NASA Spacecraft Arrives at Ancient Asteroid, Its 1st Visitor
3 December 2018 - After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.
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NASA Spacecraft Lands on Red Planet After Six-Month Journey
26 November 2018 - A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet after a six-month, 300 million-mile journey.
Did Astronaut Chris Hadfield Test the Effects of Marijuana in Space?
26 November 2018 - A photograph shows astronaut Chris Hadfield holding what looks like a bag of marijuana aboard the International Space Station.
NASA Astronaut Describes Close Call Following Failed Launch
16 October 2018 - Nick Hague and Russian Alexei Ovchinin were two minutes into their flight last Thursday from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station when the Soyuz rocket failed.
NASA Official: Tense Moments but Calm Crew in Aborted Launch
12 October 2018 - Two minutes after Hague and Ovchinin blasted off for the International Space Station, their rocket failed.
Is NASA Planning to Geoengineer Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Threat Away?
10 October 2018 - A theoretical NASA paper written in 2015 was misconstrued in 2018 to suggest an urgent need to geoengineer a solution to Yellowstone’s eruptive potential.
Did a Twitter User Jeopardize Her NASA Internship by Insulting a Member of the National Space Council?
29 August 2018 - A screenshot captures a NASA intern's ill-fated Twitter exchange with a member of the National Space Council.
Did Astronaut Mark Kelly Say the ‘Space Force’ Was a ‘Dumb Idea?’
13 August 2018 - A man who flew on several NASA Space Shuttle missions is not a supporter of the proposed Space Force.
Are These the Northern Lights Seen From Space?
28 March 2018 - A purported photograph of an aurora is actually a screenshot from a computer animation.
Did NASA Warn of an Impending Earthquake in India?
22 March 2018 - A viral hoax managed to trick some people.
Does the White House Want to Turn the International Space Station into a Commercial Venture?
13 February 2018 - President Donald Trump has proposed entirely privatizing the International Space Station by 2025, though details on how this would occur are murky at best.
Will There Be A ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ This Week?
29 January 2018 - NASA has called the astronomical event in late January 2018 a "supermoon trilogy."
