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A child wearing a backpack looks at a US rocket launching into space for the documentary Space: The New Frontier.

Chris Pine to Narrate SPACE: THE NEW FRONTIER Documentary

Avery Kaplan

It has been announced that Chris Pine, a Star Trek Kelvin Timeline alum, will narrate the documentary Space: The New Frontier.

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GGA Indigenerd Wire: History of Native Americans in Space Exploration

Noetta Harjo

This week, the Indigenerd Wire spotlights the Indigenous engineers and astronauts who've made history in the Space program.

Nichelle Nichols sits on the bridge in her role as Lieutenant Uhura in 1966's Star Trek.

Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek Actor and Trailblazer, Dies at 89

Kimberly Pierce

Star Trek changed the television landscape as many knew it when it debuted in 1966. Despite a relatively short run ...

Photo of the Carina Nebula from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA’s James Webb Telescope Reveals Deepest Infrared Views of the Universe

Melody McCune

Space looks clearer today. NASA unveiled the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, and the views are ...

Rendering of the DART mission approaching Didymos with the IAS LICIA CubeSat observing. Image credit NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve Gribben

NASA Throwing a DART at Asteroids

Talyna

In 1998, NASA sent an offshore oil rig crew to space to drill down into and explode an asteroid on ...

Messier 51 - M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy shown in X-Ray by Chandra X-Ray Observatory by NASA JPL

NASA: Potential First Exoplanet Outside Milky Way Galaxy Found

Talyna

Last week, NASA announced an exciting discovery! Researchers found evidence of a new planet in a galaxy far, far away! ...

Screenshot from the live stream of the Blue Origin New Shepard launch on July 20, 2021

Watch the BLUE ORIGIN NEW SHEPARD Take Flight

Talyna

Tuesday saw the launch of the Blue Origin rocket, New Shepard, in Van Horn, Texas. This was the first crewed ...

A Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket launching from NASA Wallops Flight Facility on March 7, 2018. Image used as the featured image for the WFF launch of the KiNET-X mission.

Eyes Up! NASA KINET-X Mission Launch Viewable in Eastern US on May 8

Talyna

If you live on the eastern side of the United States, you may be able to watch a launch of ...

Picture of the MOXIE instrument being installed in Mars rover Perseverance. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Creates Oxygen on Mars

Talyna

In 2015, Matt Damon brought Astronaut Mark Watney to life in the Ridley Scott film The Martian, a live-action adaptation ...

Rendering by NASA of SpaceX's Starship lunar lander on the Moon

NASA Awards SpaceX Moon Lander Contract

Talyna

NASA has once again set its sights on the moon. This time, under the program name Artemis, the space agency ...

The crew for the second long-duration SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2, are pictured during a training session at the SpaceX training facility in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Thomas Pesquet of the ESA (European Space Agency); Pilot Megan McArthur of NASA; Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA; and Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Credit: SpaceX

How to Watch the Joint NASA and SpaceX Crew-2 Launch

Talyna

NASA and SpaceX made history in November 2020 with the first operational crewed mission aboard the Falcon 9-powered Dragon spacecraft ...

A picture of the surface of Mars, and the rock on the right named Maaz.

NASA Uses Navajo Language to Name Mars Landmarks

Kathy Spangler

Did you know that the average temperature of Mars is -50 degrees Fahrenheit, mid-latitude? This means that if anything were ...

Photo of SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts. Photo credit/creator: SpaceX.

Here’s How You Can Watch the SpaceX Crew-1 Launch

Melody McCune

Space is awesome! That sentiment doesn’t diminish as you grow older, folks. Now, thanks to c|net, there’s a way to ...

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10 Geeky Backgrounds for Virtual Meetings

Talyna

With the majority of the world hunkering down and either closing temporarily or working remotely, there has been a massive ...