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A relic of the early days of spaceflight has likely come back to pay a brief visit to its planet of origin, according to months of observations of a near-Earth object dubbed 2020 SO.

The cast of Nickelodeon’s “The Astronauts” needed to learn how to act while in space. Fortunately, unlike the characters they play, they had a real astronaut to help them get ready.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a press conference Friday (Nov. 13) to discuss the upcoming launch of SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronaut mission, which is slated to liftoff on Nov. 14.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a press conference Friday (Nov. 13) to discuss the upcoming launch of SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronaut mission, which is slated to liftoff on Nov. 14.

On Nov. 13, 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

The seventh episode of “The Right Stuff” borrows its title from a tower that journalist Tom Wolfe used to define who had “the right stuff.” In his book about the first astronauts, Wolfe wrote there was “a dizzy progression of steps and ledges, a ziggurat…”

SpaceX and NASA are gearing up for another historic astronaut launch from Florida this weekend, and officials are again asking spectators to take extra safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

SpaceX fired the engines on its latest Starship prototype for the third time Thursday night (Nov. 12), but the test was a bumpy one.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a press conference Friday (Nov. 13) to discuss the upcoming launch of SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronaut mission, which is slated to liftoff on Nov. 14.

Information about the asteroid Ryugu, which was explored by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft from 2018 to 2019.