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- February 28
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- It's Just About 'Go' Time for SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon Spaceship
- Apollo Documentary Shares Overlooked Footage from Space Race
- It's a Planet Party! See Venus, Saturn and Jupiter with the Moon This Weekend
- Curiosity Rover Is Back to Science on Mars
- The Mars Rovers
- In Pluto's Realm, Small Objects Are Rare
- Virgin Galactic's 1st Test Passenger Felt Like Spider-Man After Launch
- Senate Bill Seeks Extension of the Space Station
- White Dwarf Star with Weird Rings Is Spotted by 'Backyard' Sleuths
- SpaceX Will Launch Its 1st Crew Dragon for NASA Soon! How to Watch It All Live.
- Good News for Mars Life Hunt? Rover Digs Up Microbes in Chilean Desert
- NASA Unlikely to Return Mars Samples in the 2020s
- Planet Nine Likely to Be Found Within a Decade
- Maybe Dying Stars Fart So Much Because They're in a Relationship
- An Exploding Asteroid Blasted Across Mars' Surface in the Last 10 Years
- February 27
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- In Photos: OneWeb Launches New Global Satellite Internet Constellation
- Soyuz Rocket Launches 1st of Many Satellites for OneWeb's Global Internet Constellation
- SpaceX Is Launching a Spacesuit-Clad Dummy on 1st Crew Dragon
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Renewed for Third Season
- Apollo Moon Lander Mockup Touches Down at Infinity Science Center
- Weather Looks Good for SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight
- What's for Dinner with Aliens? Plan a Feast for All of E.T.'s Senses
- Soyuz Rocket Will Launch the 1st OneWeb Satellites Today: Watch It Live!
- Newfound 'FarFarOut' Is Most Distant Solar System Body Ever Seen
- Cosmic Jams: Sean Ono Lennon Riffs on New Album, Wormholes and More
- 'Red Worlds' Align: Mars Meets the Blood Moon in Epic Night-Sky Photo
- Climate Change Could Make These Super-Common Clouds Extinct, Which Would Scorch the Planet
- February 26
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- See Jupiter with the Moon Before Dawn Wednesday (Venus and Saturn, Too!)
- Robot 'Mole' on Mars Begins Digging Into Red Planet This Week
- Scientists Mimic Possible Origins of Life in a Lab
- Companies Skeptical Commercial Lunar Landers Can Fly NASA Payloads This Year
- Elon Musk in Trouble with the SEC Again
- NASA's Stardust Mission: The Space Probe That Brought Stardust to Earth
- Physicists Just Solved a 35-Year-Old Mystery Hidden Inside Atomic Cores
- Israeli Lunar Lander Suffers Glitch on Way to the Moon
- In Photos: NASA's Kennedy Space Center Renovates Launch Pad 39B for Orion
- We Are Terrible Judges of Earth's Changing Climate, Twitter Shows
- Truck Stops in Space: Excerpt from 'Space 2.0' by Rod Pyle
- Spot the 'Elusive' Planet Mercury at Its Best Tonight
- Amazing Virgin Galactic Launch Video Shows Black Sky, Blue Earth
- Gravitational Waves Could Solve Hubble Constant Conundrum
- Get Lost in Jupiter's Marbled Clouds with This Awesome NASA Photo
- February 25
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- Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year
- Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Ends Mission with Fiery Death in Earth's Atmosphere
- ICYMI: Egyptian Satellite Reaches Orbit After Soyuz Rocket Glitch
- In Photos: How NASA Said Goodbye to the Opportunity Rover on Mars
- Scientists Hit Cosmic Jackpot with Discovery of 300,000 Distant Galaxies
- Shadow Selfie! Japanese Asteroid Probe Snaps Amazing Post-Landing Pic
- At Oscars, 'First Man' Lands Win, Brian May Rocks Out with Queen
- NASA and Navajo Nation Partner in Understanding the Universe
- Israeli Moon Lander Fires Engine in Space for 1st Time
- ESA Seeks New Spacesuit Material for Lunar Astronauts. But It Has to Be the Right Stuff.
