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- February 28
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- SpaceX Could Beat NASA Back to the Moon
- Trump May Call for More US Human Spaceflight in Speech Tonight: Report
- Lego to Make 'Women of NASA' Minifigs, Including Sally Ride, Katherine Johnson
- Small Solar System Bodies Named by Citizen-Science Groups
- Relics of the Ancient Past: Q&A with Author Alastair Reynolds on 'Revenger'
- Wow! Rainbow Streaks Over Massive Rocket Engine Test (Video)
- As SpaceX Unveils Space Tourist Moon Flight, NASA Reacts
- February 27
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- SpaceX to Fly Passengers On Private Trip Around the Moon in 2018
- Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Gets a Close-Up in New Cassini Photo
- Ultraluminous Object Is Brightest and Farthest Neutron Star Ever Discovered
- Historic Supernova Explosion Still Shines Bright After 30 Years
- Cloudy or Clear? Predict the Night-Sky Weather with These Handy Tips
- What's That On Pluto? Official Names Near for Dwarf Planet Geography
- Does Pluto Have The Ingredients For Life?
- Nearby Comet Has a Big Heart, Radar Reveals
- Apollo 11 Spacecraft Tags Land on 'Antiques Roadshow' for Appraisal
- Oscars Honor Real-Life NASA Hero Katherine Johnson, But Pass On 'Hidden Figures'
- February 26
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- Moon Blocks (Most of) the Sun in 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse
- Trump's Departing NASA Liaison Urges Careful Vetting of Crewed Test Flight Idea
- Poll: Should NASA Fly Crew On the 1st SLS Megarocket/Orion Flight?
- NASA to Turn Over Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag to Auction Winner, Per Court Order
- United Arab Emirates Wants to Build a City on Mars
- February 25
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- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Aces 3rd Glide Test Flight
- See the 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse in Slooh Webcast Sunday!
- Scientists Practice Total Eclipse Science During Annular Solar Eclipse Sunday
- Inmarsat & AVI's Satellite Data-Relay Service Exits Stealth Mode After Months of Secret, In-Space Tests
- NASA Will Consider Adding Crew to Next-Gen Rocket's Debut Launch
- February 24
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- High-Altitude Balloon Company Wants to Open a New Market at the Edge of Space
- NASA Authorization Bill Calls for Orion-to-ISS Study
- Commercial Crew Providers Remain Confident in Schedules
- Jupiter is a Feast for the Eyes In New Time-Lapse Animation (Video)
- How to View Beautiful Open Star Clusters Using Mobile Apps
- Liftoff! Watching SpaceX Make History at Pad 39A
- Putting Astronauts on SLS Debut Flight Sparks Safety Group's Concern
- Visit TRAPPIST-1e! NASA Travel Poster Advertises Exoplanet Discovery
- Would the 'Hidden Figures' Leading Ladies Go to Space? (Video)
- 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse Will Be Visible from Southern Hemisphere Sunday
- What Would Life Be Like on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets?
- Russian Progress 66 Cargo Ship Docks at Space Station
- 'Mission Control' Film About Apollo's Unsung Heroes is a 'Go' for Theaters
- Tiny 'MoonWatcher' Satellite Will Beam Home Live Lunar Views
- February 23
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- Straight Out of Sci-Fi: Hoverbike 'Surfs' Through the Air in Test
- SpaceX Rocket Launch (& Landing) Lights Up Leaden Sky in These Amazing Views
- 'Destination Moon': Museums and Science Centers Plan for Apollo 11 Exhibit
- Exoplanet Discovery at TRAPPIST-1 Celebrated in Google Doodle
- Discovery of 7 Earth-Size Exoplanets a 'Giant Leap' Forward in Alien-Life Hunt
- SpaceX Dragon Delivers NASA Cargo to Space Station After 24-Hour Delay
- TRAPPIST-1: How Long Would It Take to Fly to 7-Planet System?
