Elon Musk predicts humans will be on Mars in 6 years

Musk is 'fairly confident' astronauts will land on the Red Planet in approximately 6 years.

Musk: Humans to mars in matter of years
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NASA wants to return to the moon in 2024, but Elon Musk is thinking bigger than that -- he thinks humans can be on Mars by 2026.

China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to bring rocks back to Earth

The China National Space Administration says Chang'e 5 successfully landed at its designated site shortly after 11 p.m., or 1500 GMT, Tuesday after making a powered descent from its orbiter.

Mysterious object that could be 1960s rocket booster will fly past Earth today: how to view it

A mysterious space object that has been captured by Earth's orbit and is widely believed to be a rocket booster from the 1960s is now viewable to skygazers as it gets closer to the planet.

Winners of NASA essay contest will witness 1st Artemis deep space exploration launch in 2021

The three grand prize winners for the NASA and Future Engineers Artemis Moon Pod essay contest will attend the first launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, which will be the foundation for human deep space exploration.

Students compete in NASA culinary challenge
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NASA holds an annual cooking challenge to ask high school student to create and prepare a meal which astronauts could enjoy in space.

Puerto Rico's iconic Arecibo radio telescope to close in blow to science

The huge telescope at the renowned Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will be dismantled in a blow to scientists who depend on it to search for planets, asteroids and extraterrestrial life.

Patrick AFB finalist for Space Force headquarters

After first being shunned, Florida is a finalist to be the home of the U.S. Space Command headquarters, the U.S. Air Force announced Thursday.

NASA, SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts give update on mission from space

The Crew-1 astronauts gave an update from the ISS on Wednesday, speaking about a range of topics and answering questions from Earth.

Patrick AFB named finalist for Space Force HQ
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Brevard County is one of six locations in the running to be home to the Space Force headquarters.

Pickup truck-sized asteroid came less than 250 miles from hitting Earth

An asteroid roughly the size of a Ford F-150 flew less than 250 miles away from Earth last week, setting a record for the closest-known asteroid to fly past the planet without hitting it, NASA announced.