- February 24
- February 23
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- NASA Astronauts Gear Up for Launch to Space Station Next Month
- Astronauts Struggle with Finishing Tasks on Mock Space Missions
- SpaceX to Fly Falcon 9 Rocket Stage for Record-Setting 4th Time
- Elusive Planet Mercury Is Not So Elusive in the Sky This Month
- NASA, SpaceX 'Go' for 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight on March 2
- Russia Says It Will Launch 2 Tourists Into Orbit for Space Adventures in 2021
- February 22
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- Curiosity Took the Weekend Off from Science on Mars Due to Glitch
- Best-Ever View of Distant Object Ultima Thule Reveals Weird Circles, Pits
- Israeli Moon Lander Phones Home, Deploys Legs
- 'The Orville' Gives Us a Thrilling Ride in 'Identity — Part I," an Episode Unlike Any Other
- Virgin Galactic Reaches Space Again, Flies Test Passenger for 1st Time
- NASA Picks Payloads to Be Toted by 1st Private Moon Landers
- Why It'll Take Israel's Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon
- NASA and SpaceX Discuss Launch Plans for 1st Crew Dragon Spaceship Today
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Crew Ventures to Saru's Home World in 'The Sound Of Thunder'
- Hubble Spots Gassy Objects Jetting Away from Newborn Star
- Solar 'Tadpoles' May Contribute to Superhot Upper Atmosphere of the Sun
- In Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Israeli Moon Lander, Indonesian Satellite
- SpaceX Rocket Launches 1st Private Moon Lander for Israel
- Japanese Spacecraft Successfully Snags Sample of Asteroid Ryugu
- February 21
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- Here's Your Chance to Name 5 Jupiter Moons! (No Moony McMoonfaces, Please)
- Jeff Bezos Emphasizes Altitude Advantage of New Shepard over SpaceShipTwo
- Air Force Smallsat to Fly on Upcoming Falcon 9 Launch
- What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? Asteroid and Volcanoes Might Share the Blame
- Israeli Moon Lander Team Draws Inspiration from Country's 1st Astronaut Ilan Ramon
- Closer Look at Neutron Star Crash Demystifies Huge Stellar Explosions
- NASA Sets Launch Date for Orion Spacecraft Abort System Test
- Japan Is Landing on an Asteroid Today and You Can Watch It Live!
- SpaceX Launching Israeli Moon Lander and Satellites Tonight! Watch It Live
- What's the Weather on Mars? NASA's InSight Now Providing Daily Reports
- Bizarre Symmetrical Streaks Spied in Atmosphere of Venus
- Want to Make Water on the Moon? The Solar Wind May Help.
- Surprise! Earth's Atmosphere Extends Far Beyond the Moon
- Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military Space Force
- We're 'Well On Our Way' to Discovering Alien Life, NASA Chief Says
- Virgin Galactic Will Launch Its Next SpaceShipTwo Test Flight Soon
- A Brilliant Daytime Meteor Exploded Over Cuba This Month. Here's Where It Came From
- Meet Hippocamp! Neptune's Smallest Moon Has a Name (and a Violent Past)
- February 20
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- To the Moon! SpaceX to Launch Israeli Lunar Lander (and More) on Thursday
- Virgin Galactic Delays SpaceShipTwo Test Flight Due to Weather
- Latest News About China's Space Program
- 'River of Stars' Streaming Through the Milky Way Was Hiding in Plain Sight for 1 Billion Years
- The MAVEN Spacecraft Will Fly Closer to Mars to Help NASA's Next Rover
- Final Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Bill Secures $21.5 Billion for NASA
- Under Pressure: Rosetta Comet's Weird Neck Sculpted By Shear Stress
- February 19
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- Japan Just Shot a Fake Asteroid with a Space Bullet … for Science
- Protecting Human Heritage on the Moon: Don't Let 'One Small Step' Become One Giant Mistake
- Gemini constellation: Facts, location and myth
- TESS: NASA's Search for Earth-Like Planets
- NASA Planning to Purchase Additional Soyuz Seats
- Designer Offers Replica Apollo 11 Bag for Your Moon Rocks and More
- Super Snow Moon Today Is the Biggest Full Moon of 2019
- British Rocketmaker Orbex Unveils Prototype of Small-Satellite Launcher
- How Realistic Are China's Plans to Build a Research Station on the Moon?
