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A footprint left on the surface of the moon by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts during their historic lunar EVA, 20th July 1969. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

Moon dust poses problem for astronauts

Elizabeth Howell
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida on September 5, 1977. (NASA)

Behind Voyager 1's near-death experience

Matthew Rozsa
Earth as viewed from Mars surface, concept (Getty Images/Nzoka John)

Should we keep outer space "wild?"

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Planet Venus (Getty Images/3quarks)

NASA changes its mind about Venus

Matthew Rozsa
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NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 1, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Why NASA's Artemis 1 mission matters

Jack Burns - The Conversation
Aerial view, looking northwest, across part of NASA's Manned Space Center (later renamed the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center) campus, Houston, Texas, 1960s. (NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

"Cambridge, we have a problem"

Robert Buderi
Tardigrade, water bear visiting the Moon (Getty Images)

Water bears survive being shot from gun

Matthew Rozsa
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What would life on Mars be like?

Jennifer L. Holm
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(Getty/Giuseppe Cacace)

U.S. seeks to change Moon mining rules

Scott Shackelford - The Conversation
Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko (ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team/Salon)

Why a nearby comet keeps changing colors

Nicole Karlis
This computer graphic image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers on an asteroid. Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa2 released two small Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (JAXA via AP)

Sending robot "skins" to space

Shi En Kim - Massive Science
Venus

Volcanoes discovered on Venus

Nicole Karlis
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Cookie in space (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why NASA wants to bake cookies in space

Nicole Karlis
This undated handout photo provided by Seth Shostak, SETI Institute, shows the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Seth Shostak, SETI Institute)

Astronomer explains how to see aliens

Jason Wright - The Conversation
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 stands at Satish Dhawan Space Center after the mission was aborted at the last minute at Sriharikota, in southern India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP/Manish Swarup)

India's plan to join moon club stalled

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/South_agency)

Going to space? Bring cold sore cream

Mackenzie Thornbury - Massive Science
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We now have a catalog of exoplanets

Nicole Karlis
The far side of the moon as pictured with Earth in the background; taken from the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft. (NASA/NOAA)

China brings life to the moon

Nicole Karlis
Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong in "First Man;" Neil Armstrong (Universal Pictures/Getty/NASA/Newsmakers)

Neil Armstrong: The Earth as spacecraft

Chauncey DeVega
(Getty/rajeshbac)

Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars

David Weintraub - The Conversation
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FILE - In this Friday, June 17, 2011 file photo, space shuttle Atlantis is mounted on Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Dormant for nearly six years, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center should see its first commercial flight on Feb. 18, 2017. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will use the pad to hoist supplies for the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (AP)

Does Space Force mean the end of NASA?

Wendy Whitman Cobb - The Conversation
The Mars rover, named Opportunity, is shown in this artist conception. (AP Photo/NASA)

Opportunity still unresponsive on Mars

Nicole Karlis
This undated artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Jason-3 satellite. The latest in a series of U.S.-European satellites designed to detect ocean events like El Nino is scheduled for launch Sunday, Jan. 17, from California. If successful, the Jason 3 satellite will continue more than two decades of sea level measurements. (NASA via AP) (AP)

Feel like someone's watching you?

Christopher Palma - The Conversation
A Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy driver named "Starman" heads towards Mars. (Gett/SpaceX)

Elon Musk's insult to space

Keith A. Spencer
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