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- Feb 13
NASA ends mission for Mars rover, Opportunity, after 15 years
Opportunity went silent on June 10 after a massive dust storm covered the planet.
Feb 13
- Feb 13
NASA ends mission for Mars rover, Opportunity, after 15 years
The rover was set for just a three-month life span after landing on Mars in 2012.
Feb 13
- Jan 14
China says it exchanged data with NASA on far side landing
China's space agency says it exchanged data with NASA on its recent mission to land a Chinese spacecraft on the far side of the moon
Jan 14
- Jan 1
Spacecraft opens new year with flyby on solar system's edge
A NASA spacecraft opens the new year at the most distant world ever explored, a billion miles beyond Pluto
Jan 1
- Jan 1
The Latest: NASA spacecraft dashes by world beyond Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has survived humanity's most distant exploration of another world
Jan 1 - Jan 1
NASA makes space exploration history
NASA's New Horizon spacecraft flew past an object that is believed to be from the earliest days of the solar system.
Jan 1
- Jan 1
NASA spacecraft opens new year at tiny, icy world past Pluto
A NASA spacecraft opens the new year at the most distant world ever explored, a billion miles beyond Pluto
Jan 1 - Jan 1
NASA spacecraft enters orbit around asteroid, sets records
A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a record
Jan 1
- Dec 21
Apollo 8 mission takes flight
Dec. 21, 1968: Apollo 8 was the first space mission to test the trajectory to the moon and back before actually landing on the moon, which would happen the following year.
Dec 21
- Dec 3
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu after long journey
The rocket will bring samples of the asteroid back to Earth if all goes well.
Dec 3
- Nov 30
NASA is looking for contractors for the next moon mission
Plus, YouTube adds stories and the U.S. military is testing exoskeletons for its soldiers.
Nov 30 - Nov 27
Getting to know Mars, the 'red planet'
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and over 4.5 billion years old.
Nov 27 - Nov 27
NASA's InSight lander touches down on Mars
The mechanical three-legged, one-armed mining spacecraft landed and it will be the first mission to drill into the deep interior of Mars.
Nov 27 - Nov 26
NASA's Insight lander successfully touches down on Mars
The lander will now investigate the planet's history by digging beneath its surface.
Nov 26 - Nov 26
NASA's InSight lander touches down on Mars
NASA's InSight lander landed on Mars Monday afternoon, finishing one journey -- through space -- and now launching on another: to go deeper into Mars.
Nov 26 - Nov 26
- Nov 26
Historic mission to Mars
The Mars Insight will attempt to land on the red planet for the first time in six years.
Nov 26 - Sep 5
NASA opens $1 million public contest to turn carbon dioxide into sugar on Mars
The space agency needs the public's help to make the special "food."
Sep 5 - Aug 30
Small leak discovered on Russian side of International Space Station, NASA says
Crew members initially slowed the pressure leak with polymer tape and are working on a more comprehensive, long-term repair.
Aug 30 - Aug 13
NASA's Parker Solar Probe to give closest look ever at the sun
NASA has launched a mission to get closer than it's ever gotten before to the sun, its corona and solar wind.
Aug 13 - Jun 27
US-made Fisher Space Pens celebrating 50 years of space travel
About a million pens are sold a year and they range in price from $5 to $150.
Jun 27 - Apr 12
SpaceX not to blame for secret Zuma satellite flop: Sources
Just what happened to the top-secret Zuma satellite launched by SpaceX this past January is still a mystery -- but the investigation into its failure has cleared SpaceX.
Apr 12 - Apr 5
NASA partnering with Lockheed Martin to build quiet supersonic plane
Lockheed Martin says the plane would produce a sound about as loud as a car door being closed.
Apr 5 - Apr 4
NASA unveils plan for quieter supersonic aircraft
The first flight of the supersonic X-plane is scheduled for the summer of 2021.
Apr 4 - Jan 6
John Young, an 'astronauts' astronaut' who flew to the moon twice, dies
Young was the first astronaut to command the Space Shuttle.
Jan 6 - Nov 29
NASA astronaut enjoys the view during spacewalk
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik takes a moment to enjoy the view as he performs maintenance work on the International Space Station.
Nov 29 - Oct 20
NASA tests engine for manned flight into deep space
The engine is intended to work with the Orion, a spacecraft designed for manned missions out of Earth's orbit and into deep space.
Oct 20 - Oct 17
Colliding neutron stars create ripples in space-time, NASA says
This animation shows a rare cosmic phenomenon called a kilonova that took place 130 million light-years from Earth.
Oct 17 - Oct 10
Astronauts go spacewalking outside ISS
NASA astronauts perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to grease new latching mechanism.
Oct 10 - Sep 15
NASA's Cassini spacecraft sends final image
The spacecraft disintegrated above Saturn following a 20-year journey.
Sep 15 - Aug 20
9-year-old makes plea for NASA job
A 9-year-old alien enthusiast from New Jersey sent a handwritten letter to NASA asking to be considered for a job working with astronauts.
Aug 20 - Aug 19
Two sisters to work with NASA during solar eclipse
Rebecca and Kimberly Yeung are participating in NASA's Eclipse Ballooning project in conjunction with the University of Montana on Aug. 21.
Aug 19 - Aug 17
Science-loving sisters will work with NASA during total solar eclipse
Two sisters from Seattle, Washington, are turning their family science project into the opportunity of a lifetime: working with NASA during the total solar eclipse.
Aug 17 - Aug 15
Check out this water bubble in space
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer created a water bubble to show what happens to water in zero gravity.
Aug 15 - Aug 7
Meet the 9-year-old who wrote letter to NASA
Jack Davis discusses why he sent a handwritten letter to NASA asking to be considered for a job working with astronauts.
Aug 7 - Aug 5
9-year-old writes letter to NASA asking to be considered for a job
He wrote that he'd make a great fit for the planetary protection officer role.
Aug 5 - Jul 13
NASA spacecraft shows new images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
NASA's Juno spacecraft passes over Jupiter's Great Red Spot closer than ever before, hoping to unlock secrets of the mammoth storm.
Jul 13 - Jun 14
NASA to send unmanned probe to investigate the sun up close
The one-of-a-kind mission is named after physicist Eugene Parker.
Jun 14 - May 24
Bag containing moon dust from Apollo 11 expected to sell for millions at auction
Sotheby's will offer the item at auction in July.
May 24 - May 14
Astronauts perform 200th spacewalk at International Space Station
Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer, both NASA astronauts, conducted the milestone.
May 14 - May 4
May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first U.S. astronaut in space
In 1961, Shepard made the first manned Project Mercury flight for NASA.
May 4 - Apr 28
US astronaut blasts into the history books
Peggy Whitson, commander of the International Space Station, broke the American record for the most time spent in space.
Apr 28 - Apr 27
- Apr 25
NASA astronaut teaches you how to make PB&J
Robert Kimbrough demonstrates how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.
Apr 25 - Apr 25
Astronaut Peggy Whitson holds records for longest time in space by an American
Whitson is the first woman to command at NASA, take eight space walks and orbit nearly 250 miles above the Earth.
Apr 25 - Apr 24
US astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks American spaceflight record
She's also the first female commander of the ISS.
Apr 24