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Lockheed Martin wins rare commercial contract for Atlas launch

August 24, 2021 at 3:12 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has won a rare commercial contract for launch services on its unmanned Atlas 5 rocket, officials said on Thursday. The customer is...

Scientists confirm Voyager 1 probe is in interstellar space

August 24, 2021 at 3:11 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Scientists have been debating for more than a year whether NASA's 36-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system and become the first human-made...

Three space station crewmembers land after 166-day mission

August 24, 2021 at 3:09 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut left the International Space Station on Tuesday, leaving a skeleton crew to maintain the outpost until replacements arrive...

NASA robotic spacecraft lifts off to probe lunar dust

August 24, 2021 at 2:56 p.m.

(Reuters) - An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its way to the moon, officials said....

NASA’s Mars rover spies solar eclipse

August 24, 2021 at 2:44 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity turned its cameras skyward to snap pictures of the planet's moon, Phobos, passing in front of the sun, images released on...

Japanese astronaut to command space station in March

August 24, 2021 at 2:41 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The first Japanese astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station is preparing for a return flight, this time to serve as commander, officials said...

NASA adds more space launch platforms for sale to private firms

August 24, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - While NASA considers competing bids to take over a shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, it added three mobile launch platforms to its list...

Cosmonauts prepare for new lab in record Russian spacewalk

August 24, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Friday to set up power and ethernet cables for a new research laboratory scheduled to...

Voyager left solar system last year, new research shows

August 24, 2021 at 2:18 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's long-lived Voyager probe crossed into interstellar space last year, becoming the first man-made object to leave the solar system, new research shows. Scientists have...

Mission Commander Mark Kelly (L) shakes hands with his twin brother, astronaut Scott Kelly, after the crew of Mark Kelly's space shuttle arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.

Identical twin U.S. astronauts to serve as research subjects

November 3, 2021 at 6:42 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's only identical twin astronauts are planning to serve as guinea pigs for studies investigating the genetic impacts of long-duration spaceflight. Astronaut Mark Kelly, who...

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