
Elizabeth Howell
Elizabeth Howell was staff reporter at Space.com between 2022 and 2024 and a regular contributor to Live Science and Space.com between 2012 and 2022. Elizabeth's reporting includes multiple exclusives with the White House, speaking several times with the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, flying parabolic, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book, "Why Am I Taller?" (ECW Press, 2022) is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams.
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Here's how Blue Origin trained Jeff Bezos and his crew for an 11-minute launch into spaceBlue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates received 14 hours of training over the last two days for their launch into space on July 20.
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Amazing Virgin Galactic video shows Richard Branson's Unity 22 crew soaring into spaceNew camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight on a Virgin Galactic spaceship.
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Virgin Galactic will launch billionaire Richard Branson into space today. Here's how to watch it live.Virgin Galactic will broadcast the flight of its founder, Richard Branson, as he soars into space on Sunday (July 11).
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Newly found mega comet may be the largest seen in recorded historyA giant comet found far out in the solar system may be 1,000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it potentially the largest ever found in modern times.
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These tiny indestructible tardigrades will reveal how to survive in extremes of spaceIndestructible tardigrades will be subject to a series of experiments at the International Space Station to reveal how they survive in extreme environments.
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Lego's A-wing Starfighter from 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is 37% off for Prime DayDeals The iconic Lego Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Resistance A Wing Starfighter is 37% off for Prime Day.
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Russia threatens to leave International Space Station program over US sanctions: reportsRussia's space chief is threatening to leave the International Space Station program in 2025 unless the United States lifts sanctions against the Russian space sector.
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International space station hit by orbital debris in 'lucky strike' (video)A piece of space junk smacked into the robotic arm on the International Space Station, but near-term operations should not be affected.
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Space launch traffic may influence mysterious night-shining clouds in Earth's atmosphereA NASA-funded study is giving scientists insight into how "night-shining clouds" form in the upper atmosphere — and the role that growing space traffic plays in the phenomenon.
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US military picks 3 companies to test nuclear propulsion above low-Earth orbitThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked three big space companies for the first phase of a larger project to test nuclear propulsion above low Earth orbit by 2025.
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Small NASA rocket will study boundary of interstellar spaceFor a few brief minutes, a suborbital rocket from NASA has an ambitious plan to seek out particles from interstellar space.
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is 'go' for historic 1st flight on SundayHumanity's first helicopter on Mars has been cleared for a historic takeoff.
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What's up with this weird green rock on Mars? Perseverance rover is trying to find out.Perseverance's laser hasn't yet penetrated the mystery of a strange Martian rock near the rover's new digs.
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Infamous asteroid Apophis poses no threat to Earth for at least 100 years, NASA saysThe notorious Apophis space rock just shed its hazardous status — for the next 100 years at least — after fresh observations of the near-Earth asteroid.
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Satellite spots SpaceX's Starship SN9 from space ahead of explosive test flightBy Elizabeth Howell Published
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Largest sea on Titan could be more than 1,000 feet deepData from one of Cassini's last flybys of Titan probed the depths of Kraken Mare to better understand the moon's alien chemistry.
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Red Bull skydivers recreate mysterious Marfa lights for winter solstice 2020An epic nighttime skydive saw Red Bull Air Force's Amy Chmelecki and teammates don pyrotechnics to highlight – literally – the importance of astronomy and dark skies in a rural region of Texas.
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These photos of the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse are just heartbreakingGut-wrenching pictures and video documented the beginning of the end for the Arecibo Observatory, one of the world's most iconic telescopes.
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A Thanksgiving sun treat: Big sunspot rotates into viewA group of sunspots has emerged on the Earth-facing side of the sun, just in time for Thanksgiving.
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Stratolaunch starts building Talon hypersonic plane for Mach 6 flightsStratolaunch has started construction on a prototype of a Mach 6 vehicle designed to launch from the world's biggest airplane.
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Asteroid Apophis is speeding up as scientists recalculate odds of 2068 impactAstronomers say they'll have to keep an eye on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis to see how much of a danger the space rock poses to our planet during a close pass in 2068.
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China's reusable experimental spacecraft returns to Earth after two-day mystery missionA Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft has safely landed after two days in orbit, according to state media, and may have deployed a satellite during its mysterious, brief journey in space.
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How NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will get to the Red PlanetHere are all the major milestones of the Mars 2020 mission to the Red Planet, from launch to landing.
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China launches final Beidou satellite to complete GPS-like navigation systemIt completes a navigation satellite constellation decades in the making.
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