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Watch NASA's massive Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrive in Florida. Next stop: the moon (video, photos)

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NASA, Boeing on next steps for Starliner astronaut mission

(NASA)

NASA and Boeing will provide an update about the Starliner capsule's ongoing astronaut mission today (July 25), and you can watch it live. We'll get the latest information during today's press conference today. You can watch the recap at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.

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Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrives in Florida: Video

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The core stage of Artemis 2's rocket came to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday (July 23). The rocket stage was offloaded from NASA's Pegasus barge, which shipped the rocket stage 900 miles (1,450 km) by water from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, in a seven-hour operation aided by remote controlled vehicles known as self-propelled modular transporters.

Full Story: Space (7/24)

Space Deal of the Day

Celestron telescope & binocular deals 2024

(Celestron)

Celestron is one of the top names in the skywatching industry, known for the quality and reliability of its optics. With that in mind, it's no surprise that they make some of the best telescopes and best binoculars around and you can get several of the best telescope deals and binoculars deals on their products too.

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Spaceflight

Chinese astronauts simulate a debris-strike emergency

(CCTV)

China's Shenzhou 18 mission staged an emergency drill recently to boost preparedness aboard the country's space station. Shenzhou 18 commander Ye Guangfu and crewmates Li Cong and Li Guangsu conducted the drill in mid-July to practice procedures for the case of a decompression event aboard the Tiangong space station.

Full Story: Space (7/24)

Science & Astronomy

ISS scientists make headway in 'moonshot' cancer research

(NASA)

"Why do we go to space?" asked NASA administrator Bill Nelson to a small crowd at NASA headquarters last week. "We go to explore the heavens, but we also go to improve life here on Earth, and that includes attacking this dreaded disease that we know is cancer."

Full Story: Space (7/25)

SpaceX

SpaceX rocket failure shows need for multiple launch options

(SpaceX)

It's eerily quiet on the spaceflight front. In the past two weeks, there has been just a single orbital launch -- that of a Chinese Long March 4B rocket, which lofted the Gaofen-11 05 Earth-observation satellite on July 18. The lull stems chiefly from the temporary grounding of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which suffered an anomaly on July 11 that led to the loss of its payload, 20 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites.

Full Story: Space (7/25)

Technology

Detecting deepfakes with deep space tech

(Adejumoke Owolabi)

The eyes, the old saying goes, are the window to the soul — but when it comes to deepfake images, they might be a window into unreality. That's according to new research conducted at the University of Hull in the U.K., which applied techniques typically used in observing distant galaxies to determine whether images of human faces were real or not.

Full Story: Space (7/24)

Entertainment

Alien: The Xenomorph life cycle explained

(Marvel Comics)

If you're currently in the mood to get back into the iconic sci-fi series before it arrives, you'll want to read our in-depth examination of the Xenomorphs' many life stages and forms as seen in the movies.

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Star Wars

Yoda returns in 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' Season 2

(Lucasfilm)

"Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures" returns for its second highly-anticipated season on Disney+ and Disney Jr. on Aug. 14, 2024, and we've got a rowdy new trailer to unwrap.

Full Story: Space (7/24)