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December 21, 2018

Christmas on Mars? Spacecraft captures 50-mile-wide icy crater on the Red Planet

A winter wonderland sits in the middle of a sandy Martian surface — at least, that's the story new images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the Red Planet seem to tell.

December 21, 2018

‘Refrigerator-sized’ meteor zooms over Minnesota in one of the ‘biggest events of the year’

Late-night stargazers in Cambridge, Minnesota and beyond may have noticed a massive fireball that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

December 21, 2018

Apollo 8 astronauts recount NASA's epic first mission to the Moon

On the morning of Dec. 21, 1968 NASA’s Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center on humanity's first journey to another world.

December 21, 2018

Saturn's rings are disappearing, NASA warns

Saturn’s famous rings are vanishing, so enjoy them while they last. According to NASA scientists, the rings– which are made of mostly of ice and rock, some chunks which are as big as a house– will be completely gone in less than 100 million years.

December 21, 2018

Walt Disney deserves credit for our progress on the Moon and Mars – not just Mickey Mouse

If the creator of Mickey Mouse had never been born, we might not have landed men on the Moon or sent robots to Mars. As a boy, Walt Disney was fascinated with the futuristic tales of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. As an adult, his passion for the future intensified.

December 20, 2018

Tomb raiders 'spotted' from space as satellite data reveals looting of ancient sites

Scientists are using high-resolution satellite imagery to identify places where looters have been ransacking ancient tombs.

December 20, 2018

NASA's InSight Mars Lander 'listens' for marsquakes on the Red Planet

NASA's InSight Mars Lander has deployed its first instrument, a seismometer, on the surface of the Red Planet.

December 20, 2018

Soyuz crew returns to Earth after a memorable 6 months in space

Three space station crewmembers returned to Earth today (Dec.

December 20, 2018

NASA looks to private companies for help building reusable Moon landers for astronauts

NASA has serious plans to send astronauts back to the moon by 2028, and the agency is looking for help from U.S. companies to develop technology to accomplish this feat.

December 19, 2018

Astronaut describes watching the Moon landing with President Nixon in the White House

On July 20, 1969, NASA astronaut Frank Borman watched with President Nixon in the White House as his colleague Neil Armstrong took his historic first steps on the Moon.