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NASA and the Department of Defense practice recovery procedures for an abort scenario in the upcoming Artemis 2 mission.

NASA's Terra satellite captured huge chunks of sea ice breaking apart in Canada's Amundsen Gulf.

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.

The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.

SpaceX's private Dragon spacecraft was treated to a stunning view in the night sky under June's full moon.

Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.

The private company's Resilience moon lander could almost see Japan if it weren't for the clouds.

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.

Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.