The Future (and Past) of Space

2019 is sure to be a busy and exciting year for space. Catch up on some of the biggest stories in space and astronomy, and sign up for The New York Times's Astronomy and Space Calendar to make sure you don't miss a single eclipse or moon landing (both are happening in the first week of January).

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Rocket Launches, Trips to the Moon and More Space and Astronomy Events in 2019
The New York Times - By MICHAEL ROSTON
Just as we’ve caught our breaths from 2018’s exciting and very busy year in space and astronomy, 2019 is already off to a rapid start. Before we finish the first week of this year, we’ll see a Chinese
Jan 3, 2019
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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Is Triumphant in Encounter With the Most Distant Object Ever Visited
The New York Times - By KENNETH CHANG
LAUREL, Md. — Thirty-three minutes into the new year, scientists, engineers and well-wishers here at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory celebrated the moment that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft
Jan 2, 2019
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A Journey Into the Solar System’s Outer Reaches, Seeking New Worlds to Explore
The New York Times - By KENNETH CHANG
In 2015, a NASA spacecraft snapped spectacular photographs of Pluto, forever changing humanity’s view of that world. On Tuesday that same probe, New Horizons, will provide a closeup of the farthest object
Jan 1, 2019
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Dec 31, 2018
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How Many Space Stations Does This Planet Need?
The New York Times - By KENNETH CHANG
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — At one end of Bigelow Aerospace’s factory is a mock-up of a gargantuan home for future astronauts. With a unique design — it could be packed into a rocket, then unfurled in space
Oct 22, 2018
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How Do You Find an Alien Ocean? Margaret Kivelson Figured It Out
The New York Times - By DAVID W. BROWN
LOS ANGELES — The data was like nothing Margaret Kivelson and her team of physicists ever expected. It was December 1996, and the spacecraft Galileo had just flown by Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. The
Oct 8, 2018