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It was a ten day trip that turned into a nine month stay at the International Space Station for two astronauts. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after splashing down off the coast of Florida on Tuesday. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville reports.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have made it back to Earth after enduring about nine months in space, far longer than originally planned for.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday evening on their way to the International Space Station.

The celestial event in which the moon turns an eerie red color will occur on March 13 to 14 and will be visible in all 50 states.

After several delays, the mission launched from California on Tuesday.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Friday is the final night to catch a glimpse of a celestial spectacle in the sky, the Parade of Planets! It’s a rare event where in some places all seven other planets in our solar system can be seen all at once. NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist James Gregorio explains how to view the special event in the sky. 

Sanchez invited Perry and King along with Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering firm, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be visible in the sky in some form on Feb. 28.

All seven of Earth’s neighboring planets will be visible as the sun sets this week. Here’s everything to know about the event.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a moving target since the space rock was first detected nearly two months ago.

The mission was the first time Falcon 9 landed on a droneship off the coast of the Bahamas, according to SpaceX

China is recruiting for a planetary defense force to combat the threat of asteroids colliding with Earth.

But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

Residents of several suburban communities reported seeing several objects streaking across the night sky, leaving a trail of flames in their wake.

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.