SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)
SpaceX sent another group of its Starlink satellites into space today (Aug. 10), as it continues to build out its giant internet constellation.
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Archaeology on the ISS? Scientists study how astronauts use and store stuff in space
The International Space Station Archaeological Project aims to understand how astronauts use and store objects throughout the orbital laboratory to help inform development of future space habitats.
Archaeology on the ISS? Scientists study how astronauts use and store stuff in space
The International Space Station Archaeological Project aims to understand how astronauts use and store objects throughout the orbital laboratory to help inform development of future space habitats.
Watch how NASA’s Artemis astronauts could escape their rocket in an emergency (photos, video)
NASA's Artemis astronauts need a backup in case something goes awry with their Space Launch System rocket. A basket system will ferry them safely away.
‘World’s oldest calendar’ discovered carved into ancient monument
A controversial comet strike theory has been circulating for 20 years. Now a group of researchers say they have found new evidence for it in ancient carvings at Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey.
NASA considers sending Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon
As Starliner's planned 10-day mission stretches past two months, the next ISS SpaceX launch will now delay into September to give NASA the option of including the Starliner crew on its ride home.
Artemis 2 exercise device soars in parabolic flight (photos, video)
On its way to the moon, the design for an exercise device took to the skies above Montreal for a parabolic flight. The July series of experiments evaluated health tech for astronauts, too.
Renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe’s lab is home to a centuries-old chemical mystery
A chemical mystery lurks in the laboratory of Tycho Brahe, one of the most famous astronomers of all time. Scientists found tungsten in Brahe's lab, and they're not sure how it got there.
These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery
Earth was cooler than usual in the 16th and 17th centuries and scientists are still trying to figure out why. New analysis of sunspot drawings by Kepler, in 1607, may shed some light.
How spaceflight’s ‘parastronaut program’ could improve health-care practices here on Earth
ESA reserve astronaut John McFall's story inspired a study suggesting that the space community's inclusion efforts should be used in other fields, especially medicine.