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December 24, 2025

NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad

Moon-bound astronauts rehearse their launch-day activities with a repurposed ride. ...

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December 09, 2025

NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon

NASA crew will be the first astronauts to work with a robot on a celestial body other than Earth. ...

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November 20, 2025

Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery

Filling space in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center's Kent Kresa Space Gallery. ...

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November 15, 2025

The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board

"Blue" and "Gold" are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027. ...

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October 27, 2025

25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station

From the makers of Apollo in Real Time comes a site with 500 times more data. ...

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September 29, 2025

Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand

"Removing an item from the National Collection is not a viable solution..." ...

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September 23, 2025

NASA names 24th astronaut class, including prior SpaceX crew member

NASA's 24th astronaut class since selecting the Mercury astronauts in 1959. ...

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August 09, 2025

James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died

Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice. ...

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August 08, 2025

Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

Generating "...public resistance to the provision's enforcement." ...

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August 06, 2025

Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one

"The acting administrator has made an identification." ...

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