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In this photo provided by NASA, Helga and Zohar, two female manikins in the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment investigation, undergo post-flight payload inspections, January 17, 2023, inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP)
August 13, 2026, 5:03 am
Vest that US-Israeli startup helped make can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggests
AstroRad vest, which was developed by StemRad and Lockheed Martin, is now displayed at Florida museum after being put on a manikin named Zohar during NASA’s first Artemis moonshot
By Marcia Dunn
A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, August 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
August 12, 2026, 11:05 pm
Excitement sweeps Europe as millions view total solar eclipse
Eclipse passes through parts of Greenland and Iceland before moving toward Spain, which gets some of the best views of the phenomenon, before it fades over the Mediterranean
By Agencies
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, January 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
August 5, 2026, 4:25 pm
Four-ton SpaceX rocket part crashes into the Moon
Falcon 9 part was accidentally pulled into lunar orbit, believed to have slammed into Moon’s northern hemisphere at nearly 9,000 kph, presumably creating a lunar crater, but no live images
By AFP
Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, whose subsurface ocean may harbor alien life. (Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute)
June 14, 2026, 4:56 pm
Contact? Groundbreaking Israeli method may soon detect life in outer space
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers say their statistical toolbox will be used aboard planned Israeli Aerospace Industries spacecraft, Eureka, set to reach Jupiter’s smallest moon in the 2030s
By Diana Bletter
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight that was later delayed, in Starbase, Texas, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
May 22, 2026, 10:17 am
SpaceX postpones highly anticipated Starship launch
Countdown halted after engineers unable to resolve last-minute technical issues; delay comes one day after Musk-owned company filed for IPO expected in June
By Gianrigo Marletta and Maggy DONALDSON
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after splashdown, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
April 11, 2026, 3:02 pm
‘A perfect mission’: NASA celebrates as Artemis II astronauts return to Earth
All four crewmembers capable of walking unassisted when they reach recovery ship after splashdown; space agency hopes to put boots on the lunar surface as soon as 2028
By AFP
In this image from video provided by NASA, the Artemis II Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, on Friday, April 10, 2026. (NASA via AP)
April 11, 2026, 3:52 am
Artemis II safely splashes down in Pacific Ocean, concluding 10-day moon mission
Capsule carrying four astronauts parachutes into sea off Southern California, completing 694,392 mile-journey that took them deeper into space than anyone had traveled before
By Reuters
In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. (NASA via AP)
April 7, 2026, 7:13 pm
Artemis II crew takes historic photo of Earth setting behind moon
NASA’s newest moon mission channels Apollo 8’s iconic ‘Earthrise’ picture from 1968; White House calls it ‘Humanity, from the other side’
By AFP
The moon, as seen in the window of the Orion spacecraft, at the end of day 5 of the journey to the moon, on April 6, 2026. (Artemis II crew, via NASA via AP)
April 6, 2026, 11:37 pm
Artemis II astronauts reach farther from Earth than any humans in history
While looping around the moon, the four astronauts aboard the Orion capsule surpass Apollo 13’s record, journeying over 250,000 miles away from home
By Marcia Dunn
Astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA/AP)
April 6, 2026, 10:20 am
Artemis II approaches historic lunar loop for first Moon flyby since 1972
NASA crew enters the Moon’s gravitational influence as team expected to break the record for the farthest distance from Earth
By Maggy DONALDSON
This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)
April 4, 2026, 6:15 am
Artemis II crew captures Earth’s blue beauty as they rocket to moon
NASA crew takes pictures of home through capsule window; by Friday afternoon, they were more than 110,000 miles from Earth, and are set to pass moon by Monday
By Marcia Dunn
NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
April 2, 2026, 3:33 am
NASA Artemis II astronauts blast off to moon, the first crewed lunar mission in decades
‘We have a beautiful moonrise, we’re headed right at it,’ says mission commander as rocket soars toward space, where the astronauts will travel 4,000 miles past moon before returning to Earth
By Marcia Dunn
NASA's Artermis II moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center hours ahead of a planned launch attempt, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara)
April 1, 2026, 10:46 pm
Artemis II ready for launch as NASA set to make 1st trip around moon in over 50 years
With the rocket fueled and the crew prepped for takeoff, NASA’s ambitious moon mission looks to take 3 Americans and 1 Canadian further from Earth than any humans have ever been
By AFP
Juno hovering above Jupiter’s south pole. (Visualization/Courtesy/NASA)
February 2, 2026, 3:55 pm
Deflated: Israeli scientists find Jupiter, though huge, is smaller than previously thought
Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers make most precise measurement to date, say the gas giant is thinner and flatter than believed
By Diana Bletter
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (NASA via AP)
January 15, 2026, 8:45 pm
Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA’s first medical evacuation
SpaceX guides capsule to splashdown in Pacific Ocean in unexpected finish to mission that began in August and that left orbiting lab with only 1 American and 2 Russians on board
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