Orbiting Earth before NASA astronaut selection: Polaris Dawn astronaut part of 2025 class

NASA announced the 2025 class of astronauts, and it includes someone who already is a record-breaking astronaut.

NASA selects Blue Origin to take the once-canceled VIPER rover to the moon

NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon by awarding ...
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How do you vote from space? NASA astronauts cast 2024 election ballots from ISS

There are four Americans currently living in space, and each has had the opportunity to add their voice to the more than 160 ...

NASA to Make Major Announcement About Martian Rock Sample on Wednesday. Here’s How to Watch

In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover extracted a rock core from the edge of Neretva Vallis, a river valley cut into the ...
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NASA says Mars sample shows strongest signs of life beyond Earth: 'Clearest sign of life'

A rock collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover may hold the strongest evidence of life beyond Earth ever found, officials said ...
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VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

VIPER was originally supposed to land on the moon in late 2023 aboard Griffin, a lander built by Pittsburgh-based company ...
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Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here

In a new paper, scientists argued that our best option is to blow up asteroid 2024 YR4 as part of a "kinetic disruption ...

SpaceX’s Starship Lunar Lander Could Be ‘Years Late,’ NASA Safety Panel Warns

Members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel believe the Human Landing System version of Starship won’t be ready for ...

Purdue grad from Indiana in NASA's 2025 astronaut class. They might walk on the moon, or Mars

NASA announced the first class of astronauts in four years who could one day be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars.