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Dream Chaser spaceplane completes tests at NASA’s Neil Armstrong facility

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012. Traveling on a different trajectory, its twin, Voyager 2, entered interstellar space in 2018. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Voyager 1 is sending binary gibberish to Earth from 15.1 billion miles away

The space station Tiangong has been constructed over the course of multiple launches. It consists of a central core module named Tianhe and two lab modules named Wentian and Mengtian. In this rendering, a Tianzhou cargo craft is docked in the foreground, with a Shenzhou crew capsule docked in the background.

Space Exploration

China is embarking on a science and exploration program of staggering scale

Artist's concept of the Lunar Vertext rover

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Vertex Moon mission getting closer to launch

Human Spaceflight

The Kármán Line: Where space begins

A composite of two different times, as seen by Curiosity on Mars

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What time is it on Mars?

Mars is a dynamic world that continues to intrigue us. This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the planet wreathed in late-afternoon clouds.

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Experience Mars in 3D

During its flyby on Nov. 1 2023, Lucy discovered that its target, Dinkinesh, is not one, but two asteroids. Here, the smaller companion appears from behind the larger Dinkinesh. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO

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NASA’s Lucy mission discovers surprise asteroid on ‘Dinky’ flyby

Illustration of the Psyche spacecraft

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NASA launches Psyche on mission to study unusual asteroid

Bennu regolith scattered around the outside of OSIRIS-REx's sample collector

Material collected from Bennu shows signs of abundant water and carbon — components necessary for life

Space Exploration

Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration

Bluewalker 3 satellite is one of the brightest objects in the sky, observations show