All posts tagged "NASA"
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22.7KNewsNASA is crashing a satellite into an asteroid to gather data about asteroid deflection
The threat of asteroids crashing into Earth isn’t a new concern. We’ve been warned about it by science fiction authors and Hollywood...
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54.3KNewsFirst living tissue 3D printed in space aboard International Space Station
Using the “Organaut”, a 3D bioprinter designed for microgravity, Russia has become the first country to print living tissue in space. After...
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21.9KLifestyleNASA develops 3D Mars base simulator in collaboration with game studio
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) collaborated with independent game studio Blackbird Interactive (BBI) to create an incredibly realistic interactive 3D Mars base...
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45.1KNewsNASA lab confirms DNA sugar can be made in space, adding evidence that ‘life’ could be all over the universe
NASA researchers at the Ames’ Astrophysics and Astrochemistry Lab in Mountain View, California have provided the first experimental evidence demonstrating that the...
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23.4KNewsNASA’s InSight hopes to detect “marsquakes”, deploys seismometer on Mars
In another historic feat for NASA’s InSight lander, a seismometer has now been deployed on Mars, marking the first time a scientific...
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40.7KNewsMars travelers can use ‘Star Trek’ Tricorder-like features using smartphone biotech: study
Plans to take humans to the Moon and Mars come with numerous challenges, and the health of space travelers is no exception....
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23.4KNewsNASA’s Parker Solar Probe takes first picture inside the Sun’s atmosphere
Traveling at the record-breaking speed of 213,200 miles per hour, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe came within 15 million miles of the Sun’s...
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45.7KNewsFirst sounds of wind on Mars captured by NASA’s Insight Lander
This fresh in from the Elysium Planitia of Mars: the sound of wind from an alien world. On its 10th day as...
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40.8KNewsNASA opens $2.6 billion in contract services for Moon to Mars missions
“We are going,” is an important part NASA’s motto for its return to the Moon, and to get there, the space agency...
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31.4KNewsNASA’s Mars InSight mission opens doors to hyper-affordable satellite industry
On November 26, 2018, NASA’s InSight lander arrived at Mars, our neighboring red planet, after a nearly seven month journey through deep...
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21.2KNewsNASA’s Mars InSight shares first images from the Red Planet
Confirmed today at 2:53 pm EST, NASA’s InSight lander safely touched down on the surface of Mars. After six years without a...
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45.5KNewsNASA’s InSight lander prepares for Mars arrival on Monday, live stream 3pm ET (7pm UTC)
On Monday, NASA’s InSight lander will complete the final phase of its journey to Mars by touching down on the planet’s red...
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29.2KNewsNASA to livestream first Mars landing in six years on November 26 with InSight lander
On Monday, November 26, 2018, a Mars lander will arrive on the surface of the red planet for the first time in...
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15.6KNewsNASA’s famed Kepler telescope that discovered thousands of planets officially dead in space
After staring into the far reaches of our galaxy and beyond for nine years, space telescope Kepler was finally decommissioned by NASA...
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25.0KNewsElon Musk pegs SpaceX BFR program at $5B as NASA’s rocket booster nears $5B in cost overruns
At the same time as NASA’s overrun-stricken Space Launch System (SLS) continues to limp towards its continuously delayed launch debut, now tentatively...
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17.7KNewsSpaceX and NASA accidentally set the stage for a new race to the Moon
Almost entirely driven by chance, SpaceX and NASA may soon find themselves in an unintentional race to return humans to the Moon...
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15.2KNewsNASA may prematurely kill long-lived Mars rover with arbitrary wake-up deadline
In a decision with no obvious empirical explanation, JPL’s Opportunity Mars rover project manager John Callas was quoted in an August 30th...
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14.1KNewsNASA head hints that reusable rocket cos. like SpaceX will enable Moon return
In a series of thoroughly unexpected and impassioned introductory remarks at one of several 2018 Advisory Council meetings, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine...
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21.6KSpaceXSpaceX’s Falcon Heavy eyed by Europe/Japan as ULA nails spectacular Delta Heavy launch
According to RussianSpaceWeb, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is under serious consideration for launches of major European and Japanese payloads associated with the...
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17.3KNewsNASA spacecraft ready for voyage to the Sun on SpaceX competitor’s biggest rocket (Update)
Update: Issues with rocket and ground support hardware ran down the August 11 launch window. ULA scrubbed the attempt and has recycled...
