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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reaches new milestone
Before it completes its mission in September, NASA's Cassini spacecraft still has a few months to go, but the…
James Webb Space Telescope undergoes final cryogenic test
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope stands inside a cleanroom at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where it…
Moondust bricks printed with heat from the sun
Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust.
Footage of Cassini’s Saturn dive
A new movie sequence of images shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn.
Engineers build bricks with Martian soil
Engineers investigate a simple, no-bake recipe to make bricks from Martian soil.
China’s cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 docks successfully
Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, successfully completed docking with an orbiting space lab.
Space debris threatens future missions
The accumulating space debris from mankind's six-decade exploration of the cosmos pose problems to space missions.
Solar storms can produce and drain electrical charge
Solar storms can not only cause excessive electrical charge in the upper atmosphere but can cause areas that are…
Auroras spotted on Uranus
A composite image of Uranus shows two different observations made - one for the rings and one for the auroras.