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NASA astronaut’s first ISS time-lapse is a real stunner
Astronauts aboard the space station have a unique view of Earth, and a time-lapse by NASA's Jonny Kim shows off its beauty.
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NASA renews its push to slash its workforce
The agency would give employees accepting deferred resignations an extended deadline to collect pay while not working.
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NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032
YR4, once considered the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, is back in the spotlight — this time due to a slight ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
NASA Pulls the Plug on Europa Lander, but Scientists Propose a Plan B
Europa has long been a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial biology because scientists suspect it harbors a ...
NASA and the Defense Department Rely on SpaceX in So Many Ways
If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle ...
Elon Musk threatened to decommission Dragon spacecraft. Here's what that would mean for NASA
Space science experts told ABC News SpaceX has been essential to NASA’s missions and the breakdown of a relationship would ...
Trump Pulled His NASA Pick, But Jared Isaacman Would’ve Rebuilt the Moon Program
The fallen NASA administrator nominee was clearly not a fan of the agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.
NASA provides hardware for space station DNA repair experiment
When it comes to helping NASA scientists better understand the effects of space travel on the human body, fruit flies are the ...