- White Water: NASA Probes Snow's Effect on Water Resources
- John Glenn's Orbital Mission Tested the Mysteries of the Human Body in Space
- The Andromeda Galaxy Could Be Buzzing With Dark Matter
- February 22
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- Searching for Life on 7 Nearby Alien Worlds: How Scientists Will Do It
- Will Pluto Get Its Planethood Back?
- Major Discovery! 7 Earth-Size Alien Planets Circle Nearby Star
- Exoplanet Discovery: The 7 Earth-Sized Planets of TRAPPIST-1 in Pictures
- Smithsonian to Launch Apollo 11 Columbia Spacecraft on National Tour
- Russia Launches Robotic Progress 66 Cargo Ship to Space Station
- SpaceX Dragon Capsule Aborts Cargo Delivery to Space Station
- February 21
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- See a Russian Cargo Ship Launch & SpaceX Dragon Arrival Wednesday!
- NASA to Unveil New Exoplanet Discovery Tomorrow
- AstroBot Kit Teaches Kids the Joys of Coding
- Mars Life Could Lurk Within These Salty Streaks
- Eclipse Party! 13 Solar Eclipse Celebrations Across the U.S
- This Is the Air Force Doctor Who Won NASA's Space Poop Challenge
- Going Bananas: The Real Story of Kepler, Copernicus and the Church
- February 20
- February 19
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- SpaceX, NASA Hail 1st Falcon 9 Rocket Launch from Pad Steeped in History
- In Photos: SpaceX's 1st Launch from NASA's Historic Pad 39A
- SpaceX Launches 1st Private Rocket from Historic NASA Pad — Then Sticks a Landing
- The Outer Space Treaty Has Been Successful – But Is It Fit for the Modern Age?
- Lego Has a New Space Shuttle and It Looks Awesome
- SpaceX to Make 2nd Launch Attempt from Historic NASA Pad Today: Watch Live
- This BB-8 Robot is Just Like the Real Thing
- February 18
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- SpaceX Scrubs Cargo Launch from Apollo-Era Pad Due to Engine Issue
- Why It's Time for Australia to Launch its Own Space Agency
- NASA Developing Contingency Plan for Commercial Crew Delays
- SpaceX to Make Its 1st Launch from Historic Apollo-Era Pad Today
- 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Foreign Titles Seem to Settle Debate, Add Insight About Film
- SpaceX Plans to Launch Cargo Mission Saturday Despite Rocket Leak
- February 17
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- Juno Jupiter Probe Won't Move into Shorter Orbit After All
- SpaceX Investigating Small Leak in Rocket Scheduled for Saturday Launch
- NASA Funds 2 New Research Institutes to Help Humanity Explore Deep Space
- Backup Lightning Imaging Sensor to Finally Get Its Day in Space
- In Photos: NASA's Historic Launch Pad 39A, from Apollo to Shuttle to SpaceX
- NASA Satellite Spots Mile-Long Iceberg Breaking Off of Antarctic Glacier
- Ceramic Pottery Reveals an Ancient Geomagnetic Field Spike
- Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus, a Possible Home for Life, Shines in Photo
- Jupiter's South Pole Swirls with Cyclones in Stunning NASA Photo
- SpaceX Launching NASA Cargo from Apollo Pad Saturday: Watch It Live
- Private Astronaut Taxis by SpaceX, Boeing May Not Be Ready by 2019: Report
- Black Holes are Even Stranger Than You Can Imagine
- February 16
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- This Company Is Poised to Generate Satellite Images of the Entire Earth — Every Day
- Europe's Mars Mission Is About to 'Surf' the Red Planet's Atmosphere
- How Far They'll Go: 'Moana' Shows the Power of Polynesian Celestial Navigation
- This Is Why Sending Messages to Aliens Might Be a Good Idea
- Lawmakers Call for 1st NASA SLS Rocket to be Named for Last Man on Moon
- Small-Satellite Rocket Nears 1st Test Launch from New Zealand
- Life's Building Blocks Found on Dwarf Planet Ceres
