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NASA released images Thursday showing a 33-foot crater caused by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashing into the surface of the moon last month. NASA has released images showing where it believes Russia's failed Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the surface of the moon two weeks ago. NASA said its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) operations team used estimates of the impact point published by Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, on Aug. 21, two days after the crash . The team then sent instructions to the LRO space craft to capture images of the area, which it did last week. When the LRO team compared the new images to ones that were taken before the impact, in June 2022, they found a new crater. MORE: New York to London in 90 minutes? NASA exploring passenger jet that could do it "Since this new crater is close to the Luna-25 estimated impact point, the LRO team concludes it is likely to be from that mission, rather than a natural impactor," the agency wrote in a ...

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio broke a record Monday for the longest mission in space by an American, spending more than 355 days orbiting Earth. A NASA astronaut has broken the record for the longest space mission in U.S. history. Frank Rubio, 47, who has been aboard the International Space Station since September 2022 -- more than 355 days -- broke on Monday the previous record held by retired NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei. Rubio is not scheduled to return to Earth until Sept. 27, meaning he will be the first American and seventh person overall to spend more than a year in space. MORE: NASA says 98% of astronauts' urine, sweat can be recycled into drinking water He will have spent a total of 371 days orbiting Earth. The current record for most consecutive days spent in space overall belongs to Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who spent 437 days in space . "Frank Rubio's journey in space embodies the essence of exploration. As he breaks records as the longest serving @NA...

Colorado Springs, a city known for hate, built LGBTQ safe spaces after the Club Q shooting. Ashtin Gamblin, a survivor of a November mass shooting that killed five people at a gay bar in Colorado, is still recovering from her injuries several months later. The scars on her arms and chest, where she was shot nine times, are unmissable on her skin. “I'm still dealing with my right arm being fractured and we have just recently gotten a piece of shrapnel out,” she said. “They were unable to remove it during my surgeries. So we're just waiting for it to slowly work its way out. I'm still trying to work on straightening my arms and gaining the function of my hands,” she added. The tragedy traumatized her both physically and emotionally, she said, – but it also emboldened her. Ashtin Gamblin's gunshot wounds will be a permanent reminder of the Club Q tragedy. Adam Wolffbrandt/ABC News Gamblin said she has long been supportive of the LGBTQ community as an ally. She worked the f...

The U.S. military has formally launched a space force unit in South Korea, a move that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North Korea, China and Russia SEOUL, South Korea -- The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea on Wednesday, a move that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North Korea, China and Russia. The activation of the U.S. Space Forces Korea at Osan Air Base near Seoul came after North Korea test-fired a barrage of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles designed to strike the U.S. mainland and its allies South Korea and Japan in recent months. “Just 48 miles north of us exists an existential threat; a threat that we must be prepared to deter, defend against, and – if required – defeat,” Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion, chief of the new space unit, said during the activation ceremony at Osan. He apparently refered to North Korea, whose heavily fortified border with South Korea is just an hour’s drive from Seoul,...