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The new image, titled "Earthset," was taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft as it flew close past the moon on Nov. 21.

Beautiful 'Earthset' photo taken during Artemis mission a nod to Apollo 'Earthrise' image

By Harry Baker published

The Orion capsule has taken a photograph of Earth passing behind the moon as the spacecraft passes within 81 miles of the lunar surface.

DART's final moments before it crashed into Dimorphos's surface.

Watch NASA's DART spacecraft hit 'bullseye' by smashing into an asteroid

By Ben Turner published

This is the first ever test of the Earth's planetary defence system

A sample of moondust extracted from the stomachs of cockroaches, and the remains of one of the roaches from the experiments.

NASA called. They want their moondust and cockroaches back.

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

NASA is trying to reclaim its "one-of-a-kind' Apollo rarity" — an auction lot containing moondust and cockroaches.

Lightning strikes the launchpad near the Mega Moon rocket

Lightning strikes Artemis I mission's 'Mega Moon rocket' launch pad during tests

By Jeanna Bryner last updated

The Artemis I mission's Mega Moon rocket was undergoing "wet" tests Saturday (April 2).

The sunrise casts a warm glow around the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 21.

NASA is counting down to the 'wet dress rehearsal' for its 'Mega Moon Rocket'

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

Critical prelaunch tests for the Artemis I moon mission, known as a "wet dress rehearsal," are scheduled to begin on April 1 and continue through April 4.

Taken during Juno's 39th close flyby of Jupiter on Jan. 12, 2022, this stunning view captures two of the planet's moons: Io (left) and Europa (right).

NASA spacecraft snaps gorgeous new photo of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning new photos of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa.

These astronomy books will guide you across the sky, along with history and culture - Best Astronomy books

Best astronomy books 2023: modern hits and classic titles

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Explore the cosmos and find your way around the night sky with this combination of classic titles and new entries, all in the best astronomy books.

NASA's Artemis 1 mission, stacked at the launch pad ready for testing, as seen from space by the Pléiades Neo satellite, operated by the European aerospace company Airbus.

NASA's new moon rocket spotted from space rolling to the launch pad (photos)

By Chelsea Gohd last updated

NASA's moonbound rocket rolled to the launch pad, and satellites orbiting Earth captured the milestone from space.

Ahead of NASA’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Launch Complex 39B to verify systems and practice countdown procedures for the first launch.

NASA's Artemis moon rocket just rode a 'supertank' to the launch pad

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

Inch by inch, NASA's Artemis I spacecraft and rocket have finally chugged all the way to the launch pad. The mission's "wet dress rehearsal" will take place on April 1.

Artist's concept of the Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1 configuration, which will launch the first three Artemis missions.

Ready for Artemis I's moon rocket rollout? Here's how to watch.

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

A slow and steady journey lies ahead.

A close-up view of NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System megarocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 20, 2021.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission, 1st flight of new megarocket, won't launch until May

By Mike Wall last updated

An April launch is no longer possible for Artemis 1, which will send an uncrewed Orion capsule around the moon using a huge Space Launch System megarocket.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shown above Earth.

Hubble Space Telescope hits record-breaking 1 billion seconds in the final frontier

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has reached a major milestone: one billion seconds in the final frontier.

The James Webb Space Telescope launched from Europe's Spaceport at 7:20 a.m. EST on Dec. 25.

In a historic launch, the Webb Telescope blasts off into space

By Mindy Weisberger published

An international partnership of space agencies just launched JWST, the biggest, most powerful space telescope ever made, in an achievement that was decades in the making.

Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launching in 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth

'Humanity has touched the sun' in a pioneering achievement for space exploration

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

NASA's Parker Solar Probe dipped into the sun's atmosphere to sample particles from the corona — a scientific first.

Heads up, Didymos! The asteroid-smashing DART mission is on its way.

NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART mission just launched on a one-way trip to collide with a space rock

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

The DART spacecraft launched this morning on its mission to the binary asteroid Didymos, where it will collide with the space rock for science.

An illustration of the private Nova-C moon lander built by Intuitive Machines with NASA's Polar Resources Ice-Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) attached to the spacecraft.

NASA picks landing site at the moon's south pole for ice-drilling robot

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA and Intuitive Machines announced the Shackleton Crater landing site for an ice-drilling robot.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Lucy asteroid-exploring spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida before dawn on Oct. 16, 2021.

NASA launches robotic archaeologist Lucy on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids

By Amy Thompson last updated

NASA's newest asteroid probe, named Lucy, successfully launched on 12-year mission to visit 8 asteroids early Saturday (Oct. 16).

The International Space Station, as seen 2018.

Congress to NASA: What comes after the International Space Station?

By Meghan Bartels published

Kristine Davis, a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wearing a ground prototype of NASA’s new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), is seen during a demonstration of the suit, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

US astronaut moon landing 'not feasible,' by 2024, NASA's inspector general finds

By Chelsea Gohd last updated

Because of anticipated delays in spacesuit development, it is "not feasible" for NASA to land humans on the moon by the agency's hopeful deadline of 2024, a report has found.

An artist's depiction of Parker Solar Probe studying the sun.

NASA sun spacecraft whizzes through 9th solar flyby

By Meghan Bartels last updated

NASA's sun-grazing spacecraft is making its ninth daring dive past our neighborhood star in a continuing quest to puzzle out secrets of how the sun works.