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The weather has taken a turn for the worse at the Haughton-Mars Project on Devon Island in the Arctic.

Could a solar storm ever destroy Earth? According to scientists, there's no evidence that any solar weather has ever harmed a human.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 46 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday (Aug. 31) at 1:40 a.m. EDT. Watch it live here.

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Friday (Sept. 2) is still in play for the Artemis 1 launch, NASA officials say, though it's too early to make any definitive statements.

Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine.

NASA delivers a free online Artemis 1 comic book titled, "The Adventures of Commander Moonikin Campos and Friends."

Space weather watchers observed a series of powerful flares between Aug. 27 and Aug. 29, the most powerful of which registered as a moderate M8-class flare.

Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the decades of work it took Artemis 1 to get this far, while NASA's Bill Nelson said the agency will address the issue that led to the scrub Monday (Aug. 29).

See the young moon over Mercury in the evening sky just after sunset tonight (Aug. 29).

An engine cooling issue on NASA's giant new rocket for deep-space exploration forced the agency to call off the booster's much-anticipated launch debut early Monday (Aug. 29).

Another test of general relativity shows that Einstein's theory holds up, and a phenomenon it predicted could be used to investigate the mysterious force known as dark energy, which drives the accelerating expansion of the universe.

NASA's SLS rocket spent over a decade in development, and each of its launches of the Orion crew capsule is expected to cost about $4.1 billion.

NASA has begun tanking up its giant new SLS rocket for its debut launch to the moon, a highly anticipated mission called Artemis 1.

New images of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, M74, showcase the power of space observatories working together in multiple wavelengths. In this case, data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope compliment each other to provide a comprehensive view of the galaxy.

Live coverage of the countdown and maiden flight of the Space Launch System on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket stands on Launch Complex 39B, behind the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now took an aerial tour around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the days before the scheduled launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket. These images captured by Walter Scriptunas II show the the powerful moon rocket on its launch pad, plus SpaceX’s ongoing work to ready the spaceport for the huge commercial Starship rocket.

Artemis 1 launch viewers with virtual reality headsets or in select locations can take part in an immersive reality experience scheduled for Monday (Aug. 29).

Space.com took to the skies to get you one last look at SLS before it blasts off Monday morning.