- February 18
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- Star Wars Lightsaber Academy Is Jedi Boot Camp
- Satellites Reveal A New View of Earth's Water from Space
- The 'Supermoon' Syndrome Rises with February's Full Moon
- Watch a Satellite Fire a Harpoon in Space in Wild Debris-Catching Test (Video)
- Color Mosaic of the Full Moon Reveals Blue 'Seas' of Titanium (Photo)
- February 17
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- Mattel Is Launching Astrophysicist Barbie This Year (an Astronaut, Too!)
- See Venus and Saturn Pass Each Other at Dawn on Monday
- Comet and the Pleiades Meet Up in Meteor Shower in This Fantastic Photo
- Josh Brolin Cast in 'Dune' (And He's Feuding with Dave Bautista Again)
- What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars?
- US Navy's 'Aquanauts' Tested the Boundaries of Deep Diving. It Ended in Tragedy.
- Lego Celebrates 20 Years of 'Star Wars' Sets With Special Anniversary Collection
- Lego Reveals New 'Star Wars' Sets for 2019 (Photos)
- February 16
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- Amazing Photos of Comet 2018/Y1 Iwamoto!
- It's Time to go Back to the Moon, According to This Astronaut
- Why Can't NASA's Curiosity Rover Rescue Opportunity?
- 'Star Wars: Episode IX' Wraps Filming!
- A Solar Flare '10 Billion Times More Powerful' Than Earth's Sun Blasted Out of Orion's Sword
- Review: Alita — Battle Angel
- February 15
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- Animated 'Star Trek' Show for Kids In Development for Nickelodeon: Report
- China's Landing Site on the Far Side of the Moon Now Has a Name
- Scientists Hope They're Hot on the Heels of Universe's Missing Mass
- An Emotional Performance from Lt. Keyali Steals the Show in 'The Orville' Episode 'Deflectors'
- This Is NASA's Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon in 2028 with Commercial Vehicles
- Moon Rush: NASA Wants Commercial Lunar Delivery Services to Start This Year
- A Favorite 'Star Trek: Discovery' Character Makes a Return in 'Saints of Imperfection'
- National Geographic's 2nd Edition of 'Space Atlas' Will Leave You Starstruck
- Plasma Waves Are Cooking Electrons in Earth's Magnetic Shield
- SpaceX Protests NASA Launch Contract Award
- February 14
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- 'The Orville' Actor Mark Jackson Teases Season 2 Revelations About Isaac
- 'Apollo 11' Documentary to Launch Onto IMAX Screens on March 1
- Opportunity Rover Looks Back in Newly Released NASA Photo
- Could Volcanic Activity Allow Water Beneath the Martian Polar Ice?
- How NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Lived So Long
- The Heart Of Climate Change: New ESA Image Shows 'Island Love' Under Threat
- Dwarf Planet Ceres Hosted Near-Surface Water for Millions of Years
- Exolaunch Plans Ambitious Launch Campaign
- Mars Rovers of the Future: What Comes After Opportunity
- February 13
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- How NASA's Opportunity and Spirit Rovers Changed Mars Exploration Forever
- NASA Wants Help from Private Companies to Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028
- NASA Will Launch a New Space Telescope in 2023 to Investigate the Universe
- The Epic Driving Record of NASA's Opportunity Rover on Mars
- The Weirdest Mars Discoveries by Opportunity and Spirit Rovers
- Mars Rover Opportunity Is Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Red Planet
- New US Dollar Coin Honors Role of Native Americans in Space Program
- There's a 'Mole' on Mars Now, Thanks to NASA's InSight Lander
- Tickets to Mars Will Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000, Elon Musk Says
- A Computer Spotted a Turtle Hiding Out in a Cloud of 'Quantum Fireworks'
- New NASA Partnership Will Spearhead Search for Life
- Earth's Magnetic Field Booms Like a Drum, But No One Can Hear It
- February 12
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- Postcards from Mars: The Amazing Photos of Opportunity and Spirit Rovers
- NASA's New Millennium Program: Taking Risks to Reduce Future Danger
- Water Could Have Drowned the Earth If Not for Ancient Supernova
- Former Astronaut Mark Kelly Announces Campaign for US Senate
- See Mars Rover Curiosity's Parting Glance of Mountain Ridge (360 Video)
- Earth's Shadow and the 'Belt of Venus' Arc Over La Palma in a Scenic Panorama (Photo)
- China's Chang'e 4 Powers Down for 2nd Night on the Moon's Far Side
- How to See Comet Iwamoto Fly Past Earth This Week
- Mars One Company Goes Bankrupt
- NASA Spots a Second Massive Possible Impact Crater Buried Under Greenland Ice
- NASA Has Made Its Last Attempt to Call Opportunity Rover on Mars
- Welcome to Space.com: We've Got a New Look!
