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October 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM

NASA astronaut who had 'medical issue' released from hospital

A NASA astronaut who experienced a "medical issue" and was hospitalized after partaking in the successful Space X Crew-8 mission has been released, NASA officials said.
October 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
This photo provided by NASA shows support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024.
October 14, 2024 at 5:21 PM

NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon

The spacecraft will complete nearly 50 flybys of the Jupiter moon of Europa to determine if there are conditions suitable for life.
October 14, 2024 at 5:21 PM
VIDEO: NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon
October 14, 2024 at 4:31 PM

NASA launches $5 billion mission to Jupiter's moon Europa: What to know

NASA's Europa Clipper is set to launch on Oct. 14 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
October 14, 2024 at 4:31 PM
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. The mission is targeting an Oct. 10, 2024, launch.
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SpaceX Crew-9 docks at International Space Station

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was selected to bring home NASA's astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
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NASA, SpaceX launch capsule to bring home Starliner astronauts

NASA launched SpaceX craft Saturday afternoon, as part of its mission to head to the International Space Station and bring back two stranded astronauts back to Earth.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft with a crew consisting of NASA and Roscosmos Astronauts to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Sept. 27, 2024 .
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NASA, SpaceX prepare to launch capsule to bring home Starliner astronauts

Saturday’s scheduled launch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will go up with two empty seats in the capsule to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth.
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VIDEO: NASA, SpaceX prepare for launch capsule that will bring home stranded astronauts
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Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'

The asteroid will orbit the Earth for about two months starting from Sept. 29.
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Mars 'spiders' were a decades-old mystery. Now NASA says they recreated them in a lab

Dubbed "araneiform terrain," the Mars surface formations span over a half-mile long and have hundreds of branches that resemble spider legs, according to NASA.
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region. As the sun returns in the spring, "spiders" begin to emerge from the landscape.
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NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ receive Congressional Gold Medal for historic work

The group of female mathematicians and engineers were honored in a ceremony.
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The group of female mathematicians and engineers were honored in a ceremony.
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NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ receive Congressional Gold Medals

Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers who worked for NASA during the 20th-century space race were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Capitol Hill.
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VIDEO: NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ receive Congressional Gold Medals
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NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medal for groundbreaking work

The Black NASA female mathematicians and aeronautical engineers referred to as the "Hidden Figures" were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal this week.
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This photo provided by NASA shows mathematician Katherine Johnson in 1966.
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Polaris Dawn mission ends successfully

The Space-X capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after a five-day trip that took its passengers further from Earth than anyone has traveled since NASA's Apollo missions half a century ago.
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VIDEO: Polaris Dawn mission ends successfully
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Astronauts 'Butch' and 'Suni' open up about their extended stay in space

Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams are expected to return to earth in February in a SpaceX capsule.
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VIDEO: Astronauts 'Butch' and 'Suni' open up about their extended stay in space
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NASA astronauts say they don't feel 'let down' by not returning on Boeing's Starliner

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday they don't feel "let down" by Boeing's Starliner returning to Earth without them and waiting on the ISS until February.
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch in Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 5, 2024.
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NASA astronauts in good spirits despite being stranded

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a news conference from the Boeing Starliner at the International Space Station on Friday.
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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a news conference from the Boeing Starliner at the International Space Station on Friday.
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Starliner capsule lands in Mexico without astronauts

The automated capsule landed in Mexico overnight without the American astronauts that were on board when it launched in June. They will return home with SpaceX when it flies to the ISS in February.
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VIDEO: Starliner capsule lands in Mexico without astronauts
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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns home, but without NASA astronauts

Boeing's Starliner undocked from the ISS on Friday and landed in New Mexico just after midnight.
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Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed, at White Sands, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2024.
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NASA sends Starliner back to earth without astronauts

Due to safety concerns, Boeing's troubled Starliner space capsule returned to earth without crew.
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VIDEO: NASA sends Starliner back to earth without astronauts
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Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts

The Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
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VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts
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A university professor will fly into space for a first-of-its-kind experiment

A university professor is about to venture out of this world to carry out a science experiment decades in the making.
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University of Florida professors Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul prepare for an experiment aboard the Blue Origin =.
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NASA says Boeing's Starliner astronauts will remain on ISS until February

Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams arrived via Boeing Starliner in June, but will return in a different spacecraft. Their mission was slated to last eight days.
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VIDEO: NASA says Boeing's Starliner astronauts will remain on ISS until February
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NASA not risking the return of astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner

NASA officials said there was “too much uncertainty” about the Boeing Starliner to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth, stretching their eight-day mission into eight months.
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VIDEO: NASA not risking the return of astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner
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2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft

NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will go home February 2025 on a Space-X craft; Their return delayed another 6 months. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth unmanned.
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VIDEO: 2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft
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Boeing's Starliner astronauts will return to Earth on different spacecraft: NASA

NASA said Saturday the astronauts who flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
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NASA said Saturday the astronauts who flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
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Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space will not return until 2025: NASA

NASA said Saturday the astronauts that flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test, is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 5, 2024.
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NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS

NASA is weighing all options as two astronauts could be stranded on International Space Station until next year.
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VIDEO: NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS
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NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim

The Perseverance rover will begin the Crater Rim Campaign on Aug. 19.
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The Perseverance rover will begin the Crater Rim Campaign on Aug. 19.
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NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim

The Perseverance rover is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, working to collect data in preparation for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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This panorama shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater’s rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4.
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Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025

Former astronaut Cady Coleman explains how the astronauts will be able to survive in space in the coming months and what the potential plan could be to bring them home.
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VIDEO: Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025
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NASA says Boeing's Starliner may not be able to bring astronauts home

NASA officials said during a press conference on Wednesday that the astronauts who flew on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft.
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In this June 24, 2024 file photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, center, pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, left, and Tracy Dyson, aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
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Boeing's Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft

NASA officials announced that the two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing's Starliner may need to return to Earth on a different spacecraft.
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VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft
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New images reveal what NASA learned from colliding a spacecraft into an asteroid

New images released from NASA’s mission to intentionally collide with an asteroid in 2022 have revealed information on the origins of the asteroid system.
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Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact in this image taken by DART on board DRACO imager from a distance of 68 kilometers, and released Sep. 26, 2022.
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Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
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Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
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Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft prepares to dock with the International Space Station for the first time on June 6, 2024.
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NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor

ABC News' Rhiannon Ally reports on the rare fireball seen and felt yesterday in the Northeast.
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VIDEO:  NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor
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NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope

To celebrate the two-year milestone of the James Webb Space Telescope capturing and sending images back to Earth, NASA released another stunning image the revolutionary space telescope took.
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VIDEO: NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope
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NASA hopes for Mars mission in 2030s: Here's how

NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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NASA hopes to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s; here's how they will get there

NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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NASA astronauts say they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said during a press conference on Wednesday they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 5, 2024.
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4 volunteers emerged after spending over a year in NASA’s Mars simulator

Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones were greeted by a round of applause as they emerged from the 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat.
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In this image made from video provided by NASA, the crew members of the first CHAPEA mission, Kelly Haston, center, shakes hands with NASA Deputy Director Flight Missions Kjell Lindgren, second right, as other crew Ross Brockwell, emerges from their craft, July 6, 2024, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.
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The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.
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NASA astronauts stuck waiting aboard ISS amid issues with Boeing's Starliner

Two NASA astronauts have no set date to return to Earth and are stuck waiting aboard the ISS due to several mechanical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.
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NASA says star studied for decades is actually this: 'Our jaws dropped'

The newly discovered twins both emit jets of gas from their north and south poles and are among a group of stars called WL 20.
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This artist’s concept shows two young stars nearing the end of their formation. Encircling the stars are disks of leftover gas and dust from which planets may form. Jets of gas shoot away from the stars’ north and south poles.
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Despite helium leaks and thruster issue, Boeing's Starliner docks at ISS

Boeing's Starliner successfully docked at the International Space Station after managing three helium leaks and a thruster issue,
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.
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Boeing Starliner prepares to dock at International Space Station

The Boeing Starliner is orbiting Earth and will be docking at the ISS on Thursday after a delayed launch.
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VIDEO: Boeing Starliner prepares to dock at International Space Station
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Successful launch of Boeing's Starliner following several delays

Now if the mission is successful, NASA could certify the spacecraft to perform routine missions to and from the ISS.
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VIDEO: Successful launch of Boeing's Starliner following several delays
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Boeing's Starliner launches historic 1st astronaut-crewed test flight

Boeing's Starliner launched its first astronaut-crewed flight into space on Wednesday after several delays.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test, is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 5, 2024.
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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches first ever crewed test flight

NASA hired Boeing along with SpaceX after the space shuttles retired to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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VIDEO: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches first ever crewed test flight
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Urgent plumbing problem in space

The launch of Boeing's Starliner this week will deliver a replacement toilet pump, essential to keeping water clean on the International Space Station. ABC News' Andrew Dymburt explains.
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VIDEO: Urgent plumbing problem in space
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NASA sets launch date for Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut-crewed flight after delays

After several delays, Boeing's Starliner will launch on Wednesday, June 5.
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A handout photo made available by NASA shows a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard after being rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, ahead of the NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on May 30, 2024.