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SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspective | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The next crew to launch to the International Space Station on a Dragon spacecraft pose inside SpaceX’s Hangar X at Kennedy Space Center.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are the rover’s tracks, which can linger on the Martian surface for months before being erased by the wind.

Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)

By Mike Wall published

A NASA Mars orbiter recently spotted the Curiosity rover driving across the Red Planet's surface, capturing an unprecedented off-Earth action shot.

Mars Rovers
The Shenzhou 19 and newly arrived Shenzhou 20 astronauts pose for a photo on China's Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025.

China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts arrive at Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 20 mission arrived at the nation's Tiangong space station today (April 24), about 6.5 hours after lifting off.

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SpaceX's CRS-32 Dragon cargo capsule nears the International Space Station for docking on April 22, 2025.

ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the ISS to study microbes in space

By John Loeffler published

A new microscope just arrived at the International Space Station to help study life's adaptability under extreme conditions using an innovative imaging technique.

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a black and white photo of a space capsule being tested in a large chamber

It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA engineers tested the functionality of Orion's forward bay cover, which is the last component of the spacecraft that must be ejected before parachutes deploy to land.

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SpaceX’s CRS-27 Dragon cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station above the Indian Ocean on March 16, 2023.

SpaceX CRS-32 Dragon cargo capsule arrives at the ISS with 6,700 pounds of supplies (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station this morning (April 22), docking to the orbital lab after more than a day catching up in orbit.

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Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit waves after arriving in Houston on April 20, 2025. Pettit returned to Earth on April 19 to wrap up a seven-month mission on the International Space Station.

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)

By Mike Wall published

NASA's oldest active astronaut, the 70-year-old Don Pettit, has returned home to Houston after a seven-month stint aboard the International Space Station.

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A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this image from NASA's Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.

NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable

By Victoria Corless published

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.

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a space capsule descended through the dawn sky under a parachute, approaching a landing in the desert

NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

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