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Astronaut Scott Kelly announces retirement from NASA, just days after return from year in space

Godspeed, Scott Kelly. Ten days after finishing up nearly a year in space, the veteran of four spaceflights announced today… Read More

Microsoft’s HoloLens headset wins rave review from astronaut Scott Kelly after year in space

After his return from nearly a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gave Microsoft’s HoloLens headset a big thumbs-up for… Read More

Aliens and cheeseburgers: Astronaut answers questions from 5-year-olds about life in space

How do you know when to get up in space? And what do you eat? Kindergartners got answers to these… Read More

Thumbs up! Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after year in space

Capping off a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly breathed earthly air for the first time in 340 days… Read More

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly: I could spend another year in space, but I’m ready to come home

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting ready to come home after spending a longer stretch in orbit than any other American in… Read More

Ape … in … space! Watch Scott Kelly’s primo prank on International Space Station

Leave it to Scott Kelly, NASA’s record-holder for longest continuous time spent in space, to go big and go home:… Read More

Abort, retry, fail? Astronaut pokes fun at Windows XP during space training in Russia

Moscow, we have a problem: Russia’s cosmonaut training center in Star City might need to upgrade its Soyuz spacecraft simulators… Read More

Not again! Astronaut’s leaky helmet forces early end to spacewalk at space station

Today’s spacewalk at the International Space Station was called off early when NASA astronaut Tim Kopra reported a small bubble of… Read More

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as… Read More

Video inspired by ‘The Martian’ tackles real-life mystery: How to sleep in space

How do you get your Z’s in zero-G? Sleeping in space is one of the subjects tackled in a new video series from… Read More

Spacewalkers free up jammed rail car, get set for Russian cargo delivery

Two NASA spacewalkers executed a quick fix at the International Space Station today, moving a stuck rail car to clear… Read More

SpaceX gets set for Falcon 9’s return to flight – and Florida landing attempt

SpaceX is planning to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in nearly six months on Sunday, and… Read More

Space station gets its first ‘official’ British astronaut (plus an American and Russian)

Today the International Space Station’s crew welcomed aboard its first “official” British astronaut, Tim Peake, just hours after he blasted… Read More

Rare after-dark landing brings space station trio home for the holidays

It took some doing, but three crew members from the International Space Station returned to Earth today and are on… Read More

Cygnus spaceship delivers HoloLens and other goodies to space station

The International Space Station’s astronauts got their Christmas presents early today, in the form of HoloLens augmented-reality headsets from Microsoft… Read More

It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space station

After waiting out Florida’s weather for three days, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lofted supplies to the International Space Station… Read More

Space race! British astronaut Tim Peake gets set to run marathon on space station

British astronaut Tim Peake says he’ll follow in the footsteps of NASA’s Sunita Williams by running a marathon in orbit on… Read More

It’s official: NASA signs up to send crew on SpaceX’s Dragon space taxi

NASA has ordered its first mission from SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, six months after placing… Read More

After missing out on NASA’s next cargo contract, Boeing focuses on space taxis

Boeing says it’s out of the running for NASA’s next contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but… Read More

How NASA is remodeling the International Space Station, 15 years after moving in

Today marks the 15th anniversary of that first moving-in day for spacefliers living on the International Space Station – and like many… Read More

Hurricane Patricia looks scary from space: Satellites track storm as it menaces Mexico

Even the International Space Station’s commander is worried about Hurricane Patricia, the strongest storm ever tracked by the National Hurricane… Read More

Space station crew chows down on fresh Outredgeous lettuce … and so can you

Astronauts on the International Space Station ate space-grown lettuce for the first time today — an Oregon-bred variety of “Outredgeous” red… Read More

High school students helping NASA figure out how to keep produce fresh in space

In an amazingly cool after-school project, several high school students in Wapato, Wash., are developing a way to keep produce… Read More

Watch ISS astronauts talk weather tomorrow with Al Roker

They have one of the best views of what’s going on with weather patterns from above. And now, International Space… Read More

NASA and ESA astronauts post incredible pics of Super Typhoon Maysak

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have captured some amazing shots of Super Typhoon Maysak. European Space Agency astronaut Samantha… Read More

This is no Jedi mind trick: NASA releases ‘Star Wars’ inspired poster

Of all the geeks out there, space geeks are some of our favorites. They seem a good-humored, well-rounded bunch who… Read More

SpaceX rocket crash-lands on drone ship in ambitious recovery attempt

SpaceX was unsuccessful in its inaugural attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket softly on a barge… Read More

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind: We can now 3D print in space!

The first tool has been made in space, thanks to some quick design work and a 3D printer on the… Read More