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NASA Brings Home Asteroid Sample Swiped by Osiris-Rex Spacecraft

For the first time, NASA has returned some dust and other bits of an asteroid collected in space to Earth…

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NASA capsule brings sample from asteroid to Earth for the first time in American history: ‘We have touchdown!’

For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell…

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NASA’s Osiris-Rex to Deliver Asteroid Sample to Earth on Sunday

Some dust and other bits of a big asteroid named Bennu are on the way to Earth. NASA's Osiris-Rex is winding down its…

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NASA’s New Moon Mosaic Lets You Peer Deep Into Shackleton Crater

We're seeing the moon in a new light. A fresh NASA mosaic view of the lunar south pole region highlights…

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Next Launch of SpaceX Starship Faces More Potential Delays

While the Federal Aviation Administration has been working closely with SpaceX to approve the next launch of Starship, a required…

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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Prepares to Return Asteroid Sample it Swiped in Space

A pick-pocketed piece of a big asteroid named Bennu is on its way back to Earth. NASA's Osiris-Rex is winding down its…

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Soyuz docks at International Space Station with two Russians, one American

A Russian spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off…

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NASA appoints new director of UFO research in push to examine ‘one of our planet’s greatest mysteries’

NASA announced Thursday it has appointed a new director of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) research in an effort by the…

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Giant SpaceX Starship Could Fly Again in October

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is optimistic that SpaceX's Starship could blast off from Texas again as soon as next…

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Jupiter’s Moon Callisto Has a Whole Lot of Oxygen Scientists Struggle to Explain

Jupiter's four largest moons are some of the solar system's most compelling worlds. Io is dotted with active volcanoes, and Europa…

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