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In this photo provided by NASA, the Boeing Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, for mounting on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station for the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board is scheduled for Monday, May 6, 2024. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP)

Boeing on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

NASA's Loral O'Hara, left, Russia’s Oleg Novitsky and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, right, are seen inside the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

A Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan

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The moon rises behind the Home Place clock tower in Prattville, Ala., Saturday, June 22, 2013. NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock. The White House on Tuesday, April 2, 2204, told NASA to work with other agencies abroad to come up with a new moon-centric time reference system. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Counting down to moon hour: Biden directs NASA to create standard time up there

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school's library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology

By Christina Larson - Associated Press

In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus to the International Space Station, ISS, lifts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 23, 2024. The crew's launch was initially scheduled for Thursday, but it was aborted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before the scheduled liftoff. Officials said the launch abort was triggered by a voltage drop in a power source. (Natalya Berezhnaya, Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Russian Soyuz spacecraft with 3 astronauts docks at the International Space Station

Associated Press

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, service towers lower prior to the launch of the Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus to the International Space Station, ISS, at the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 23, 2024. The crew's launch was initially scheduled for Thursday, but it was aborted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before the scheduled liftoff. Officials said the launch abort was triggered by a voltage drop in a power source. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station

Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA shows three APEP rockets at NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Feb. 21, 2024, with Mission Principal Investigator Dr. Barjatya, top left, and NASA Mission Manager Jay Scott, top right, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and NASA personnel. During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, the rockets will blast off with science instruments into the electrically charged portion of the atmosphere near the edge of space known as the ionosphere. (Berit Bland/NASA via AP)

April’s total solar eclipse promises to be the best yet for experiments

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

The waxing moon rises, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NASA to send discs depicting ‘essence of humanity’ to the moon

By Staff - The Washington Times

Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.(Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Russia’s space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safe

Associated Press

The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Cerulean, Ky. On April 8, 2024, the sun will pull another disappearing act across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada, turning day into night for as much as 4 minutes, 28 seconds. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

April’s total solar eclipse is a month away. Here’s why it’s worth the watch and how to stay safe

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These photos provided by NASA show images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team which confirmed Odysseus completed its landing. After traveling more than 600,000 miles, Odysseus landed within 1.5 km of its intended Malapert A landing site, using a contingent laser range-finding system patched hours before landing. (NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University via AP)

Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private U.S. lunar lander will cease operations

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the near side of the moon following lunar orbit insertion, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Intuitive Machines reported Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, that it’s communicating with its lander, Odysseus, and sending commands to acquire science data. But it noted: “We continue to learn more about the vehicle’s specific information” regarding location, overall health and positioning. (Intuitive Machines via AP, File)

Lander ‘alive and well’ after company scores first U.S. moon landing since Apollo era

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the near side of the moon following lunar orbit insertion on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Intuitive Machines via AP)

Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years, but signal weak

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows its Odysseus lunar lander with the Earth in the background on Feb. 16, 2024. The image was captured shortly after separation from SpaceX's second stage on Intuitive Machines' first journey to the moon. (Intuitive Machines via AP)

Private U.S. spacecraft enters orbit around the moon ahead of landing attempt

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This photo provided by Intuitive Machines shows the company's IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander in Houston in October 2023. The company aims to launch the lander in mid-February 2024, on a SpaceX rocket. (Intuitive Machines via AP)

Houston company aims to land on the moon

By Staff - The Washington Times

The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Cerulean, Ky. On April 8, 2024, the sun will pull another disappearing act across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada, turning day into night for as much as 4 minutes, 28 seconds. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Countdown begins for April’s total solar eclipse. What to know about watch parties and safe viewing

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

In this image made available by NASA, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter hovers above the surface of the planet during its second flight on April 22, 2021. On Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, NASA announced that the 4-pound chopper can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage, and its mission is officially over. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS via AP, File)

NASA’s little helicopter on Mars has logged its last flight

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

A full moon is seen behind the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher, are prepared for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for launch, at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, NASA said astronauts will have to wait until 2025 before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it. (Cory Huston/NASA via AP)

NASA upbeat about 2026 trip to moon despite safety, cost issues

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

NASA: No proof of illegal drug use at SpaceX

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A full moon is seen behind the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher, are prepared for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for launch, at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, NASA said astronauts will have to wait until 2025 before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it. (Cory Huston/NASA via AP)

Continued delays for NASA’s astronaut moonshots, with crew landing off until 2026

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press