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Astronaut Jeremy Hansen leaving Canadian Space Agency

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is leaving the Canadian Space Agency following his historic Artemis II lunar mission, the ...

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is retiring from the Canadian Space Agency

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who voyaged around the moon in April, is retiring from the astronaut corps at the Canadian Space Agency. The agency announced Hansen's exit this afternoon in a news release.
Smithsonian Magazine

See the Space Shuttle ‘Endeavour’ in a Unique Vertical Display Before Its New Exhibition Launches at the California Science Center

This November, visitors to the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles will get to see the "ready-to-launch" ...

Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift

High above the remote Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the northernmost part of Australia, an air-launched ...

Here's the history of the huge US flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building

The massive American flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is a patriotic icon, but its 1976 bicentennial origin story ...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center VAB remains the heart of American space flight

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its ...

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earth

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.

Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of ...

Last-minute launch problem delays satellite rescue mission for NASA

A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.
Interesting Engineering

NASA’s new supercomputer with 262,000 CPU cores can solve problems with increased efficiency

With over 262,000 CPU cores and over 20 petaflops of peak performance, Athena will help lower operational costs.

NASA astronauts operate on space station's broken robot arm

The orbital surgery on the International Space Station returned the Canadian-built robot arm to full health after its "wrist" ...

NASA expands Moon Base science program with new research awards

NASA is set to share an update on its plans to establish a long-term Moon Base, outlining progress on future lunar lander ...