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Solar storms can play havoc with electrical grids, satellites and railway lines.
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Starliner is only the second vehicle to launch astronauts from US soil since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on approach to the International Space Station during an uncrewed test in 2022.
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The Starliner’s planned crewed test on May 6, 2024, was scrubbed after a technical issue with the rocket taking it up to orbit.
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New ideas will be key to making the mission happen after a report criticised its timescale and cost.
The equipment planned to help bring samples back from Mars.
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It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
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The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.
Perseverance rover taking a selfie on Mars.
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There’s anxiety among space scientists following Nasa’s decision to rethink sample return mission from Mars.
Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn.
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Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life − but researchers need the right tools to tell.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 18, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four private astronauts make their way to the International Space Station.
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Space exploration is not a waste of resources, but a source of technological and medical advances, a tool for climate monitoring and a source of educational inspiration for youth.
John and Jackie Kennedy in Paris in May 1961.
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With wealth, charm and tactful leadership, John F. Kennedy set the standard for working toward the common good and decency in public discourse
Eye safety is paramount when observing eclipses.
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A type of eclipse is crucial for measuring what’s in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.
Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Now out in space for more than two years, the James Webb Space Telescope is a stunningly sophisticated instrument.
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An instrument on the Europa Clipper mission might be able to detect biological cells from space.
An illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa.
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Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.
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The eclipse will allow scientists to get rare measurements of the Sun’s atmosphere.
A worker at the National Hurricane Center tracks weather over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
A solar eclipse approaching totality.
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Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.
SuperBIT waiting for launch while its giant helium balloon is inflated.
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Giant helium balloons are a cheap, more environmentally friendly alternative to rocket launches – and you get the satellite back.
The surface of Mars is cold, dry and rocky.
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Determining whether or not life exists on another planet is an extraordinarily complicated – and expensive – scientific endeavor.
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The next generation of spacesuit needs to do more than simply protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space.