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VideoOSIRIS-REx sample return capsule safely lands in Utah
A saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may hold clues about the birth of the solar system slammed into Earth's atmosphere Sunday and descended to an on-target parachute-assisted touchdown in Utah in the final chapter of a dramatic seven-year, four-billion-mile voyage.
VideoSpaceX launches first all-international crew to space station
Running a day late, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying a NASA commander, a Danish co-pilot, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut rocketed into orbit early Saturday and set off after the International Space Station for a six-month tour of duty.
VideoArtemis 2 astronauts get first look at their Orion moonship
NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts, getting their first look at the Orion capsule that will carry them around the moon next year, said seeing the hardware first hand and meeting the men and women building the spacecraft brought home the reality of their historic mission.
VideoPerseverance Mars rover hitting paydirt in search for clues about possible ancient life
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has collected and stored samples of rocks at the base of an ancient river delta fanning out from the rim of Jezero Crater made up of minerals and organic compounds that, on Earth, would likely preserve traces of past microbial life, researchers said Sept. 15.
VideoNASA tries again to complete moon rocket’s practice countdown
Countdown clocks began ticking Saturday for NASA's fourth attempt to complete a dress-rehearsal countdown and fueling test of its Space Launch System moon rocket, a requirement before the huge booster can be cleared for launch on its long-awaited maiden flight.
VideoEngineers pleased with Webb’s progress as mirror alignment gets underway
The first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope were unveiled Friday, a "selfie" showing the observatory's 21.3-foot-wide primary mirror and a mosaic showing multiple images of a nondescript star being used to align the 18 segments making up the main mirror.
VideoWebb’s fate hinges on high-risk sunshade, mirror deployments
If you want to see the faint, stretched-out light from the first stars and galaxies that began shining at the end of the cosmic dark ages a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, you're going to need a big telescope. But not just any big telescope.
VideoJapanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space station
A Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station for an 12-day visit, the first by paying "space tourists" in more than a decade.
VideoBezos invites 82-year-old aviation pioneer to join him for spaceflight
Wally Funk, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and one of the 13 female fliers who were tested but ultimately barred from NASA's initially all-male astronaut corps, is finally getting her chance to fly in space, thanks to Jeff Bezos.
VideoAstronauts describe thrilling ride to orbit on Falcon 9 rocket
When the countdown hit zero last Friday and the engines powering a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage roared to life for takeoff, the four astronauts strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon some 21 stories up started laughing.