NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft just made a very close pass by our planet, only 2,136 miles above the surface. For a spacecraft headed into deep space, that’s practically brushing past home. As it approached and swung away, OSIRIS-APEX turned its cameras back toward Earth. The team used the flyby to calibrate its instruments and check the spacecraft’s health before it continues toward its next target: asteroid Apophis, which will make a famously close pass by Earth in 2029. A quick hello, a quick

U.S. & Canadian Cities: Great Lakes, Aurora Moonrise | International Space Station FriendsofNASA.org: Three new residents are living aboard the space station following the arrival of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will stay in space until July 2026, conducting advanced space research benefiting humans living on and off Earth. On Dec. 8, the orbital outpost will return to seven me