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This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP)

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

June 28, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions.

FILE – A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

June 2, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week’s rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during an engine-firing test on Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (@JConcilus via AP)

Blue Origin investigates rocket explosion as public is warned about possible wreckage washing ashore

May 29, 2026 at 3:52 p.m.

Aerial views on Friday revealed heaps of crumpled structures on the ground, with just one tower and the water tank still standing. Emergency officials warned the public to avoid any...

The full moon rises behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A rare blue micromoon rises this weekend

May 28, 2026 at 8:43 a.m.

Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend — a blue moon that’s also the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year.

In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on Monday, April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. (NASA via AP)

NASA already has next Artemis flight in its sights following astronauts’ triumphant moon flyby

April 13, 2026 at 7:12 a.m.

Now that the first lunar travelers in more than a half-century are safely back in Houston with their families, NASA has Artemis III in its sights.

The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean after the crew's flyby of the moon, April 10, 2026. (NASA)

Artemis II’s record-breaking journey around the moon ends with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific Ocean

April 10, 2026 at 10:17 p.m.

Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century.

In this image provided by NASA, Artemis II crew members, from left, Victor Glover Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, pause to turn the camera around for a selfie midway through their lunar observation period of the Moon during a lunar flyby, Monday, April 6, 2026. NASA via AP)

Artemis II astronauts make long-distance call to the space station as they head home from the moon

April 7, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Still aglow from their triumphant lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts put in a call to their friends aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as they headed home from...

This image provided by NASA on Monday, April 6, 2026, shows a view of the moon taken by the Artemis II crew before going to sleep on flight day 5. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse

April 6, 2026 at 9:13 p.m.

The Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never beheld by eyes until now.

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Christina Koch, background left, is illuminated by a screen inside the darkened Orion spacecraft Integrity on the third day of the Artemis II mission, Friday, April 3, 2026. At right, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen looks out of one of Orion’s windows. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13’s record

April 5, 2026 at 9:28 a.m.

More than halfway to the moon, Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their toilet...

This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from of the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II’s moonbound astronauts capture Earth’s brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind

April 3, 2026 at 9:30 p.m.

NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century.

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