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SpaceX sent a cargo capsule with nearly 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies on a three-day trip to the International Space Station on Sunday, firing the automated spaceship through low-hanging clouds and into orbit from the same launch pad where Apollo astronauts began voyages to the moon.

NASA is to host a major press conference on a “discovery beyond our solar system”.

The event will see the revelation of major information about exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars other than our sun, according to a release. It made no further mention of the details of what would be revealed.

Astronomers have spotted more than 100 new potential alien planets, including one in the fourth-closest star system to the sun, a new study reports.

According to NASA, only minor injuries were reported and NASA employees and other tenants were accounted for. The onsite emergency response team conducted a damage assessments of buildings and facilities.

The Michoud Assembly Facility is currently manufacturing and assembling the core stage of NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.

Is the famous Arecibo Observatory close to its end?

Last March, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after spending nearly one year in space. During his 340 days aboard the International Space Station, or ISS, scientists were also observing Scott’s identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, while he hung out on Earth.

Fox's biographical comedy-drama "Hidden Figures" landed the top prize on Jan. 29 at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, seen as a major bellwether for the Oscars.

Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, it took the trophy for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, the SAG equivalent of a best film at the Academy Awards.

After more than eight years and NASA has yet to answer what these 260(!) geoglyphs in Northern Kazakhstan really are. They were discovered in 2007 and the satellite images draw the attention of experts on the field, including NASA that tried to find their origin.

Fox's biographical comedy-drama "Hidden Figures" landed the top prize on Jan. 29 at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, seen as a major bellwether for the Oscars.

Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, it took the trophy for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, the SAG equivalent of a best film at the Academy Awards.

NASA's space station will be visible to the naked eye from all around Greece at 6.42 p.m. local time on Monday, an astronaut on the international mission tweeted earlier in the day.