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NASA's DART asteroid crash really messed up its space rock target

DART appears to have derailed its asteroid target from its normal evolution progress. The impact also made a crater.

Space

We finally know why Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander failed

Astrobotic says the Peregrine lunar lander, aka the first private moon mission, failed because of a faulty valve.

Space

How 2 fatal shuttle disasters weighed on NASA's decision to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon

The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle tragedies influenced NASA's thinking on how the Boeing Starliner astronauts should return home, agency officials said.

Space

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Fallout from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission could hit Earth — potentially triggering 1st human-caused meteor shower

A new study suggests that millions of tiny space rock fragments, which were ejected from the deliberate 2022 collision between the asteroid Dimorphos and NASA's DART spacecraft, may be on a collision course with Earth and Mars. While these fragments are probably harmless, they could trigger the first human-caused meteor…

LiveScience

Polaris Dawn: the first spacewalk by commercial astronauts will be historic, but the mission carries risks

The Polaris Dawn mission has been attracting lots of attention because it will feature the first ever spacewalk by commercial space travellers. There are many reasons why this is a landmark mission. But, with its ambition comes a degree of risk.

The Conversation

New Hubble Telescope image captures peculiar ring-shaped galaxy

A galaxy's outstretched arms form a nearly perfect circle around its central disk in a striking new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space

Even with astronauts stuck in space until next year, NASA’s pushing human flights harder than ever

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly ten-day mission. Instead, they have been “stuck” there since June, as the reliability of their spacecraft – Boeing Starliner – has not met NASA’s strict standards for crewed flight.

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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days stuck in space — is that a new record?

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams spent 286 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth empty. Is their extended spaceflight record-setting?

LiveScience

Mattel rolling out Matchbox toy of SpaceX's Tesla astronaut transport

Mattel is counting down to the release of its latest space-themed Matchbox toy. Its 1:64 scale version of SpaceX's Crew Transport Vehicle is arriving Oct. 1.

Space

Boeing Starliner will return from space without a crew, NASA announces in long-awaited decision

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will not return to Earth on the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Instead, NASA will bring them home in February 2025 aboard a SpaceX vehicle, while Starliner falls to Earth uncrewed.

LiveScience

'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons

The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors.

Space

How can we protect humans on Mars from dangerous solar storm radiation?

As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by high-energy radiation from solar storms.

Space

Physicists find superconductor behavior at temperatures once thought 'impossible'

Scientists have observed an unexpected new behavior in a superconducting material. If physicists can figure out the cause, it could help them to find room-temperature superconductors.

Space

Spacex To Launch Polaris Dawn Astronauts On Historic Spacewalk Mission

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission features private astronauts, high Earth orbit, commercial spacewalk, and philanthropic initiatives, advancing human space exp...

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Boeing Faces Setbacks In Space Capsule Program

Boeing faces challenges with Starliner capsule and financial losses, but defense contracts offer hope for recovery.

The Independent UK

NASA astronauts who will spend extra months at the space station are veteran Navy pilots

The two astronauts who will spend extra months at the International Space Station have both flown long space missions before

Al Jazeera

Boeing’s Starliner astronauts to return from space next year, NASA says

Bill Nelson says bringing astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth on faulty Starliner is too risky.

The Independent UK

NASA decision against using a Boeing capsule to bring astronauts back adds to company's problems

NASA says it won't use Boeing's Starliner capsule to bring two stranded astronauts back to Earth

International Business Times

Flawed Boeing Mission To Return To Earth Via Rival SpaceX — But Not Until February

Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home via rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday in a fresh public relations blow to the crisis-hit aviation giant

Space

Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms

NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronauts to Earth in February 2025. Their Starliner capsule will come back empty over thruster concerns.

Inverse

Being Stranded In Space Could Upend Starliner Astronauts’ Perception of Time

When we are waiting, our desire to know when the wait is over increases how much we think about time.

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