Meteorite found in the Sahara Desert turns out to be piece of Mars

A meteorite found in the Sahara Desert has been determined to be 4.1 billion years old and from Mars.

• Oct 30

Spacewalkers begin final phase of a space station upgrade

Two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station for the first of two spacewalks, one week apart, to complete a complex upgrade to the aging power system.

• Oct 29

NASA outlines revised 2028 Artemis moon landing campaign

NASA will not make a decision on whether to use a SpaceX or Blue Origin moon lander until testing shows which one is the obvious choice.

• Oct 23

Japan launches ambitious robotic mission to Martian moon Phobos

Soil samples collected by the MMX probe will shed light on the mysterious origin of the red planet's two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

• Oct 19

Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has set a new record for the longest distance traveled on the surface of another planet, the space agency said.

• Oct 13

Spectacular launch sends cargo ship on voyage to space station

Along with crew supplies and equipment, the Cargo Dragon is delivering two rollout solar arrays to complete a major power system upgrade.

• Oct 13

Space station crew returns to Earth with perfect splashdown

The Crew 13 fliers completed a mission spanning more than 100 million miles with a pinpoint splashdown off the coast of Southern California.

• Oct 8

Space station crew returns home after 8-month mission

Two NASA astronauts, a European flier and a Russian cosmonaut will close out an eight-month mission with splashdown Thursday.

• Oct 7

Crew docks at space station with astronaut who'll miss birth of 3rd child

With the arrival of four fresh space station crew members, four others will head for home after 235 days in orbit.

• Oct 1

NASA plans Starliner test flight after astronauts got stuck at space station

NASA says it is committed to helping Boeing get its Starliner back in space after multiple upgrades and improvements.

• Sep 28

SpaceX launches Starship on giant rocket's first flight to orbit

The Super Heavy-Starship rocket's 14th test flight, the first boosting the upper stage to orbit, marked a major milestone for both SpaceX and NASA.

• Sep 28

NASA spacecraft discovers moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum

Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum, the result of a powerful impact two years ago.

• Sep 16

NASA launches its Roman Space Telescope to explore the hidden universe

NASA's Roman Space Telescope​ launched shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center and blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away.

• Aug 30

Roman Space Telescope promises 300-megapixel views of the cosmos

The $4.3 billion telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of exoplanets while probing the nature of mysterious dark matter and energy.

• Aug 30

Trump to honor Artemis II crew with nation's top space medal

President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew​ of NASA's Artemis II mission​ in a ceremony Aug. 28.

• Aug 21

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