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January 3, 2019

NASA says icy object past Pluto looks like reddish snowman

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures Wednesday of the most distant celestial object ever explored, depicting what looks like a reddish snowman.

January 3, 2019

China successfully lands spacecraft on far side of moon, state media says

China successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Thursday, becoming the first country to ever land on the side of the moon that faces away from Earth, state news media said.

January 1, 2019

NASA spacecraft captures images of Ultima Thule in farthest flyby of space object in our solar system

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has made a trek to the far reaches of our solar system, zooming past icy Ultima Thule at 32,000 miles per hour in the early hours of New Year's Day. 

December 31, 2018

China pushes for primacy in space

China is poised to realize an ambitious mission to the far side of the moon, the most immediate of many planned milestones in its effort to challenge America’s half-century-long supremacy in space.

December 26, 2018

Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, says Apollo 8 pilot

One of the first astronauts to orbit the Moon said on Wednesday that it's "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars. 

December 22, 2018

Here's why space travel will be even more amazing (and important) in 2019

It’s well known that if something goes out of style, you only need to wait several decades for it to return. That certainly applies to manned space exploration, which, after fading from the headlines in the late eighties, is poised to roar back to life in 2019. But there is one glaring difference I see in the comeback and one huge reason why it matters.

December 21, 2018

Apollo 8 astronauts recount NASA's epic first mission to the Moon

On the morning of Dec. 21, 1968 NASA’s Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center on humanity's first journey to another world.

December 21, 2018

Walt Disney deserves credit for our progress on the Moon and Mars – not just Mickey Mouse

If the creator of Mickey Mouse had never been born, we might not have landed men on the Moon or sent robots to Mars. As a boy, Walt Disney was fascinated with the futuristic tales of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. As an adult, his passion for the future intensified.

December 20, 2018

Tomb raiders 'spotted' from space as satellite data reveals looting of ancient sites

Scientists are using high-resolution satellite imagery to identify places where looters have been ransacking ancient tombs.

December 20, 2018

NASA's InSight Mars Lander 'listens' for marsquakes on the Red Planet

NASA's InSight Mars Lander has deployed its first instrument, a seismometer, on the surface of the Red Planet.