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Space Week: A seven-day tour of the cosmos

18 July 2023

To celebrate the launch of our new podcast, Dead Planets Society, New Scientist editors have selected some of our most delightful premium articles about the solar system and beyond

NASA's group that studies UAPs is holding its first public meeting

NASA’s UFO team discusses its findings publicly for the first time

31 May 2023

A NASA group that formed around a year ago to study unidentified aerial phenomena held its first public meeting ahead of a report expected in the next few weeks

NASA announces four astronauts for Artemis II mission around the moon

3 April 2023

NASA has selected four crew members to travel around the moon in its Artemis II mission, planned for late 2024: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen

Members of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission

SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut team to International Space Station

2 March 2023

An international team of astronauts launched towards the International Space Station this morning in Space X’s Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule on top of a Falcon 9 rocket

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact. DART?s onboard DRACO imager captured this image from a distance of 42 miles (68 kilometers). This image was the last to contain all of Dimorphos in the field of view. Dimorphos is roughly 525 feet (160 meters) in length. Dimorphos? north is toward the top of the image. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

What we learned from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission

1 March 2023

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the huge plume of rubble from the collision more than tripled the momentum transferred from the spacecraft to the asteroid

NASA’s Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down on Earth

11 December 2022

The Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of California on 11 December, completing the Artemis I mission and setting the stage for NASA astronauts to return to the moon

A view of Earth rising over the moon from the Orion capsule

Amazing image of crescent Earth rising over the moon captured by Orion

5 December 2022

The Orion capsule has made its closest pass above the surface of the moon and begun its journey back to Earth, capturing astonishing views of our planet on the way

NASA's Jett3 Lunar analogue mission in the Arizona Desert

Artemis astronauts prepare for future moon missions in Arizona desert

30 November 2022

Deep in the Arizona desert, astronauts are learning how to walk on the moon

NASA’s Orion capsule captures gorgeous close-up pictures of the moon

23 November 2022

The Orion capsule has made its closest fly-by of the moon and sent back detailed images of its surface and of the spacecraft rounding the far side of the moon

NASA’s flagship Artemis I mission has flown past the moon

21 November 2022

After blasting off on the enormous Space Launch System rocket, NASA's Orion capsule has flown within 130 kilometres of the lunar surface as it prepares to enter orbit