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NASA's James Webb telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America's northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky

Webb Space Telescope to be launched next Friday on Christmas Eve: NASA

NASA is shooting for next Friday Christmas Eve to launch its newest space telescope.

NASA-launched spacecraft enters Sun's corona for first time in history

A spacecraft launched by NASA has done what was once thought impossible. On April 28, the Parker Solar Probe successfully entered the corona of the Sun -- an extreme environment that's roughly 2 million degrees Fahrenheit.A scientific paper describing the milestone was published in the Physical Review Letters.The historic moment was achieved thanks to a large collaboration of scientists and engineers, including members of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) who built and monitor a key instrument on board the probe: the Solar Probe Cup. The cup collects particles from the Sun's atmosphere that helped scientists verify that the spacecraft had indeed crossed into the corona."The goal of this entire mission is to learn how the Sun works. We can accomplish this by flying into the solar atmosphere," said Michael Stevens, an astrophysicist at the CfA who helps monitor the cup. "The only way to do that is for the spacecraft to cross the outer boundary, which ...

NASA launches X-ray space telescope to unlock secrets of black hole

US space agency NASA on Thursday launched its new X-ray Mission to unlock the secrets of extreme cosmic objects.

From Pilots, doctor to physicist, cyclist: NASA selects 10 new astronauts

NASA selected 10 new astronauts, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars.

NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna

NASA TV planned live coverage of the 6-1/2-hour spacewalk, scheduled to begin at 7:10 AM Eastern time (1210 GMT) on Thursday

NASA aims to replace ISS with one or more commercial space station by 2030

The US space agency is planning to replace the International Space Station (ISS) with one or more commercial space stations by 2030.

2 NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna

TV will cover live as sstronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Brown exit an airlock of the orbiting research lab some 402 km above Earth.

How altering an asteroid's path today could save Earth tomorrow

The impact is scheduled for the next time it is close to Earth, in late September or early October 2022

Nasa launches asteroid-deflecting spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Move will test technique that one day might avert an apocalyptic collision with Earth

NASA, US govt seek ideas for nuclear fission surface power system on moon

If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the US government wants to hear about it.

More than 600 human beings have now been to space, shows data

The tally began in 1961, when Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth

NASA, SpaceX launch 4 more astronauts into orbit on flight to space station

NASA and SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit, sending a veteran spacewalker, two younger crewmates chosen for future lunar missions and a German materials scientist to the ISS

4 astronauts in orbit since spring hop ride on SpaceX rocket to return home

The undocking of their SpaceX capsule from the International Space Station also paved the way for a launch of their four replacements as early as Wednesday night.

SpaceX Crew-3 launch to Space Station delayed again to November 10

NASA again delayed the upcoming launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to November 10 because of weather concerns.

Satellites could help track if nations keep their carbon pledges

The researchers said that by plugging satellite measurements of CO2 into an Earth-systems model, they were able to detect small reductions in atmospheric concentration of the gas over the US

SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough weather conditions

Calmer conditions are expected Wednesday

NASA's 1st mission to distant asteroids prepares for launch on Oct 16

NASA is preparing for the launch of its Lucy mission -- the first to explore distant asteroids and origins of the solar system on Saturday.

Australia plans lunar rover to help NASA find oxygen on moon

The rover would collect soil that contains oxides and NASA would use separate equipment to extract oxygen from that soil

Four space tourists end their trailblazing trip with Atlantic splashdown

The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut