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April 17, 2024

Alt-space history series 'For All Mankind' gets 5th season, new 'Star City' spinoff

Apple TV+ is headed back to the past, and the future, with a fifth season of the alternate space history drama "For All Mankind" and its new spinoff series, "Star City." Creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi are returning to head both programs.


April 15, 2024

NASA confirms debris that fell on Florida home came from space station pallet

A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home has been confirmed by NASA to have fallen from the International Space Station. The agency identified the object as a stanchion that was used to mount batteries on a cargo pallet that was tossed overboard.


April 15, 2024

Webb Space Telescope full-size model to be displayed by Space Foundation

To see the world's premier astronomical observatory in its full-size glory, you need to go to Lagrange Point 2, a location in deep space on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun that is farther away than anyone has traveled. Or, soon, you can visit Colorado.


April 12, 2024

'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' documentary set to conclude on CNN

Forty-three (43) years to the day after the space shuttle Columbia landed from its first mission, CNN is set to conclude airing a four-part series on the orbiter's ill-fated last return to Earth. "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" airs on Sunday (April 14).


April 11, 2024

'Fly Me to the Moon' trailer mixes real-life Apollo history with moon landing hoax

If you are even a casual space exploration history enthusiast, watching the new trailer for the upcoming movie "Fly Me to the Moon" might leave you thinking that it is an entire work of fiction. And for the most part, you would be correct.


April 10, 2024

Japanese astronauts will join NASA moon landings in return for lunar rover

The first non-American to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut, based on a new agreement between the United States and Japan. Two JAXA astronauts will fly on future Artemis landing missions in return for Japan providing a pressurized moon rover.


April 9, 2024

Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, dies at 89

Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice — once aboard a refurbished spacecraft and then on the first crewed test of a new model — has died at the age of 89. Aksyonov logged almost 12 days in space and orbited Earth 189 times.


April 9, 2024

Astronauts' photos capture April 8 eclipse from Earth orbit

As bucket list items go, seeing a total solar eclipse from space might seem like a tall order. Seeing one from Earth can be difficult enough. But on Monday (April 8), Michael Barratt became one of only 30 people in history to see an eclipse from off the planet.


April 9, 2024

'Heavy' history: ULA launches final Delta rocket after 64 years

After six decades of launches, the liftoff of the last-ever Delta rocket brought with it a change in the way the U.S. sends satellites, interplanetary probes and spacecraft into Earth orbit. United Launch Alliance ignited its final Delta IV Heavy rocket.


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Hallowed ground: Lost Apollo 1 astronauts memorialized at long-abandoned Launch Complex 34


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