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- May 7
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- Should we seal DNA samples of Earth's endangered species in a moon crater?
- 'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
- Rocket issue pushes 1st astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule to May 10
- Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
- Boeing Starliner's historic 1st astronaut launch delayed by Atlas V rocket issue
- 'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicator
- May 6
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- Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
- Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sun
- Starliner's Mission Control team 'very excited' for capsule's 1st-ever astronaut launch (exclusive)
- SpaceX reveals new EVA suit for upcoming Polaris Dawn private spaceflight (video)
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
- Boeing's Starliner launch will be the 1st astronaut flight on an Atlas V rocket. How did NASA and ULA get it ready for crews? (exclusive)
- Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)
- The ISS may be more visible in the night sky throughout May. Here's how to see it
- 1st woman to command a US spacecraft Eileen Collins 'signs' patch to inspire girls
- Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral
- How 'Earth's twin' Venus lost its water and became a hellish planet
- Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy
- Boeing's Starliner to join exclusive spacecraft club with 1st astronaut launch today
- 'Lost' satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years
- Boeing's Starliner is a 'big piece of America's overall strategy for access to low Earth orbit,' astronaut says
- Handle Mars with care: Guidelines needed for responsible Red Planet exploration, experts say
- May 5
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- NASA astronaut and director Ellen Ochoa awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Happy National Astronaut Day 2024! Holiday's founder talks importance of honoring America's spaceflyers (exclusive)
- After an 'emotional rollercoaster,' NASA astronauts are ready to fly on Boeing Starliner
- X-ray spacecraft reveals odd 'Cloverleaf' radio circle in new light (image)
- Where will the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024 be visible?
- May 4
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- Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)
- Star Wars Day 2024: 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' premieres today on Disney+
- Free Comic Book Day 2024: Get Marvel Comics 'Star Wars #1' for free
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 109 — Music of the Spheres
- Darth Vader's vile Jedi-killers are on the hunt in Marvel Comics' 'Star Wars: Inquisitors'
- What's next for Boeing Starliner after its 1st crew flight test?
- What time is Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA on May 6?
- Their other vehicle is the Starliner: Boeing's 1st crew to ride Astrovan II to the launch pad
- May 3
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- Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8
- Does a cosmic 'glitch' in gravity challenge Albert Einstein's greatest theory?
- Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says
- Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes
- Celebrate Lego Star Wars Day with 20% off the Millennium Falcon
- The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening this week. Here's how to attend.
- Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure
- Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend
- 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today
- Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character
- China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)
- 2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)
- Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast
- How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels
- Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
- Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
- Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.
- May 2
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- Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
- Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death
- Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)
- Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)
- NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble
- NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
- Some planets 'death spiral' into their stars and scientists may now know why
- NASA inspector general finds Orion heat shield issues 'pose significant risks' to Artemis 2 crew safety
- Restored Atlas rocket erected on display as Mercury astronaut's ride to orbit
- NASA picks 9 companies to develop Mars 'commercial services' ideas
- AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 6 goes old school and benefits because of it
- May the deals be with you in the Lego Star Wars Day 2024 sale
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight (video)
- Somehow, Star Wars has returned to Fortnite for May the 4th (video)
- Here's what to expect during Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut test flight on May 6
- May 1
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- SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner
- 'It almost feels unreal': NASA astronauts excited for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch May 6
- NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during 'solar maximum'
- James Webb Space Telescope forecasts clouds of melted rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet
- A Switzerland-size hole opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why
- Yellowstone Lake's weird resistance to climate change could be about to crack
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
- Best sci-fi movies with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes
- Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)
- Star Wars: Hunters launches in June for Nintendo Switch and mobile (video)
- Lego releases 7 new Star Wars sets ahead of 'Star Wars Day' on May 4
- Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)
- Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
- 2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon
- How to watch Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch tonight live online
