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Remembering the Final Space Shuttle Mission

The STS-135 crew got morning wakeup calls from Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Michael Stipe, and Elton John.

A Brief History of the International Geophysical Year

The "year" lasted 18 months.

Look Up Tonight! Saturn Is Big and Bright, With Rings Tilted Our Way

It's as close to the Earth as it's going to get this year.

Watch Adam Savage Build the LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V Rocket

It has 1,969 pieces, referencing the 1969 launch of Apollo 11.

NASA Rocket Launch Will Create Blue-Green and Red Clouds on Sunday

As long as the weather holds—the launch has been postponed four times already.

NASA Photo ID S65-30427 // Public Domain

On This Day in 1965, the First American Walked in Space

Ed White loved it. He had to be ordered repeatedly to come back inside the spacecraft.

NASA Details Plans to Fly to the Sun in 2018

The Parker Solar Probe will take us closer to the Sun than we've ever been before.

This enhanced-color composite photo shows Jupiter’s south pole from NASA’s Juno spacecraft 32,000 miles above the gas giant. The oval features are cyclones up to 600 miles wide.

Much of What We Thought About Jupiter Is Wrong

The Juno spacecraft is already forcing us to rewrite the textbooks.

The Meteoric Rise—and Tragic Fall—of NASA's Skylab

In 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. It fell to earth six years later, burning up in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979.

Inside the Space Camp Designed for Blind and Visually Impaired Kids

In the 27 years of SCIVIS, more than 3800 students from almost every state and more than 20 countries have attended.

Watch: Why is Voyager 1 Getting Closer to Earth Right Now?

It's all relative.

Peggy Whitson Breaks NASA Record for Most Days in Space

It's one of many, many records held by the trailblazer.

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 Blasted Off

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 departed for the moon. It was the second-to-last crewed mission to the moon. It was also the second time astronauts drove the Lunar Roving Module, also known as the coolest dune buggy in the universe.

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NASA Puts the Planet Up for Adoption in Time for Earth Day

One section can be (symbolically) yours.

Hidden Figures Is Coming to Classrooms

The real-life story behind the hit movie doesn't end once the credits roll; for educators, there's now a free curriculum to use in the classroom that shines a light on the pioneering African-American women of NASA's space program.

An artist's rendering of the Europa mission's spacecraft. Main Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech Banner Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

How Will the Europa Lander Search for Life?

New details on the breaking-edge mission to the Jovian moon.

You Can Help NASA Prove the Existence of Planet 9

The space agency is funding a massive crowdsourcing effort to comb through 200,000 images in search of a theorized ninth planet.

10 Everyday Innovations That Came From NASA Research

Helping you clean up small messes since 1981, among other things.

NASA Announces Winners of the 'Space Poop Challenge'

Last year NASA asked for help dealing with space poop, and the public came through.

On This Day in 1971, Apollo 14 Golfers Arrived on the Moon

The next day, Alan Shepard swung his smuggled six-iron.

The crew posing for their official portrait on November 15, 1985.

Remembering the 7 Challenger Astronauts

When the Space Shuttle 'Challenger' disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986, there were seven astronauts on board whose lives were tragically cut short.

The International Space Station Is Getting Its First African-American Crewmember

Jeanette Epps is going to make history.

NASA Wants to Make a Mobile Water Factory on the Moon

The goal is to harness and use available resources on other worlds.

A Group of Suitcase-Sized Satellites Will Transform Hurricane Tracking

CYGNSS "will improve our knowledge of how hurricanes grow so that we can better prepare and protect people in the path of each hurricane as it comes."

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