- 3D-Printed 'Laugh' Is 1st Major Artwork to Be Made in Space
- SpaceX Launching Lightning Tracker, 'Three-Eyed' Raven, Deadly Superbug for NASA
- Seeing Spots: NASA Video Shows 7 Years of Solar Activity
- NASA's Kepler Mission Could Detect Exomoons Formed by Giant Impacts
- Mars Rover Curiosity's Drill Malfunction Puts Organics Hunt at Risk
- February 15
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- Think You Can Find Planet 9? Check Out This Citizen-Science Project
- Comet Breaks in Two — May Be Close to Disintegration
- Heavy-Lift Ariane 5 Rocket Launches 2 Telecom Satellites
- You Can See 'Hidden Figures' for Free This Saturday: Here's How
- Dangerous Space Rocks Discussed at Asteroid Day Prep
- Winston Churchill on Aliens: 1939 Essay Discovered
- NASA to Study Launching Astronauts on 1st SLS Mission
- In Photos: India's Record-Breaking Satellite Launch
- How to Poop in Space: NASA Unveils Winners of Space Poop Challenge
- India Launches Record-Breaking 104 Satellites on Single Rocket
- China to Launch Robotic Cargo Ship for Space Lab in April
- Summon Asteroid! Space Rock Looks Like Dungeons & Dragons Dice
- NASA's About to Launch a 'Three-Eyed' Raven Into Space
- February 14
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- Music of 'The Mars Generation': Q&A with Composer Tyler Strickland
- India to Launch a Record 104 Satellites on One Rocket Tonight
- No, the US Military's X-37B Space Plane Is Not Prepping for Landing
- A NASA Astronaut Just Pulled Off an Awesome Prank in Space
- Celestial Valentine's Date: Moon, Jupiter Meet Up Tonight
- Talking in Circles: Creating the Alien Language of 'Arrival'
- Cosmic Love: Star's Heart Beats for Giant Alien Planet
- Space Shuttle Crewmates Ochoa and Foale to Enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
- US Air Force Prepping for Historic Minotaur IV Rocket Launch in July (Photos)
- Mars 2020 Could Return to Where NASA's Spirit Rover Roamed
- Cyborg Future? Elon Musk's Plan to Compete with AI
- Starry Valentine: A Galactic Proposal & More Romantic Astrophotography
- Red Sprites, Blue Jets, Pixies, Elves: Weird Lights Studied from Space (Video)
- February 13
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- Baby Supernova Discovery Hints at How Star Explosions Are Born
- Jupiter's Little Red Spot Eyed by NASA Spacecraft (Photo)
- The Brilliant Stars of Sagittarius Glitter for Hubble Telescope
- More Alien Worlds? New Data Haul Identifies 100+ Possible Exoplanets
- In Photos: Tornado Damage at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility
- Did You Miss the Green Comet? Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Flybys
- North Korea's Missile Threats to US May Not Be Empty for Long
- The Voyager Golden Record Lives On in Kickstarter Project
- Private Space Company Sues to Stop DARPA's Robotic Satellite Serviceman
- NASA Reopens Michoud Assembly Facility Damaged by Tornado
- Landing Sites for 2020 Mars Rover: NASA Weighs 3 Options
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Static Fire Reignites Historic NASA Launch Pad
- 600-Year-Old Starlight Bolsters Einstein's 'Spooky Action at a Distance'
- Planet Formation May Rely on Dusty 'Traffic Jam' In Early Star System
- February 12
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- February 10
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- Antarctic Expedition Will Hunt for 'Missing' Meteorites
- Super-Fast Spacecraft Could Slow Down Using Alpha Centauri's Starlight as Brakes
- Hubble Has Found the Ancient Galaxies That Gave the Universe Its First Light
- Blue Origin Prepares to Build Its Florida Rocket Launch Complex
- Watch the Moon Waltz, Wobble and Eclipse the Sun with Mobile Apps
- 'Snow Moon' Eclipse Weather Forecast: Will Clouds Block Your View?
