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NASA Reclassifies Boeing Starliner Crewed Test as Type A Mishap After Independent Probe

NASA says crews will not return to Starliner until its propulsion is fully qualified with recommendations implemented.

Artemis II Nears Feb. 6 Launch Window as NASA Sets Early‑February Wet Dress Rehearsal

Artemis II Nears Key Rehearsal as SLS–Orion Stands at Pad for Possible Early‑February Launch

Study Shows Seismic Networks Can Track Falling Space Debris Using Sonic Booms

Mouse From China’s Shenzhou-21 Gives Birth After Orbit

Roscosmos Backs Plan to Detach Russian ISS Modules for a New National Station

Michaela Benthaus Becomes First Wheelchair User to Reach Space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard

NASA Details Roman Telescope’s Milky Way Map and Dark Energy Void Surveys as Launch Prep Advances

Scientists Unveil Roadmap for a Circular Space Economy to Tackle Debris and Waste

First Artifacts Installed as California Science Center’s Air and Space Center Takes Shape

China Cooks In Orbit as Tiangong Crew Uses New Microgravity Oven During Handover

Little Elm Native Rebecca Lawler Named to NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class

Cygnus XL Reaches Space Station After Software Safeguard Triggers One-Day Delay

NASA Names Second Yearlong Mars-Simulation Crew for 378-Day CHAPEA Mission

Sunlight-Powered Flyers Levitate in Lab Under Mesospheric Conditions

Chrysalis Triumphs in Project Hyperion’s Generation-Ship Design Competition

Europa Clipper Completes Successful Mars Radar Test En Route to Jupiter’s Moon

NASA Plans New Annealing Trials After JunoCam Image Noise Returns

NASA Unveils High-Definition Images of Solar Eruptions from Parker Probe

Congress Passes $85 Million Plan to Move Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston