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After years of upgrades, MIT's legendary Haystack 37m Telescope is back exploring the cosmos, capturing images of supermassive black holes and training the next generation of astronomers. The 60-year-old instrument that helped guide Apollo missions just made its triumphant return to cutting-edge science.
More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have formed a nonpartisan group to promote American constitutional principles and restore civil discourse. The coalition spans generations of space exploration, from Apollo missions to the International Space Station.
The legendary Apollo flight director who saved the Apollo 13 crew says watching Artemis II made him "young again." He's jealous of today's young NASA recruits getting to experience a new era of lunar exploration.
The Apollo astronauts who ventured beyond Earth orbit are now down to just five living members, but their legacy is inspiring a new era of lunar exploration. NASA and China are racing to return humans to the Moon this decade.
NASA's new leadership is bringing fresh realism to America's Moon program, with plans to establish a permanent lunar base that won't be abandoned like the Apollo missions. The shift marks a bold commitment to sustained space exploration, even as China races to land astronauts first.
NASA is trading an orbiting space station for something bolder: a $20 billion base on the moon's surface and a nuclear-powered spacecraft headed to Mars. The sweeping changes signal America's most ambitious push into deep space since the Apollo missions ended in 1972.
NASA is redirecting its space exploration strategy with a $20 billion investment to build a permanent base on the moon's surface, while also launching a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028. The bold shift marks America's most ambitious space initiative since the Apollo missions ended in 1972.
NASA just announced a bold overhaul of its Artemis moon program, aiming to land astronauts on the lunar surface twice in 2028. The new approach mirrors the rapid launch pace of the historic Apollo missions that first put humans on the moon.
Scientists finally cracked a 50-year puzzle about the moon's magnetic past using rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts. The answer? Both theories were right.
Scientists just cracked a decades-old puzzle about the moon's magnetic past using rocks collected over 50 years ago. The answer was hiding in plain sight all along.
After analyzing 50-year-old lunar soil from Apollo missions, NASA scientists discovered that meteorites delivered far less water to Earth than previously thought. The finding rewrites our understanding of where Earth's oceans came from.