- Put a Ring on It! Saturn Impresses in Stunning Valentine's Day Photos
- Pluto's Heart: A Cosmic Valentine in Photos
- Jupiter's Birthday (& Saturn's, Too!) Estimated in New Solar System Timeline
- 'Dark Side of the Sun' Doc Examines the Devastating Threat of Solar Storms
- 'Snow Moon' Lunar Eclipse Shines with Comet Tonight: What to Expect
- NASA Maps Out Possible Lander Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa
- Valentine's Day in Space: Cosmic Love Photos
- February 9
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- Look Up Friday! Green Comet and Snow Moon Eclipse Team Up for Skywatchers
- NASA Center in New Orleans Closed Through Sunday After Tornado Hit
- Richard Hatch of 'Battlestar Galactica' Dies at 71: We'll Miss You, Apollo
- Mercury's Water Ice Deposits Have a Mysterious Origin
- A Star Just Ripped Comet Halley's Massive Cousin to Shreds
- 'Superflares' Likely Made Proxima b Uninhabitable Long Ago
- 'The Space Between Us': The Science Behind the Science Fiction
- Winter Snowstorm Battering Northeast US Seen from Space
- Under Trump, NASA May Focus on Jump-Starting Space Economy: Report
- Commercial Group Endorses Use of Space Launch System
- US, Japan Hope Next-Generation Interceptor Will Be Future of Missile Defense
- Dark Science: Total Solar Eclipse Gives Researchers Brief Window
- Newfound White Dwarf Pulsar Is 1st of Its Kind, Researchers Say
- SpaceX Aims to Boost Launch Rate with Completion of New Pad
- Mars Was Recently Hit by a Meteorite 'Shotgun' Blast
- A Strange Green Comet Is Heading Our Way
- Tornado Destroys First NASA Space Shuttle External Tank to Stand on Launch Pad
- February 8
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- SpaceX Targets Feb. 18 for 1st Launch from Historic NASA Pad
- Collapsing Beauty: Image of Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf
- Mars 2020 Rover's Landing Site Will Undergo Hot Debate This Week
- Saturn Could Be Defending Earth From Massive Asteroid Impacts
- Company to Launch Crewed 2017 Solar Eclipse Balloon Flight, High-Altitude Skydive
- Bill Nye's Back! Netflix's New Science Show Promises Nerdy Fun
- First Atomic Blast Reveals Clues About Moon Formation
- Hidden Black Hole in Globular Cluster May Be a Cosmic Middle Child
- Satellite Sees Louisiana Tornado Storm System from Space
- NASA Begins Tornado Recovery at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans
- Sloshing in Space: Wild Astronaut Video Shows Weightless Fluid Flow
- 'Rotten Egg' Nebula Hosts Flashy Star Death (Photo)
- Stray Black Hole Turned Cosmic Gas Cloud into Speeding 'Bullet'
- Spaceflight Changes the Shape of Astronauts' Brains
- Sci-Fi Comes Alive: 'Dune' Star Photographed Above Volcano
- February 7
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- Tornado Hits NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans
- Business as Usual at NASA Two Weeks Into New Administration
- Legislation Would Require Strategic Plan for NASA Human Spaceflight
- International Space Station Will Get a Commercial Airlock in 2019
- US Must Deter Chinese Aggression in Space, General Says
- Waves on Mars? Sand Ripples in Striking Red Planet Photos
- 'Amazing Stories of the Space Age': Q&A with Author Rod Pyle
- Jupiter's 'Antarctica' Swirls in New Flyby Photo
- Cool Cosmos: Winter Night Sky Offers Rare Treats
- Monster Black Hole Gorges on Record-Setting Meal
- Weird Chemistry: Helium May Form Stable Compounds Inside Giant Planets
- NASA Engineer Hired to Work on Uber's Flying-Car Project
- February 6
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- Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Milwaukee, Wows Skywatchers (Videos)
- Soccer Ball Recovered From Ill-Fated Shuttle Challenger Flown to Space Station
- Jupiter as Art: Amazing Images Star Space Cats, Jimi Hendrix and More
- Mars Mystery: How Was Ancient Red Planet Warm Enough for Liquid Water?
