Astronaut looks forward to home after record 371-day stay in space
Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut crewmates return to Earth next Wednesday to wrap up a U.S. record 371-day stay in orbit.
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Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut crewmates return to Earth next Wednesday to wrap up a U.S. record 371-day stay in orbit.
NASA called the Parker Solar Probe's flight "not only an impressive feat of engineering, but a huge boon for the scientific community."
The crew is replacing another Soyuz crew, including NASA's Frank Rubio, who's wrapping up a record 371-day stay in space.
The image shows "luminous regions" around a newborn star in a strikingly high resolution.
Loral O'Hara will spend six months aboard the space station; two Russian crewmates plan to stay a full year.
Frank Rubio moved past NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei's 355-day record on the way to spending more than a full year in space.
The National Reconnaissance Office says the "Silent Barker" satellites will keep tabs on potentially threatening adversary spacecraft.
Picking up the pace of commercial operations, Virgin Galactic is now launching piloted suborbital spaceflights every month.
None of the asteroids pose any threat to Earth, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard.
A fireball streaked across the sky Sunday night, speeding across several U.S. states, including Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The Crew Dragon put on a spectacular show as it descended across Florida in a blaze of super-heated plasma.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying a four-man crew headed home in the final chapter of a long-duration station stay.
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope revealed "crescent-like structures" within the SN 1987A supernova.
The crash-down of the Luna-25 probe was a major disappointment for the Russian space program, and it appears to have left a mark.
After a failed 2019 attempt to land on the moon, India has joined the U.S., the Soviet Union and China as the 4th country to achieve the milestone.