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NASA exploring ways to keep ISS afloat without Russian help: official

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - NASA is exploring ways to keep the International Space Station in orbit without Russian…

US-Russia tensions spill into space, but ISS safe — for now

by Issam AHMED Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has placed a question mark…

Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Lockheed Martin's space division has won a NASA contract to build the rocket that…

‘Amazing milestone’ as NASA fully deploys Webb telescope in space

https://youtu.be/BgxmhTHnvbQ by Lucie AUBOURG The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase Saturday, unfolding its…

James Webb telescope sets off on million-mile voyage

by Pierre CELERIER The world's most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5…

NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA announced Monday its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor,…

Total solar eclipse plunges Antarctica into darkness

A total solar eclipse plunged Antarctica from summer into darkness early Saturday in a rare astronomical spectacle witnessed by a…

NASA launches spacecraft to kick an asteroid off course

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA is preparing to launch a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft…

NASA to deflect asteroid in test of ‘planetary defense’

by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- In the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster "Armageddon," Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck race…

US targeting Feb. 2022 to launch new lunar program Artemis

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA is aiming to launch its uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1 in February next…

NASA selects Moon site for ice-hunting rover

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA on Monday announced it would land an ice-seeking rover on a region of the…

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample…

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