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Smithsonian Curators Remember Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Highlighted in 'Hidden Figures,' Who Died at 101
An African American woman who battled workplace discrimination, Johnson performed crucial calculations to send astronauts into space
Where Will NASA Explore Next? Here Are the Four Shortlisted Missions
Targets include Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton
Ed Dwight Was Going to Be the First African American in Space. Until He Wasn't
The Kennedy administration sought a diverse face to the space program, but for reasons unknown, the pilot was kept from reaching the stars
The First Cookies Baked in Space Have Returned to Earth
They took up to 130 minutes to bake, but the cookies could help scientists make future space missions a little more palatable
Astronomers Prepare a Mission Concept to Explore the Ice Giant Planets
NASA scientists imagined some innovative technologies that could enhance a future mission to Uranus or Neptune
Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Spaceflight by a Woman
By the end of her mission in February, Koch will have spent 328 days in space
What Bird Lays the Biggest Eggs Compared to Its Body Size? Where Does 'Lame Duck' Come From? And More Questions From Our Readers
You've got question. We've got experts
Seals With High-Tech Hats Are Collecting Climate Data in the Antarctic
Scientists hooked the animals up with sensors that monitor how heat moves through deep ocean currents
NASA's Sun-Orbiting Probe Reveals New Secrets of Our Host Star
The first findings from the Parker Solar Probe change what we know about the workings of our nearest star
A Spacecraft Will Follow NASA's Asteroid-Smashing Mission to Measure the Effects of the Impact
The European Space Agency's Hera mission will collect data after NASA's DART mission impacts the asteroid Didymos B
NASA Names Most Distant Object Ever Explored 'Arrokoth,' the Powhatan Word for Sky
The space rock's initial nickname, Ultima Thule, drew criticism for its ties to Nazi ideology
With a 'Zero G' Oven, Astronauts Can Have Their Cookies, but They Can't Eat Them Too
The experimental Zero G oven will be able to bake one cookie at a time, and it's possible the treats may come out as cookie balls or cylinders
NASA Celebrates Halloween With These Interstellar Horror Posters
The artwork highlights the weird world of exoplanets where it rains glass and planets circle zombie stars
Behold This 'Cosmic Yeti,' a Monster Galaxy From the Beginning of Time
Astronomers recently spotted 12.5 billion-year-old light from the giant galaxy, which helps explains the evolution of the early universe
Watch the First All-Female Spacewalk
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will exit the International Space Station to replace a power controller that failed last weekend
What It Was Like to Become the First Woman to Pilot and Command a Space Shuttle
Eileen Collins talked to <i>Smithsonian</i> about her career in the Air Force and NASA, women in aerospace and more
Why Astronauts Are Mixing Cement Aboard the International Space Station
Experiments show that cement will set in space, but moon colonists may have to tweak the mixture to make it work in low gravity
Water Vapor Detected in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone
The planet K2-18b, about 110 light-years away, could have swirling clouds and falling rains of liquid water droplets
Dragonfly Spacecraft to Scour the Sands of Titan for the Chemistry of Life
The NASA rotorcraft, resembling a large quadcopter drone, will fly through the orange clouds of the ocean moon in the outer solar system
A Crashed Spacecraft Might Have Put Earth's Most Indestructible Organisms on the Moon
The microscopic tardigrades were part of a lunar library sent aboard the Beresheet lander that crashed last April
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