Space
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16.8KNASA explores emotionally intelligent robots as human companions for long Mars journey
NASA is proposing sending emotionally intelligent robots with a crew of astronauts to help with keeping humans company in their long-duration mission...
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29.7KScientists have found a way to make oxygen out of Moon Dust
Scientists from the European Space Agency have found a way to make oxygen out of moon dust in hopes to one day...
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66.1KFuture Mars inhabitants could live in houses made of fungi
It’s no secret that Elon Musk wants to make humanity a multi-planetary species. But when humans take up residence on the red...
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25.7KA Tale of Two Rovers: How does Mars 2020 compare to Curiosity?
NASA’s next Mars rover is almost ready to launch. Engineers recently took it for a test spin, before shipping it off to...
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27.2KTesla Cybertruck on Mars: Elon Musk playfully ponders sending a pickup to the Red Planet
Tesla owners welcomed the news that Disney+ is coming to their in-car entertainment system and they can soon enjoy the popular Star...
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98.6KWatch NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover go for a test drive in preparation for landing on Martian soil
NASA engineers witnessed their newest Mars rover take its first steps in preparation for its next mission that will search for fossilized...
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32.9KBoeing, NASA attempt Starliner landing after missing intended orbit
During the early morning hours of Friday, December 20th, at Space Launch Complex – 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station United...
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25.4KBoeing's astronaut capsule flies off course, fate uncertain after launch debut
Roughly 30 minutes after lifting off for the first time on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, Boeing’s Starliner crew...
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32.9KBoeing’s astronaut capsule set for launch debut, joins SpaceX in race for crewed missions
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket are scheduled to lift off on their orbital launch debut no earlier...
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23.7KMartian auroras offer clues to how the red planet lost its water
Aurorae are a dazzling light spectacle often visible at high-latitude locations here on Earth. They’re colorful and mesmerizing, but most of all,...
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SpaceX and Boeing's crewed capsule race heats up with Starliner's Friday test flight
The first week of December kicked off a flurry of productivity for NASA Commercial Crew Program partners SpaceX and Boeing. Ahead of...
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27.9KNASA data points to Mars underground water source at Arcadia Planitia site
Mars’s Arcadia Planitia may be hiding buried treasure. A new global map indicates that the region could be harboring a supply of...
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24.1KNASA’s next Mars mission will search for fossilized remains of ancient life near once lake
NASA is gearing up to launch its next Mars rover. Dubbed 2020, the roving scientist is set to blast off to the...
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15.1KMars exploration in focus as Europe prepares ExoMars Rover for search of life
2020 may be the year humanity takes its biggest step toward finding evidence of life beyond Earth. NASA and the European Space...
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55.0KRocket Lab’s reusable Electron rocket upgrade gets ready for its biggest test yet
Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launches, has had quite the productive year, breaking ground on a new U.S.-based...
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113.2KBoeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon crew capsules on track for back-to-back launches
NASA Commercial Crew partners Boeing and SpaceX are taking big steps towards two unique flight tests of their respective Starliner and Crew...
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31.3KBlue Origin teases first New Glenn rocket prototype at Blue Moon lander event
In May 2019, Blue Origin unveiled plans to build and launch “Blue Moon” lunar landers. Five months later, founder Jeff Bezos has...
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26.6KRocket Lab set for Electron’s 9th launch as work continues on reusability, new US launch pad
Over the last several weeks, US spaceflight company Rocket Lab has posted major updates about its ongoing work on LC-2 – the...
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28.4KStratolaunch sold to mystery buyer, raising hopes that world’s largest plane will fly again
Stratolaunch Systems Corp. – a space launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder billionaire Paul Allen – debuted the world’s largest...
