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2 before launch at Kodiak spaceport in Alaska.Tuesday's attempt didn't see Astra make it to orbit just yet, but the rocket did pass the Karman Line, which is widely considered to be the edge of space.

One of Canada’s astronauts will be sent around the Moon as part of a partnership between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA announced today.The Gateway is just one part of NASA’s large

An artist’s conception shows the New Glenn rocket on its launch pad.The NASA Launch Services II contract, or NLS II for short, essentially puts New Glenn on the list of options available for orderin

The gas giants Saturn and Jupiter are drawing ever closer together.The 'great conjunction' of these planets in the night sky is imminent.see Jupiter on the inside lane, approaching Saturn all month an

NASA’s head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders joined us on stage at TechCrunch Sessions: Space, where she spoke to scientist and Netflix host Emily Calandrelli about her work at the agency — incl

21 is the perfect night to stare up at the stars and witness 'the great conjunction.According the Google Doodle information page, the animation is a celebration of the night's 'unusual show,' as well

NASA has finished work on a new launchpad at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida – Launch Complex 48 (LC-48), a pad that will be able to support smaller launch vehicles than either LC-39A or B, or S

27, 1968, two days after Christmas in one of the USA's worst years on record, the astronauts aboard Apollo 8 returned home after almost a week in space.The NASA mission crewed by astronauts Frank Borm

Or better still, how'd you like an asteroid twice the size of Lady Liberty for Xmas? .The asteroid -- SD224 -- is hurtling toward the earth and set to fly past on Christmas Day.For you speed buffs, th

We saw the rise of virtual events like DC fandom and Apple and Samsung launches that went totally online.The Biggest Loser of the year after sinking more than a billion dollars into short form mobile