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NASA lander detects first likely 'Marsquake' on the red planet

NASA lander detects first likely 'Marsquake' on the red planet

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NASA condemns India for destroying a satellite and placing ISS at risk

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said India has put the future of human space flight at risk after they successfully tested shooting down a satellite with a missile. 60 objects from the debris are 10 cm or bigger, making them large enough to track, 24 of which have gone above the apogee of the ISS.

USA

Scientists track birth of giant storm on Neptune for the first time

Scientists say the storm spans 11,000 kilometres.

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NASA cancels all-female spacewalk over spacesuit sizes

NASA has been forced to cancel its first ever all-female spacewalk over limited spacesuit sizes

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Russia

NASA detects meteorite explosion ten times bigger than Hiroshima bomb

The explosion was recorded on December 18, 2018, over the Bering Sea.

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US-Russian crew reach International Space Station

A Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, five months after a botched launch led to an emergency landing for two of the three astronauts

USA

Watch: SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks at ISS

The Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station 27 hours after launching into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast.

Israel

Israel to take 'digital bible' into space and leave it on the Moon

The privately funded venture will include a copy of the Bible and Israel's national anthem.

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NASA launches weather service from the surface of Mars

NASA has launched a daily weather report from the surface of Mars, and February's maximum temperatures might not be as chilly as you think.

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NASA's Mars Opportunity over as the rover dies after 15 years

The durable NASA rover that rolled along Mars for 15 years has died, NASA announced on Thursday.

Greenland

Second massive meteorite impact crater found under Greenland ice

"It's exciting that discoveries like that are still possible," NASA glaciologist Joe MacGregor said.

World

"Long-term trends toward warmer temperatures are clear and continuing," NASA concludes

As debates over policy and science continue, the climate is heating up. A new study just released by NASA and NOAA has identified that the last five years have been the five hottest years on record, with 2018 coming in fourth. It's a stark picture of a world warming at an alarming rate.

China

China lands rover on dark side of the moon

China becomes first nation to land rover on dark side of the moon

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Spacecraft beams back first images of most distant object observed

Spacecraft beams back first images of most distant object observed

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NASA explorer rings in the New Year with flyby of faraway cosmic body

The US space agency's New Horizons probe made a successful flyby of the Ultima Thule.

USA

Twin NASA probes cap 2018 & start 2019 with a bang

Osiris-Rex arrives at Bennu asteroid, while on New Year's Day New Horizon makes an historic flyby of Ultima Thule.

USA

2018 Review: A vintage year in Mars exploration

2018 was a vintage year for Mars exploration. NASA's InSight landed on its surface, we found a lake under the south pole, and the ESA-Roscosmo ExoMars rover began to be built in the UK.

USA

Sending people to Mars is 'stupid,' says former US astronaut

Bill Anders was on the first mission to successfully orbit the Moon in 1968.

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Saturn 'losing its rings', new NASA research finds

The planet is losing its rings at a "worst-case-scenario" rate, according to the space agency

USA

50 years since Apollo 8 sent men around the Moon

NASA's first moon shot, the extraordinary Apollo 8, marks its 50th anniversary this Christmas.