- February 11
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- Geologists Figured Out Where the Most Remote Part of the Ocean Came From
- European Space Agency Celebrates Women in Science with Astro Pi Challenge
- Campaign Launched to 'Revive the Saturn V' Vertical Rocket Replica
- A Comet, Meteor, Nebula and the Pleiades Combine into One Epic Space Photo
- No, You Won’t See an 'Apocalypse Asteroid' in the Sky on Valentine's Day
- SpaceX's Raptor Engine Hits Power Level for Starship Launches, Elon Musk Says
- NASA Spies InSight Mars Lander from Space as It Hunts Marsquakes (Photos)
- The View from Space Could Change the World, Virgin Galactic Says
- NASA Center Director Nominated to Lead National Reconnaissance Office
- Some Assembly Required: Giant Next-Generation Space Telescopes Could Be Built Off Earth
- Ultima Thule Beyond Pluto Is Flat Like a Pancake (and Not a Space Snowman After All)
- After a Slow Start, Milky Way's Neighbors Have Upped Their Star-Forming Game
- February 10
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- You Can See Mars Near the Moon Tonight! Here's Where to Look.
- Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin Teases New Russian Super-Heavy Rocket Yenisei
- Ominous Cracks Form in the Northern Hemisphere's Longest Floating Glacier
- Earth Once Swallowed Its Own Superocean. Could It Happen Again?
- Why (and How) to Skywatch When Winter Temperatures Plummet
- February 9
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- Israel's 1st Moon Lander: The SpaceIL Beresheet Lunar Mission in Pictures
- Orion Span Falls Far Short of Funding Goal to Support Its Commercial Space Station Ambitions
- Something Is Not Quite Right In the Universe, Ultraprecise New Measurement Reveals
- Will Virgin Galactic Founder Richard Branson Fly to Space on Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary?
- 'Blood Moon' Meets Star Trails in Stunning Long-Exposure Photo
- Final Frontier Medicine: Astronauts Use 'Smart Shirt' and Ultrasounds to Monitor Health
- February 8
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- Ariana Grande's 'NASA' Song Launch Has the Space Agency Over the Moon
- We Finally Know When Our Milky Way Will Crash Into the Andromeda Galaxy
- Cygnus Cargo Ship Takes Out the Trash at the International Space Station
- Video Series Shows Roots of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Texts in Medieval Manuscripts
- The Strange History of Real-World Laser Weapons: Q&A with Author Jeff Hecht
- NASA's STEREO mission: A quest to learn more about the sun
- 'The Expanse' Seasons 1-3 Dock at Amazon Prime
- Found! Fastest-Orbiting Asteroid Zips Around Sun in Just 165 Days
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Episode 'An Obol For Charon' Shows the Qualities That Make 'Trek' Great
- Hubble Telescope Watches the Weather on Uranus and Neptune
- Check Out These Awesome 'Lego Movie 2' Deals!
- 'The Lego Movie 2' Is an Intergalactic Romp Across the Final Frontier
- Virgin Galactic Space-Flown Rocket Motor Donated to Smithsonian
- February 7
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- Trump Honors Sacrifice of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia Astronauts
- Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Pilots Awarded FAA Astronaut Wings
- Satellite Photos Show Evidence of Iranian Rocket Launch. But Did It Fail?
- European Mars Rover Named for Crystal Scientist Rosalind Franklin
- Japan Will Land a Spacecraft on Asteroid Ryugu This Month to Snag a Sample
- 'Vibrating Universe' Shares Astronomy with Deaf Students
- Private Moon Landers Could Help NASA's Next Giant Leap in Lunar Exploration
- NASA Honors Fallen Astronauts Today
- Last Light: Here's the Final View from NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope
- Earth Plays 'Peekaboo' with the Moon in This Awesome Far Side Time-Lapse Video
- Kite-Blown Sled Climbs Antarctic Ice Dome, One of the Coldest Places on Earth
- February 6
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- NASA Probe Spots China's Chang'e 4 Lander on Far Side of the Moon (Photo)
- 2018 Was the 4th Hottest Year on Record. Here's How NASA Knows.
