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How to watch the James Webb Space Telescope deploy its sunshield this week

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Here are some of the scientific highlights from the ISS in 2021

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor during operations for the MICS experiment, which examined solidification of cement in microgravity.

ISS operations extended through 2030

The International Space Station.

James Webb’s sunshield extended to its full 47-foot width

James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

Check out these jaw-dropping space images from 2021

Jupiter storms.

3 special space missions to look forward to in early 2022

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NASA’s top skywatching tips for January include a meteor shower

how to photograph perseid meteor shower streak in the night sky

SpaceX eyes new launch date for first orbital Starship flight

An illustration showing SpaceX's Super Heavy rocket shortly after launch.

NASA just dropped an exciting update about the Webb space telescope

James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

Watch the story so far of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

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James Webb Space Telescope to begin crucial deployment step on Tuesday

Artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope

This is how you work off festive excesses — if you’re in space

The International Space Station.

A spacewalk just took place that wasn’t at the ISS

Two astronauts conduct a spacewalk at China's space station.

Webb space telescope has launched, but trickiest bit is yet to come

James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

Hubble captures the site of an epic supernova, spotted by amateur astronomers

In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. In 2014 the light from a supernova explosion in NGC 3568 reached Earth – a sudden flare of light caused by the titanic explosion accompanying the death of a massive star.

See the best photos from the International Space Station this year

The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly-around of the orbiting lab that took place as Crew-2 left station on Nov. 8, 2021.

NASA’s anti-asteroid DART mission sends back its first images

Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

The James Webb Space Telescope is about to supercharge our hunt for exoplanets

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NASA is launching a mission to weird metal asteroid Psyche next year

This illustration, updated as of March 2021, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name that lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Largest ever group of lonely rogue planets discovered in Milky Way

This artist’s impression shows an example of a rogue planet with the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex visible in the background. Rogue planets have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a star, instead roaming freely on their own.

James Webb Space Telescope launched on mission to uncover secrets of the universe

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

How to watch the James Webb Space Telescope launch to space

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‘Aliens’ deployed by vacation resort in bid to boost tourism

An 'alien.'

NASA packs one of its busiest years into an 11-minute video

Mars Perseverance Illustration

NASA’s Perseverance rover shares its top Mars photos from 2021

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter can be seen here with all four of its legs deployed before dropping from the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021, the 39th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Watch NASA’s trailer for launch of most powerful space telescope ever

NASA technicians lift the James Webb Telescope, using a crane, and move it inside a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Check out this incredibly detailed Mars imagery captured by NASA’s rover

Mars' Jezero Crater.

SpaceX did something remarkable for the 100th time on Tuesday

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NASA reveals launch date for its first space tourism mission to ISS

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on May 30, for the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule. flight

Space station strikes multitude of poses for astronaut photographer

The International Space Station.

Spot the space missions in NASA’s animated holiday card

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Watch an astronaut have a haircut in microgravity conditions

The International Space Station.

Two space tourists have just returned from the ISS

Yusaku MAezawa emerging from a Soyuz spacecraft.

How to watch SpaceX launch a cargo ship to the space station this week

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft, seen atop a Falcon 9 rocket, at the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 24, 2021, in preparation for the company’s 23rd commercial resupply services mission.

Spice in space: Inside NASA’s groundbreaking zero-gravity chile pepper project

a Hatch chile pepper on the ISS

Research confirms enormous mass of supermassive black hole at center of galaxy

Illustration of the black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way.

SpaceX launches two missions in one day, setting new record

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Trace Gas Orbiter finds a canyon on Mars ‘packed full’ of water ice

Perspective view of Candor Chasma

Hear the sounds of Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede, as captured by the Juno spacecraft

This JunoCam image shows two of Jupiter's large rotating storms, captured on Juno’s 38th perijove pass, on Nov. 29, 2021.

Perseverance rover data reveals the secrets of Mars’ Jezero crater

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.

Launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope delayed until Christmas eve

NASA technicians lift the James Webb Telescope, using a crane, and move it inside a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity reaches remarkable milestone in its mission

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, 2021, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

How to watch SpaceX’s latest Starlink satellite launch today

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NASA sets new launch date for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft

Starliner

The space station’s window on the world looks huge in this photo

The International Space Station.

Watch a space tourist answer the most common ISS question from earthlings

space tourist on iss reveals how astronauts use the bathroom

NASA probe becomes first in history to ‘touch’ the sun

The sun.

NASA to send more tourists to International Space Station

The International Space Station.

Astronauts’ squashed eyeballs may be helped by a high-tech sleeping bag

A high-tech sleeping bag for astronauts.

In space, astronauts perform cleaning chores in style

The International Space Station.
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