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- 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 - Apr 24
President Trump congratulates record-breaking astronaut
Astronaut Peggy Whitson set a record for time spent in space.
Apr 24 - Apr 24
US astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks American spaceflight record
Whitson, 57, broke the record for the most cumulative time in space by an American astronaut early Monday, streaking past the 534-day record held by Jeff Williams.
Apr 24 - Apr 24
Commander of international space station set to break a big record
Astronaut Peggy Whitson will hit a record of 666 days in space with more spacewalks than any other female astronaut when she lands in September.
Apr 24 - Apr 13
Inside where NASA's robots and rovers were born
NASA's chief engineer of space-exploration vehicles gives a tour of the think tank at the Johnson Space Center.
Apr 13 - Apr 10
NASA astronaut and 2 Russian cosmonauts return to Earth
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russia's Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko touched down at 5:20 p.m. local time Monday after spending 173 days in space.
Apr 10 - Mar 31
NASA satellite shows powerful cyclone passing over Australia
A NASA-NOAA satellite captured footage of Cyclone Debbie as it passed over Queensland, Australia on Wednesday.
Mar 31 - Mar 30
Satellite shows powerful cyclone passing over Australia
NASA satellite footage shows Cyclone Debbie, a Category 4 storm, passing over Australia.
Mar 30 - Mar 7
Astronaut Gene Cernan Didn't Just Go to the Moon, He Took Us All With Him
Cernan had unique ability to convey the excitement of going into space.
Mar 7 - Feb 24
7 potentially habitable exoplanets discovered
The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters.
Feb 24 - Feb 23
Astronomers discover 7 potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting nearby dwarf star
The planets have been nicknamed "Earth's seven sisters."
Feb 23 - Jan 18
Reflections From the Last Man to Walk on the Moon
Former astronaut Gene Cernan sat down with Peter Jennings in 1998 to reminisce about his adventures in space.
Jan 18 - Jan 17
Gene Cernan, Last Astronaut on the Moon, Dies
Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon, has died at age 82.
Jan 17 - Jan 12
Time Lapse Shows Construction of NASA's Giant Rocket Test Stand
NASA completed work — which began in May 2014 — on a giant structure that will be used to test fuel tanks of the Space Launch System rocket.
Jan 12 - Jan 6
International Space Station Astronauts Embark on the First Spacewalk of 2017
ABC News' Amna Nawaz interviews NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn as two of his colleagues make history with the first spacewalk of the year.
Jan 6 - Jan 5
NASA Has a New Mission to Study Supermassive Black Holes
The agency will embark on a mission to explore supermassive black holes in 2018.
Jan 5 - Dec 9
John Glenn Dead at 95
The former U.S. senator and trailblazing NASA astronaut is being remembered for a life defined by adventure and duty.
Dec 9 - Dec 9
Obama Says John Glenn 'Lifted the Hopes of a Nation'
John Glenn is a former astronaut and Ohio senator.
Dec 9