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A series of color-enhanced images of Jupiter, taken by NASA's <em>Juno</em> spacecraft, September.
space exploration

2017 Was an Astounding Year for Space Images

From super moons to Saturn's rings to distant galaxies.
Anika Burgess December 13, 2017
Robert Lawrence, Jr. was chosen to serve in the MOL, an Air Force space program.
space exploration

Remembering the Groundbreaking Life of the First Black Astronaut

Robert Lawrence Jr.'s accomplishments are finally being recognized.
Ashawnta Jackson December 11, 2017
Astronaut Scott Kelly inside the Cupola, a special module in the International Space Station that provides a 360-degree view of Earth.
space exploration

Exit Interview: Scott Kelly, an Astronaut Who Spent a Year in Space

It's very easy to lose things on the International Space Station.
David Plotz November 9, 2017
A Mir/NASA group portrait, featuring the table.
Gastro Obscura

Mir Space Station Dining Table

Cosmonauts and astronauts reheated food and formed bonds over this high-tech table.
An aerial view of FAST
Pingtang County, China

The Eye of Heaven

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.
Merlin Satellite.
Cornwall, England

Goonhilly Earth Station

Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
Langley researcher Elton W. Miller in Langley's Propeller Research Tunnel, 1927.
space exploration

100 Years of Rocketry and Research at NASA’s Langley Facility

See pioneering mathematicians, giant wind tunnels powered by submarine engines, and hypersonic rocket models.
Anika Burgess October 20, 2017
National Astronomical Observatory of Chile.
Santiago, Chile

National Astronomical Observatory of Chile

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.
The remnant of a supernova that occurred 160,000 light years from Earth. The stellar explosion would have been visible in the Southern Hemisphere around 1600.
space exploration

The Most Beautiful Space Images on Earth

Stargazing through the ages.
Anika Burgess October 19, 2017
The rocket replica.
Concord, New Hampshire

Redstone Rocket Replica

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.
Sputnik crash site marker
Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Sputnik IV Crash Site

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Two species of earthworm, trying their luck on Martian soil simulant.
space exploration

Are Earthworms Tough Enough for Mars?

One ecologist is trying to find out.
Cara Giaimo September 29, 2017
The object 288P, with the binary asteroids' orbit in blue.
science

Hubble Spotted a Strange New Object in Our Solar System

It's kind of a comet and kind of an asteroid that orbits itself, and it could tell us something about early Earth.
Kelsey Kennedy September 21, 2017
<em>Mariner 9</em>, which is still in orbit around Mars—for now.
science

A Short History of Epically Destroying Spacecraft in the Name of Science

Cassini isn't the first space probe to go out in a blaze of glory—and it won't be the last.
Kelsey Kennedy September 15, 2017
The Perlan 2 glider in El Calafate, Argentina.
world record

The Ceiling for Unpowered Flight Just Went Up 2,000 Feet

The Perlan 2 glider team is aiming much, much higher, and doing science on the way.
Kelsey Kennedy September 7, 2017
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A View of Saturn's Rings From the Inside, Courtesy of Cassini

The 20-year-old satellite is still sending back images during its swan dive into the planet's atmosphere.
Kelsey Kennedy September 5, 2017
Riggers on the stack.
Gaithersburg, Maryland

World's Largest Deadweight Machine

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.
From left to right: Edward Gibson, Gerald Carr, and William Pogue prepare to fly to Cape Canaveral to take off for Skylab.
space exploration

Did 3 NASA Astronauts Really Hold a 'Space Strike' in 1973?

Digging into a legendary moment in the history of extraterrestrial labor.
Cara Giaimo August 28, 2017