NASA ponders SpaceX astronaut rescue after Soyuz leak | Mars dust won't bury Perseverance rock sample tubes | Space Quiz: What crewed spacecraft are docked at the International Space Station right now?
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NASA might use a SpaceX spacecraft to rescue three space station crew members depending on a leaky Soyuz to get home, a report suggests.
The Soyuz spacecraft on the International Space Station suffered a severe coolant leak on Dec. 15 and a decision about whether it is safe to send the crew back to Earth on it will come in January.
Tonight, the moon will reach its first quarter phase; this will be the last time the moon reaches one of its four major phases in 2022. Here's when and where to look to see it.
Peking University wants to build the largest optical telescope in Asia and close the gap in astronomy capabilities with the rest of the world. The project resembles an Earth-bound James Webb Space Telescope.
The Soyuz is docked to the International Space Station and it's unclear if it can bear its crew back home, following a severe coolant leak earlier in December.
The X-59 supersonic plane of NASA's Quesst mission just got its 13-foot-long engine, according to a recent announcement from the space agency. This crucial piece of hardware will deliver 22,000 pounds of thrust and fire up the X-59 to fly faster than the speed of sound.
SpaceX launches 1st Gen2 Starlink satellites | 15 times black holes surprised us in 2022 | Space Quiz: How many rockets launches has SpaceX flown so far in 2022?
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SpaceX launched the first batch of a new generation of Starlink satellites into orbit early today and nailed a rocket landing at sea to mark a record 60th flight of the year.
Black holes are giant warps in space and time whose pitch-black nature keeps them mysterious. Here is a list of 15 times black holes surprised us in 2022.
If you're looking for an awesome gift that's free this year, just look to the night sky where the moon lines up with four bright planets in a celestial holiday treat this week.
A composite image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, created with the James Webb telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instruments (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)
Through a variety of tests on Earth and throughout the universe, physicists have measured no changes in time or space for any of the fundamental constants of nature.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted "approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran" on Monday. Musk, who is also owner of Twitter, pledged in September to activate Starlink in Iran "to advance internet freedom and the free flow of information" to Iranians.
Despite the number of historic launches that did go well this year, there were of course those that either never made it to space or failed to deploy their payloads once they got there. Below is a list of some of the biggest space mission failures suffered in 2022.
Earth mesmerizes in a new video from space, taken by cameras onboard China's Tiangong station in orbit. At moments, the station is hidden from view, and Earth appears to roll underneath, like a marbled bowling ball.