- Are Solar Storms Causing Mysterious Sea Animal Beachings?
- Chess, Anyone? Giant Checkerboard Spied from Space (Photo)
- Who Will Get First Dibs on the Powerful James Webb Space Telescope?
- New 'Space Poop' System Could Fly on Orion Deep-Space Mission
- Tiny Asteroid-Mining Scouts Could Study Space-Dust Strikes
- Alpha Centauri: Why Our Neighboring Star System Holds So Much Potential
- Japanese Cargo Craft Falls to Earth After Failed Space-Junk Experiment
- February 5
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- February 3
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- Super Bowl 2017: How to Tailgate Like a NASA Astronaut
- Space Football Fail! NASA Gives Pigskin a Beating Ahead of Super Bowl 2017
- Mixed Reactions in Space Community to Immigration Executive Order
- Here's What Mars' Amazing Polar Ice Cap Swirls Look Like From Above
- Lonely Ice Volcano On Ceres May Have Once Had Company
- NASA Goes to Super Bowl 2017 (Photos)
- NASA's Home for EPIC Photos of Earth from Space Just Got Better
- 'The Space Between Us' (Movie Photos)
- Real Spaceships and Mushy Love: 'The Space Between Us' Delivers
- Why We Should Send Bill Gates to Mars
- NASA Spacecraft to Hunt for Earth's Asteroid 'Ghosts'
- New Quantum-Computer Design Could Lead to Practical Hardware
- Our Supermassive Black Hole Could Be 'Supercharging' Stars' Magnetism
- Sending Mars Rovers on a 'Walkabout' Could Boost Their Science Output
- February 2
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- NASA Jupiter Probe Makes 4th Flyby of Giant Planet
- ESA Selects German Engineer to Join 2009 Astronaut Class, Eight Years Later
- The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder Finally Hits the Big-Data Highway
- Robo-Touchdown! For Super Bowl 2017, NASA's Robonaut 2 Shows Off Ref Skills
- NASA Probe That Buzzed Pluto Fires Engine for 2019 Flyby of Next Target
- Next Drop, Mars: Super Bowl Fans Lift Off to Space on NASA 'Future Flight' Ride
- Newfound Asteroid to Buzz Earth Today: See It Live with Slooh
- Are Earth's Magnetic Poles About to Flip?
- 'Peace and Hope for All Mankind': The Stellar Legacy of The Last Moon Landing
- 'Overly Optimistic'? NASA's 2020 Mars Rover Faces Challenges
- Win a Copy of 'Earth in Human Hands' by David Grinspoon Friday in Facebook Live
- Studying Proxima b: Tiny Sailing Probes Could Orbit Nearby Exoplanet
- February 1
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- Buzz Aldrin, Bill Nye Take 'Giant Leap' Down NY Fashion Week Runway
- Could Wormholes Really Work? Probably Not
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Costumes, Captain's Chair Revealed
- Remembering the Apollo 1 Crew: 'Ad Astra Per Aspera' Exhibit in Pictures
- Red Planet Eruptions: Volcanoes Rocked Mars for at Least 2 Billion Years
- A Japanese Space Junk Removal Experiment Has Failed in Orbit
- Saturn's Rings Just Got the Ultimate Close-Up from Cassini (Photos)
- 'The Expanse' Season 2 Launches on Syfy Tonight!
- Infant Planets Form from Dust in 1st Photos from New Imaging Tool
- Aurora Experiment Streaks Into Alaska's Sky on Small NASA Rocket (Photos)
- How 1-Year Space Mission Affected Astronaut Twin Scott Kelly: Early Results
- Cosmic Cat Greets Space Lobster in Amazing Nebula Views
- Prepping for Re-Launch: SpaceX Test-Fires Used Falcon 9 Rocket (Photo)
- Space Farming: Satellite's Greenhouses to Simulate Moon, Mars Gravity
