A two-stage, H3-24L rocket lit up the predawn skies over Tanegashima Space Center on the southern tip of Japan early on Tuesday, October 20th (3:41 p.m. EDT on October 19th), […]

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NASA announced three new scientific payloads that will head to the Moon to better understand lunar hazards and resources.

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Several science campaigns plan to greet the racing shadow of the Moon on August 12th.

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China’s Tianwen 2 mission returns its close view of Earth's tiny "quasi-moon" Kamoʻoalewa.

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission has revealed another "snowman" asteroid — a pair of asteroids attached with a narrow neck. The contact binary could help shed light on planet formation.

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A daring mission will attempt to reach and save a key astrophysics observatory in low Earth orbit.

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NASA has awarded contracts to three aerospace companies for four lunar landers to launch in 2028.

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