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Did Titan Give Saturn its Tilt?
Giant planets like Saturn don’t just tilt over all by themselves: something has to knock them over, or tug on them gravitationally, to push them off axis. Scientists expect that when new planets are born, they form with almost no tilt at all, lining up like spinning tops, with their equators level to the orbital plane in which they circle around their sun.
Shenzhou 13 astronauts begin China's longest mission ever at space station module (video)
The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 13 mission entered the country's space station core module Tianhe Saturday (Oct. 16).
PBS NOVA science series 'Universe Revealed' will explore the cosmos from birth to eventual demise
In a new PBS series from NOVA, viewers will go on a journey through the universe, exploring everything from the Big Bang to the effects of supermassive black holes.
Inspiration4 astronaut Sian Proctor reflects on historic SpaceX spaceflight experience
Sian Proctor, the pilot for SpaceX's historic Inspiration4 mission, is on cloud 9 after returning from her epic three-day-long spaceflight.
Artists launch colorful 'jellyfish' balloon to the stratosphere in inaugural test flight
A group of artists has launched a colorful, jellyfish-looking craft into Earth's stratosphere as part of a unique test flight.
Russian actress returns to Earth after space station movie shoot
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That's a wrap! Soyuz lands with film crew after space station movie shoot
The first film crew to fly into space has returned to Earth after 12 days shooting scenes for a movie on the International Space Station. Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko landed with Oleg Novitskiy.
Live coverage: Russian actress, film director, cosmonaut coming back to Earth
Live coverage of the Expedition 65 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
William Shatner Completes his Trip to Space With Blue Origin
After traveling to the edge of space this week, William Shatner and the crew of the NS-18 mission made it back to Earth safe and sound. This was the second time Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle flew to space with a crew aboard, and as with the inaugural flight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos decided to enlist some star power! Who better than the man known to millions of fans as James Tiberius Kirk, Captain of the starship Enterprise?
NASA Launches Lucy Mission to Trojan Asteroids
NASA’s ambitious Lucy mission has launched to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, pristine examples of the solar system's early years.
NASA asteroid explorer leaves planet Earth on Atlas 5 rocket
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket provided the ride to space for NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Bound for a pristine population of ancient asteroids, a NASA science probe named Lucy took off from Cape Canaveral before dawn Saturday and rocketed into space on top of an Atlas 5 launcher to begin a 12-year, $981 million mission seeking out clues about the early solar system.
Vast lava rivers from La Palma volcano eruption show no signs of stopping in new satellite photos
High-resolution satellite images reveal lava rivers spilling from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma as the devastating eruption shows no signs of stopping.
Crew-3 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of SpaceX's planned Halloween launch
The moon stars in live webcasts tonight NASA and lunar enthusiasts celebrate International Observe the Moon 2021.
Russian film crew to return to Earth from space station today. Here's how to watch online.
A Russian cosmonaut, actress and producer-director will all return to our planet Sunday (Oct. 17).
International Space Station: Live updates
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
NASA launches robotic archaeologist Lucy on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids
NASA's newest asteroid probe, named Lucy, successfully launched on 12-year mission to visit 8 asteroids early Saturday (Oct. 16).
Watch the moon shine near Venus tonight on its way toward Saturn and Jupiter
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with NASA’s Lucy mission, a robotic explorer to study the Trojan asteroids in the outer solar system. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Three astronauts begin half-year mission on Chinese space station
The Shenzhou 13 crew — Ye Guangfu, Zhai Zhigang, and Wang Yaping — float inside the Tianhe core module of the Chinese space station. Credit: CMSA
Three astronauts floated into the living quarters of China’s space station Friday, hours after launching from a military-run spaceport in the Gobi Desert, moving in for a six-month mission to prepare the outpost for expansion next year.
Errant Russian spacecraft's thruster firing tilts the space station by accident again
Unplanned thruster firings by a Russian spacecraft briefly knocked the International Space Station off kilter today (Oct. 15), the second such incident in less than three months.