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LIVE: SpaceX Crew Dragon returning NASA astronauts to Earth today

Crew Dragon Endeavour splashes down with NASA astronauts at 2:48 p.m. EDT (1848 GMT). Preview story.

SpaceX to return NASA astronauts to Earth for the 1st time today. You can watch it live.
Splashdown is set for 2:48 p.m. EDT (1948 GMT).

Watch live: SpaceX Crew Dragon heading home with 1st NASA crew
Splashdown is set of Sunday, Aug. 2, at 2:48 p.m. EDT (1848 GMT).

The 1st NASA astronauts to come home on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon are ready for anything. Even seasickness.

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is fine and out of ‘safe mode’
The life-hunting rover bounced back fast.

SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut test flight: Full coverage

It's baaaaaaack … — A weird long cloud on Mars has returned. It’s right on schedule, scientists say.
It’s baaaaaaack …

Tech

An artist's impression of NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity.

The first interplanetary helicopter is on its way to Mars

By

Hanneke Weitering

NASA’s Mars helicopter, called Ingenuity, is hitching a ride to the Red Planet with the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.

A diagram of NASA's Perseverance rover shows the locations of its two microphones.

The sounds of Mars: NASA’s Perseverance rover packs microphones to hear the Red Planet

By

Elizabeth Howell

For the first time ever, NASA’s Perseverance rover will collect the sounds of Mars — starting as the spacecraft plummets through the atmosphere to its landing site at Jezero Crater.

Spaceflight

The descent stage of Apollo 15's lunar lander is obscured by dust shortly after its ascent stage launched astronauts David Scott and James Irwin back into space after three days on the moon on Aug. 2, 1971.

On This Day in Space! Aug. 2, 1971: Apollo 15 makes 1st televised lunar liftoff

By

Hanneke Weitering

On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft departs the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, on Aug. 1, 2020.

SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from space station to bring NASA astronauts home for 1st time

By

Hanneke Weitering

The first astronauts to fly in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft are on their way back to Earth from the International Space Station.

Science & Astronomy

The U.S. Space Force has a new recruit and his name is Ghost.

US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can’t. (The beach)

By

Brandon Specktor

The United States Space Force has a new recruit in their mission to keep planet Earth safe. His name is Ghost, and he likes to go clip-clop on the beach.

The top space stories of the week!

By

Doris Elin Urrutia

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

Search For Life

Is the Pentagon secretly investigating UFOs or not?

Pentagon’s secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist

By

Mindy Weisberger

A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon’s search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.

Artist's illustration of a rocket launching samples off the Martian surface, for delivery to Earth.

NASA’s Perseverance rover launch kicks off audacious Mars sample-return project

By

Mike Wall

Humanity’s first interplanetary sample-return campaign is now underway.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance launches toward the Red Planet atop an Atlas V rocket, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 30, 2020.

NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life

By

Mike Wall

The life-hunting, sample-caching Mars rover Perseverance launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this morning (July 30), kicking off a seven-month cruise to the Red Planet.

Skywatching

august 2020 night sky Venus at Greatest Angle West of the Sun

Best night sky events of August 2020 (stargazing maps)

By

Chris Vaughan

See what’s up in the night sky for August 2020, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

The Full Sturgeon Moon arrives on Monday, Aug. 3, at 11:59 a.m. EDT (1559 GMT).

August full moon 2020: Catch the ‘Sturgeon Moon’ with Jupiter and Saturn

By

Jesse Emspak

The full moon of August arrives on Monday (Aug. 3), after the moon makes a close pass to Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky.

The Coat Hanger asterism, also known as Collinder 399 or Brocchi's Cluster, is located in the constellation of Vulpecula, the little fox.

How to see a cosmic ‘Coat Hanger’ rise with the little fox in the night sky

By

Joe Rao

Small asterisms, or star patterns, are often overlooked. One striking example of this than the Coat Hanger, which is now well placed for evening viewing in the constellation of Vulpecula.

Entertainment

Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more!

By

Chelsea Gohd

Fridays at 1 p.m. EDT (17000 GMT), Space.com staff writer Chelsea Gohd will host the brand new series “Space Chat.”

Zippo's limited edition Mars 2020 collectible lighter commemorates the launch of NASA's Perseverance rover to Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance launch sparks new Zippo ‘Mars 2020’ lighter

By

Robert Z. Pearlman

The liftoff of NASA’s Perseverance rover sparked the launch of a new collectible in celebration of the Mars 2020 mission.

William Shatner hosts a virtual panel on NASA's Artemis program at San Diego Comic-Con, on July 25, 2020. Panelists included NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Kjell Lindgren as well as space technology expert LaNetra Tate, and spacesuit engineer Lindsay Aitchison.

William Shatner of ‘Star Trek’ fame hints at a private trip to space

By

Elizabeth Howell

The actor who played astronaut Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” hinted during an online San Diego Comic-Con panel that he may be interested in going to space.

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