners intended. If that happens, it will stop further planned planetary exploration of objects in that distant regime of the Solar System.
International Dark Sky Week 2023 begins today to combat the light pollution crisis
International Dark Sky Week 2023 runs from Saturday, April 15 and Saturday, April 22 to ensure that policymakers aren’t in the dark about the problem of light pollution and its effects.
Grab the Celestron Travel Scope 70 for under $100
You can apply a $15 coupon on Amazon and grab the Celestron Travel Scope 70, ideal for beginners, for under $100.
How to watch SpaceX's 1st Starship orbital launch live online for free on April 17
When SpaceX attempts to launch its Starship, the world's biggest rocket, for the first time on April 17, the world will be watching and you can, too.
Watch the moon and Saturn have a close encounter in the sky tonight
The moon and Saturn will be separated by about three degrees during a conjunction and close approach that occurs overnight on April 15.
The Lyrid meteor shower begins April 16 to light up the spring night sky
The Lyrids are an annual display of fairly fast meteors that may be seen any night from April 16 to 25.
Star Trek's bad captains: Celebrating Starfleet's less-than-perfect commanding officers
Picard's Liam Shaw is the latest in a long line of commanding officers who didn't receive the memo about being the best of the best.
What's next for Europe's JUICE mission? Here's what to expect on its long journey to Jupiter
Now that ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter has successfully blasted off, what does the future hold for the next eight years as it cruises to the giant planet?
Juice gets wings
Image: Juice gets wings
Juice sends first ‘selfies’ from space
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has taken its first monitoring camera images showing part of the spacecraft with Earth as a stunning backdrop.
SpaceX's 1st orbital Starship launch: How it will work
SpaceX is gearing up to launch the first orbital-velocity test flight of its combined Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage on Monday (April 17). Here's what to expect.
Europe preps dark matter-hunting Euclid spacecraft for trip to Florida launch site (photos)
Europe's newest space telescope is set to cross the ocean ahead of its planned launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this summer.
Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo ship depart space station today
A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to depart the International Space Station today (April 15) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT), and you can watch it live.
