SpaceX releases rare footage of Elon Musk celebrating recent rocket explosion
As the historic return of human spaceflight from American soil rapidly approaches, SpaceX takes a moment to highlight the Crew…
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SpaceX, NASA hold press conference, historic astronaut launch clears final hurdles before readiness
With less than a month to go before the historic first crewed flight - and final human rating certification test…
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NASA’s Mars rover engineers face their new big challenge: Working from home
It's no surprise that millions of people have been forced to leave their offices and work remotely and separated from…
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NASA gears up Mars rover for perfect 20/20 ‘SuperCam’ vision ahead of mission to red planet
NASA engineers are busy preparing the agency's next Mars rover for its upcoming journey to the red planet. The six-wheeled…
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United Arab Emirates enters Mars race with plans for summer mission
If all goes as planned, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will not be the only spacecraft headed to the red planet…
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SpaceX reusability may soon be in good company as Rocket Lab catches rocket with a helicopter
Rocket Lab, the world's most prominent dedicated small satellite launcher, has made significant headway on plans to recover and reuse…
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SpaceX's first Space Force launch delayed by coronavirus pandemic
Officials say that SpaceX's first mission for the Space Force - also the company's second upgraded GPS III satellite launch…
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Meteorites give new insights into Martian water
Mars is a dry, desert world devoid of any life (that we know of). But once upon a time, that…
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NASA’s Mars helicopter is ready for launch
NASA's next Mars rover, recently dubbed Perseverance, is currently undergoing launch preparations at its launch site, the agency's Kennedy Space…
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SpaceX, NASA enter final phase of training for imminent astronaut launch debut
SpaceX and NASA are working together to make sure they're ready to start flying crews to the space station. Two…
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Europe postpones Mars mission over ExoMars rover issue and Coronavirus
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that its ExoMars rover would not fly this year. The mission, a collaboration with…
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NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers interesting Martian organics
NASA's Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet, tasked with one major goal: to assess the habitability of Mars.…
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NASA’s newest Mars rover gets christened with a ‘strong’ official name
NASA's next Mars rover will depart Earth in July, bound for the red planet. After landing in Feb. of next…
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover captures epic view of Martian surface
NASA's Curiosity rover is quite the photographer. As most Americans were busy chowing down on their favorite Thanksgiving dinner, the six-wheeled…
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Meet Earth’s newly-discovered companion, a mini-moon named 2020 CD3
Earth has a new companion: a mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On Feb. 15, scientists discovered a small rocky chunk that…
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DARPA’s $12 million launch challenge will go unanswered
Astra, a stealthy aerospace startup operated out of Alameda, CA, emerged from the shadows last month as it attempted to…
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‘Marsquakes’ are a thing and they can tell us a lot about the red planet
NASA's InSight lander has spent the last year listening to the deep rumble of the red planet's interior. And its…
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Mars could have a Leap Day like Earth but way more complicated
February 29, "leap day", is an oddity on the calendar that occurs every four years in an attempt to sync…
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NASA’s Mars Lander finds that the Red Planet’s magnetic field is really weird
Researchers studying the red planet uncovered a big surprise: the Martian magnetic field is about 10 times stronger than previously…
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NASA’s next mission could study one of these bizarre moons
Venus, Triton, or Io? Where would you send NASA's newest mission? The space agency is in the midst of planning…
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