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NASA just shared its plan to get back to the moon. The agency wants to launch its Artemis test flight as early as February, 2022.

SpaceX Crew-3 launch is just days away: What to know

On Halloween, four astronauts will ride a SpaceX Dragon capsule into space and head towards the International Space Station.

Vikings were in North America 1,000 years ago, study finds

The study, published in Nature, is new evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021.

Orionid meteor shower 2021 to peak this week — along with full moon

The Orionid meteor shower will peak this week, but it also coincides with the brightness of a full moon. Here’s when you might be able to catch a glimpse.

Boeing says Starliner will not launch until at least next year

The Starliner is what Boeing will use to send astronauts to space. A test flight was supposed to happen in August but was scrubbed several times.

SpaceX Crew-3 mission delayed: See new launch date

NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron will embark into space with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer.

Manatees starve to death along Florida's coast: Here's why

Officials noticed a sharp rise in manatee deaths from December through May, when the sea cows congregate in warm waters.

US surgeons successfully attach working pig kidney to human body

Surgeons attached a pig’s kidney to the body of a deceased patient and watched it begin to work, part of the effort to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

CDC: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 93% effective at preventing hospitalization in ages 12-18

Between June 1 and Sept. 30 of this year, the CDC performed a case-controlled study of Pfizer’s vaccine in adolescents at 19 pediatric hospitals in 16 states, according to the study published on Tuesday.

Russian film crew lands after shoot onboard space station

The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth’s atmosphere, landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on schedule at 0435 GMT Sunday with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko aboard.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft to visit swarm of asteroids near Jupiter

NASA is on an asteroid roll as it gets set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system's most enticing rocks.