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SpaceX launched its 15th Starship test flight, placing 26 V3 Starlink satellites into orbit. The team skipped a booster catch attempt, sending the Super Heavy to a Gulf splashdown instead.
In 1971, NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars and became the first human-built craft to orbit another planet, revealing giant volcanoes and massive canyons.
A Senate committee is moving forward with votes on two key leadership nominations for NASA after holding a confirmation hearing.
NASA is launching a new effort to bring Mars samples back to Earth, aiming to bypass high costs and past delays.
NASA is changing its Space Launch System program to lower costs, increase flight rates, and prepare for future lunar missions.
NASA launched a new competition offering $500,000 in prizes to help American companies build better electric rocket engines for future space missions.
November features multiple meteor showers, a close planetary pairing of Mars and Jupiter, a series of supermoons, and a historic distance milestone for the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has returned to Earth after operating for nearly 22 years.
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered Earth's atmosphere over Indonesia, ending a successful 22-year mission studying the cosmos.
