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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

This New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.

The Sun
SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 Super Heavy booster approaches its launch tower for the first-ever landing and capture at the pad after launching on a suborbital test flight from Starbase in South Texas on Oct. 13, 2024.

Image of the Day 2024 Archive

By Space.com Staff published

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography
An astronaut standing on the moon beside an American flag

'Star Bound' serves up a 'snarky approach to space history' and the American space program (exclusive)

By Jeff Spry published

An interview with celebrated author Bruce McCandless III for his new NASA book, "Star Bound"

Entertainment

NASA, Astronomical League team up for 2025 Hubble night sky challenge

By Samantha Mathewson published

The Hubble Space Telescope is nearing its 35th anniversary and skywatchers can celebrate the mighty telescope with a year-long observation challenge.

Stargazing
A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays.

NASA delays Artemis missions again. What could this mean for the moon, Mars and space leadership?

By Andrew Jones published

NASA has pushed its first two crewed Artemis moon missions back to 2026 and 2027, and the move could have big ramifications.

Artemis
Artist's illustration of the parker solar probe in foreground and large orange sun in the background.

Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to study the sun closer than ever before. Learn more about the fastest spacecraft to date in our solar probe guide.

Reference
a cone-shaped capsule with its outer skin removed, revealing a maze of wires and electronic components

Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.

Artemis
green gases in space look like a christmas tree.

NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos)

By Stefanie Waldek published

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

The Universe
a gold-foiled fixed-leg lander probe stands on a grey semi rocky surface beneath a black sky.

SpaceX will launch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander to the moon in mid-January with these 10 NASA payloads

By Josh Dinner published

NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-January for the launch of Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the lunar surface.

Launches & Spacecraft
An image of a white spacecraft over a blue portion of earth, seen through a curved window, is superimposed over a photo of two astronauts floating in a space station hatch on the right, both smiling.

Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025 after new NASA, SpaceX delay

By Josh Dinner published

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay in space an extra month, until March 2025, giving SpaceX more time to complete a new Crew Dragon capsule.

Human Spaceflight
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