- Jeff Bezos Lays Out Blue Origin's Rocket Reusability Vision for Space Travel (Video)
- SpaceX, Boeing (and NASA) Push Back 1st Test Launches of Private Spaceships
- Scientists Are Creating Mock Meteorite Crashes in a Lab. Here's Why.
- Earth's Magnetic North Pole Was Moving So Fast, Geophysicists Had to Update the Map
- Why Physicists Are Interested in the Mysterious Quirks of the Heftiest Quark
- These Bubbles of Star Birth in the Milky Way's Galactic Neighbor Look Spectacular!
- NASA, NOAA to Release Update on Earth's Climate 2018 Global Temperatures Today
- Astronaut Suits Up in 'Smart' Astroskin Jersey on Space Station
- A Year After SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Launch, Starman (and a Tesla) Sail On
- Shutdown Delays Proposed Revisions to Launch Licensing Regulations
- The World's 1st Interplanetary Cubesats Go Silent Beyond Mars
- The 'Super Blood Wolf Moon' Ends with a Lunar Corona in Gorgeous Time-Lapse Photo
- Trump Honors 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing in State of the Union Speech
- February 5
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- Ariane 5: European Heavy-Lift Rocket
- Ariane 5 Rocket Launches Satellites Into Orbit for Saudi Arabia and India
- Deep Impact: The Deep-Space Comet Hunter
- It's the Year of the Pig! Google Doodle, White House and More Celebrate
- Watch an Ariane 5 Rocket Launch 2 Satellites Today!
- Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua Could Be a 'Monstrous' Corpse of Comet Dust
- Starforce Takes Center Stage in 'Captain Marvel' International Poster
- National Science Foundation Preparing for Another Government Shutdown
- ULA Wins Competition to Launch NASA's Lucy Asteroid Mission
- NASA's InSight Lander On Mars Deploys Shield for Quake-Tracking Seismometer
- The Milky Way Is Totally Twisted
- 'Roswell' Brings Back Romance, Conspiracies (and Aliens) 20 Years Later
- A Telescope Tracks Orion the Hunter in Starry Time-Lapse Video
- February 4
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- When Worlds Collide: Scientists Spot Hint of a Giant Crash in Alien Solar System
- Astronaut Twins Mark and Scott Kelly Scramble Earth's Lights in Alexa Super Bowl Ad
- Students Relive Apollo 11 Moon Landing with NASA's 'Next Giant Leap' Challenge
- This Wild Moon Base Idea Came from Architecture Students (Video)
- Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's 1st Rocket Engine Test for Starship Rocket (Video)
- 'Space Dealers' Brings the Space Memorabilia Market to Reality TV
- Two Men Spent 340 Days in Space. Scientists Are Still Figuring Out What They've Learned
- Bright Sights, Big City: Planets Align Over Manhattan in Gorgeous Photo
- NASA Battled Cybersecurity Threats During Government Shutdown
- February 3
- February 2
- February 1
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- Meet the Rexcelsior Spaceship from 'The Lego Movie 2' in These Photos!
- Everything Is Awesome About These 'The Lego Movie 2' Collectible Minifigures!
- Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft Will Be Ready for 1st Test Flight in March
- Chinese Probe Uncovers New Mystery on the Dark Side of the Moon
- 'Fallen Astronaut' Artist Offers Original Idea 'Man in Space' Statuettes
- Robot Isaac Takes Human Form For Romance On 'The Orville' in 'A Happy Refrain'
- China's Chang'e Program: Missions to the Moon
- Government Shutdown May Have Done Long-Term Damage to NASA
- Section 31 Gets An Unexpected Recruit In Fast-Paced 'Star Trek: Discovery' Episode 'Point of Light'
- Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye View
- 'Star Trek' Is Beaming Aboard 'Let's Make A Deal'!
- Chinese Rover and Lander Survive 1st Frigid Night on Moon's Far Side
- Scientists Visit a Rare New Island They Watched Grow Out of the Waves
- Super-Earth Smackdowns May Explain Diverse Worlds
