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Space.com

The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft watched an odd snake-like filament crawl across the sun’s surface just before a massive plasma eruption. The filament originated in a sunspot, a cooler region on the sun’s surface where the star’s magnetic field is …

Spaceflight Now

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION. NASA’s Orion spacecraft sits on top of the Space Launch System moon rocket Monday at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls. NASA managers Monday reviewed the threat posed by hurricane-damaged …

CNN

First-time spacewalkers and NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio will begin their excursion outside the space station at about 8 a.m. ET, with live coverage starting on NASA’s website at 6:30 a.m. ET. The event is expected to last for about seven …

CNET

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft attached rests on launch pad 39B as final preparations are made for the Artemis I launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 15 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Phys.Org

NASA’s new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B under stormy skies Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The 21st-century moon-exploration program is named Artemis, after Apollo’s mythological twin sister. Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux, File.

Space.com

We still have a lot to learn about our solar system’s childhood. Since we can’t go back to the beginning, astronomers rely on other stars for insight into the early years of how stars and their planets are made. Recently, a team of astronomers found …

Reuters

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Tuesday for a third try at launching NASA’s towering, next-generation moon rocket, the debut flight of the U.S. space agency’s Artemis lunar program, …

CNET

Don’t cry for Opportunity, Spirit, Messenger, Cassini or Rosetta. Their final images may feel heartbreaking, but they’re testaments to ingenuity, daring and perseverance. These spacecraft and rovers led fascinating lives and enriched our understanding …

Reuters

The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was due to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:04 a.m. EST (0604 GMT) on Wednesday to send its Orion capsule on a 25-day voyage around the moon and back without astronauts aboard.

Phys.Org

The Artemis 1 mission, a test flight without astronauts on board, represents the first step in the agency’s plan to build a lasting presence on the Moon, taking lessons from there to prepare for a future voyage to Mars. Third time’s the charm?