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CNN

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both in blue, wave during a welcome ceremony on. Video Ad Feedback. WATCH: Starliner crew arrives …

The New York Times

During the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, his color photograph of an emerging Earth, known as “Earthrise,” became an icon and driving force for the environmental movement.

Space.com

Europe’s new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is set to launch for the first time on July 9 after a series of delays. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket, developed by ArianeGroup, will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

CNN

William Anders, a NASA astronaut who was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew who were the first three people to orbit the moon, has died in a plane crash in Washington state, according to his son, Gregory Anders. He was 90 years old.

Space.com

Scientists think the Kuiper Belt Object is a sugar world, which would also explain its reddish hue.

Space.com

NASA has selected ten studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth. Comments (0). a four-wheeled robot with a head-like box atop a neck-like.

BBC News

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died in a plane crash at the age of 90. Officials say a small aircraft he was flying crashed into the sea off Washington state.

Spaceflight Now

Working around multiple helium leaks and thruster problems, the crew of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft wrapped up a challenging rendezvous and a delayed-but-successful docking with the International Space Station Thursday in a major milestone for the …

Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 stands ready for a Starlink mission at Cape Canaveral’s pad 40. File photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Update 8:57 p.m. EDT: SpaceX adjusted the T-0 …

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Additionally, NASA centers, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory are producing studies. Once completed, NASA will assess all studies to consider alterations or enhancements to the Mars …