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Sunrise on the moon captured by Blue Ghost spacecraft after NASA and Firefly Aerospace announce successful lunar landing
The Blue Ghost spacecraft has taken its first images of the lunar surface as Firefly Aerospace and NASA celebrate a successful moon landing.
Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin's NS-31 mission this spring.
Chinese scientists reveal plans for near-invisible stealth missiles that could 'redefine modern warfare'
Chinese scientists claim to have found a new way of injecting helium into rocket engines, which could be used to make missiles that are much harder to detect or intercept. The new technology was allegedly inspired by the faulty spacecraft that "stranded" NASA astronauts on the ISS last year.
Blue Ghost spacecraft captures rare, stunning views of Earth eclipsing the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft took some unique photos of our home planet on its Mission 1 flight to the moon in late January and early February. The spacecraft is now in orbit around the moon, with a planned landing date of March 2.
China is building a space telescope to rival the JWST — and it could survive in orbit decades longer
Chinese scientists have announced details on the upcoming China Space Station Telescope (CSST), a cutting-edge observatory that will rival the JWST.
'Hugely proud': UK Paralympian becomes 1st disabled astronaut to be cleared for ISS mission
Prospective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical assessment needed for a long-term stay on the ISS. If selected for a future mission, he will become the first physically disabled person in space.
'We don't feel stranded': Astronauts 'stuck' in space set the record straight
"I think both of us will be a little bit sad when that feeling of space sort of leaves us."
There was nearly 1 rocket launch attempt every 34 hours in 2024 — this year will be even busier
"There is reason to have confidence in upward trajectory of the space economy."
Human spaceflight quiz: How well do you know our journey into space?
Quiz Test your knowledge of humanity's major space-faring milestones and the incredible astronauts who accomplished them.
'Stranded' Starliner astronauts finally have a return date — and it's sooner than expected
NASA will send astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station early on a previously used SpaceX Dragon space capsule, not on a brand-new one, the agency announced.
