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Astronauts' Extra Pay During Long ISS Stay: $5 Per Day

Wilmore, Williams received 'regular 40-hour workweek salaries,' NASA says

(Newser) - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were in space for 278 days longer than planned but they weren't racking up overtime hours during their long stay on the International Space Station. They received their normal salary—$152,258 a year, according to NASA's 2024 pay rates—but...

Trump Takes Credit for Astronauts' Return

But the particulars are a little fuzzy on that

(Newser) - The safe return to Earth of two astronauts stranded for months on the International Space Station has gotten political in a hurry. President Trump took to Truth Social to blame former President Biden for their stranding and to take credit for bringing them home.
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Astronauts Finally Head Home: It's Been 'a Lot of Fun'

NASA's Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore are now hurtling back to Earth after 9 long months at ISS

(Newser) - One of the most "unusual and closely watched [chapters] in spaceflight history" is about to come to a close. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were originally only supposed to be at the International Space Station for a week when they set off into space on Boeing's Starliner last...

SpaceX Sends Crew to Replace NASA's Stranded Astronauts
Help Arrives for NASA's
Stranded Astronauts
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Mar 16, 2025 6:29 AM CDT

Help Arrives for NASA's Stranded Astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should finally be on their way home this week

(Newser) - A SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts, per the AP . The four newcomers will spend the next few days learning the station's ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Then the latter two...

NASA's New Space Telescope Will Map the Entire Sky

SPHEREx will observe glow of 'all light emitted over cosmic history'

(Newser) - NASA's newest space telescope has rocketed toward orbit to map the entire sky like never before—a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time. SpaceX launched the SPHEREx—Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization...

SpaceX Scrubs Launch of Flight to Replace Stuck Astronauts

Flight planned for Wednesday now won't be completed until Friday at the earliest

(Newser) - SpaceX on Wednesday night scrubbed the launch of a flight that was intended to replace the two astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station for nine months. The Crew-10 flight was slated to take off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, but a problem with the launchpad'...

Company Lands on Moon for NASA Experiments

Firefly's Blue Ghost 'stuck the landing'

(Newser) - A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum, and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on...

You Can Stop Losing Sleep Over That Asteroid

We're now at 'impact probability zero folks' for 2024 YR4

(Newser) - It looks like 2024 YR4 may be a nothingburger after all. The asteroid was discovered at the end of last year and is expected to make a super-close drive-by in 2032—but it grabbed a sea of headlines last week after NASA put the odds of it making a direct...

In Just Weeks, Odds of an Asteroid Hit Have Doubled
Nevermind on Those
2032 Asteroid Collision Odds
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Feb 20, 2025 1:50 AM CST

Nevermind on Those 2032 Asteroid Collision Odds

NASA put the odds at 3.1%, then back down to 1.5%

(Newser) - Well, nevermind. The day after NASA put the odds of an asteroid collision in 2032 at 3.1%, additional analysis was carried out and as of Wednesday the odds were back down to 1.5%, CBS News reports. With the latest estimate, NASA said it "expects the impact probability...

Stranded Astronauts Get Out for a Walk

Suni Williams sets a spacewalk record

(Newser) - NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station's exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching...

Are We All Aliens? Asteroid Samples Yield Ingredients of Life

Bennu samples also indicate it was part of an ancient water world

(Newser) - Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were...

Stranded Astronaut Gets Change of Scenery

Suni Williams steps out on first spacewalk since arriving at space station in June

(Newser) - One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago. Suni Williams, the station's commander, tackled some overdue outdoor repair work alongside NASA's Nick Hague,...

NASA Probe Survives Our Closest-Ever Brush With the Sun

NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe got within 3.8M miles of solar surface on Christmas Eve

(Newser) - The silence from the Parker Solar Probe ended late Thursday, confirming the spacecraft survived the closest-ever approach to the sun. NASA scientists received a signal from the probe after days of quiet as the spacecraft, protected by a carbon-composite shield, got within 3.8 million miles of the sun's...

NASA Probe Has Historic Assignment
NASA Probe
Has Historic
Assignment
Dec 22, 2024 10:30 AM CST

NASA Probe Has Historic Assignment

Parker will be sent closer to the sun than any previous mission

(Newser) - A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun this week than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a...

NASA's 2 Stuck Astronauts Just Got Delayed Again

Their 8-day mission will last at least 10 months

(Newser) - NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing's Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' homecoming on Tuesday. The two...

NASA Delays Moon Missions Again
NASA Delays
Moon Missions Again
Dec 5, 2024 2:00 PM CST

NASA Delays Moon Missions Again

Moon landing won't happen until 2027 at the earliest

(Newser) - NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo. Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis program—sending four astronauts around the moon and back—is now targeted for April 2026, the AP reports. It had been on...

Trump Picks Billionaire Private Astronaut to Lead NASA

Jared Isaacman was first private citizen to walk in space

(Newser) - The first billionaire to walk in space is in line to become the first billionaire to lead NASA. President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4, is his choice for NASA administrator. In a Truth Social post, Trump described Isaacman as "an...

NASA Radar Spots Secret City US Built Under Greenland's Ice
NASA Radar Spots Secret City
US Built Under Greenland's Ice
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Dec 1, 2024 3:20 PM CST

NASA Radar Spots Secret City US Built Under Greenland's Ice

New image provides a more detailed look at abandoned compound

(Newser) - "We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century," NASA scientist Chad Greene said after spotting the secret city and Cold War relic in Greenland. Greene and his team were flying over the Greenland Ice Sheet in April, CBS News reports, when their...

Russian Cargo Ship Brings Supplies to ISS —and a Stench

Odd smell, droplets, which raised fears of contamination, attributed to 'outgassing'

(Newser) - A cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, but shortly after Russian cosmonauts opened the hatch, they had to slam it shut again. The cosmonauts noticed a strange stench coming from the Russian Progress 90 spacecraft, which brought a load of food and equipment. They also "...

Russia, US Disagree on Space Station Leak
ISS Is Leaking. NASA Thinks
That Could Be 'Catastrophic'
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Nov 17, 2024 12:45 PM CST

ISS Is Leaking. NASA Thinks That Could Be 'Catastrophic'

But Russia's Roscosmos maintains that operations are safe

(Newser) - With astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for months, you may have forgotten all about the aging space station's persistent air leaks . Well, they're still there and, according to NASA, they are now the ISS' most pressing issue, threatening the safety of the astronauts on board, CNN...

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