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It's late at night on November 23, 2021, and you looked to the skies to see...something. At 10:20 pm, NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test

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Researchers suspect the fragment may have been debris from a cratering event on the lunar surface

It seems China is ahead by 20 years reaching Mars to beat the US by a hefty margin that NASA bemoans. Space is crucial for the nations, and the US is lagging too far behind.

Williams had a long career in the space industry going back the Project Mercury days

Chamber a was originally built for the apollo program to test the command module with the astronauts in it. were here building on the legacy that the country built in the 60s. >> ladies and gentlemen. >> james webb was the administrator early on in nasas life, during the early stages of apollo program, working with kennedy to establish that program to get up to landing on the moon. it was the commitment with the science that he had. now, we still have a bunch of environmental testings that we ha...

After WW2, many former Nazi scientists were brought to the U.S. under "Operation Paperclip", but was it worth it?

Around it. cnns jason carroll reports. >> were going to enter a completely new part of the observation space. >> the next generation scientists effort to peek at galaxies far, far away is the james webb space telescope. once launched next month, it will turn its eye to distant stars in search of earth like planets. while scientists are excited about what is to come, theyre also divided over the telescopes name. >> we have something new. the woke leading the blind. >> at issue, whether or not jam...

Telecope. jwts for short. it will turn its eyes to distant stars in search of earth-like planets. while scientists are excited about what is to come, theyre also divided over the telescopes name. >> with have something new now. its the woke leading the blind. >> im happy to be called woke. >> reporter: at issue, whether or not james webb deserves to have his name on the telescope. webb ran nasa in the 60s and is credited for his role in building the apollo program. but some are calling up webbs ...

Chris Hadfield went viral as an astronaut singing David Bowie in orbit. Now he has written a Cold War thriller packed with cosmic action.