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The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule emerges from the Atlantic following an uncrewed trip to the International Space Station March 8, 2019. This same capsule was apparently damaged during a safety test April 20.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon Safety Test Went Very Wrong. Here's Why That Matters

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX tested the escape system on its Crew Dragon capsule. Smoke from the failure was visible for miles.

Space Exploration
"[It's] like walking in an underground wonderland," said NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, describing his experience underground in the Sa Grutta caves in Sardinia, Italy.

Astronauts Spent 6 Nights in a Pitch-Black Cave, and Emerged with a Brand-New Species of Crustacean

By Brandon Specktor published

An international team of astronauts has discovered new life (in a cave below Italy).

Crustaceans
Ripley, SpaceX's Dummy astronaut

Meet Ripley, SpaceX's Dummy Astronaut Riding on Crew Dragon Test Flight

By Meghan Bartels published

SpaceX's famous "Starman" dummy onboard the inaugural Falcon Heavy launch is about to have some competition — from a new dummy, named Ripley, strapped into the company's first Crew Dragon capsule.

Space Exploration
The International Space Station

No, Bacteria Aren't Mutating into Superbugs on the International Space Station

By Rafi Letzter published

Bacteria on the International Space Station are evolving and changing in the strange orbital environment. But they don't seem to be any more dangerous to humans.

Space Exploration
Scientists will send thousands of <em>C. elegans</em> up to space in hopes of understanding muscle loss in astronauts.

Delay of SpaceX Launch May Mean 36,000 Wormy Passengers Are Too Old for Their Planned Experiments

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Here's what those wriggling worms are expected to do in space ... and it's not to scare aliens.

Space Exploration
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt with the American flag and the Earth in the background, during a trek on the lunar surface as part of the Apollo 17 mission.

Last Man to Walk on the Moon Mistaken About Climate Change on Earth

By Mindy Weisberger published

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt saw Earth from space, but doesn't see that human activity is shaping climate change.

Climate Change
An artist's depiction of ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter at work around Mars.

Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.

By Meghan Bartels published

There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.

Mars
florence landfall

Watch Hurricane Florence Make Landfall in This Incredible Space Station Video

By Meghan Bartels published

Hurricane Florence, the vast storm meteorologists and astronauts alike have been tracking, made landfall this morning (Sept. 14) near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Hurricanes
Hurricane Lane dominates the Pacific Ocean in this photo from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold taken on Aug. 22, 2018 as the Category 4 storm approached Hawaii.

Hurricane Lane Looms Over Hawaii in These Astronaut and Satellite Photos

By Meghan Bartels published

Government weather satellites are watching closely as a massive storm called Hurricane Lane threatens Hawaii.

Hurricanes
ESA Astronaut's View of California Fires

California Wildfires Rage in Astronaut Photos from the Space Station

By Mike Wall published

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have taken dramatic new photos of the fires that are blackening huge swaths of the Golden State and throwing off smoke that billows far to the east.

Wildfires
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