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NASA has released thousands of photos from its April 2026 Artemis II spaceflight. On May 4, the agency published 12,217 never-before-seen photos taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their journey around the moon. These photos offer a new look…
You don’t have to wait until Independence Day for a light show in the sky. A natural fireworks show is happening this week: the Lyrids meteor shower, which experts say will probably continue through April 30. Meteor showers are a…
The Artemis II spaceflight began on April 1. Its crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission ended successfully on April 10. The craft’s capsule gently landed in the ocean near San Diego, California.…
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory takes pictures of the night sky (above). Now it’s alerting researchers worldwide of events and discoveries in space. The alert system was activated on February 24. Overnight, more than 800,000 alerts were sent. Scientists expect…
Imagine traveling to space. What skills would you need? You’d need to know how to fly your spacecraft. You’d need to know how to stay healthy in orbit, too. NASA astronauts must learn these skills and others. They complete the…
NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket arrives at its launch pad on Merritt Island, Florida, on January 17. The rocket is expected to take off for the moo…
Michaela Benthaus is an engineer from Germany. On December 20, she became the first wheelchair user in space. Benthaus rode aboard a Blue Origin capsule rocket with five other passengers. The capsule blasted off from Van Horn, Texas. It carried…
On January 15, NASA completed its first medical evacuation from space. Its SpaceX Crew-11 mission ended early when an astronaut had a medical issue that couldn’t be treated at the International Space Station. At a press conference, NASA administrator Jared…
Space is full of mysteries, from black holes to dark matter. Now, astronomers have a new view of the universe. They can see the stars with the world’s largest digital camera. The device is called the Legacy Survey of Space…
Does the day feel like it’s zooming by? It’s not your imagination: The Earth is rotating faster today—1.3 to 1.5 milliseconds faster, to be exact. That means today will be a fraction of a second shorter than a normal day.…
