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NewsMay 11, 2024Read →

NASA Has Innovative Concept to Build Transport Railway System on the Moon

Call it the Little Engine that Might. NASA says it is exploring the concept of building a railway system on the moon for the day when it becomes not just an object in the sky, but a working mine for minerals that…

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OpinionApr 13, 2024Read →

Sheila Jackson Lee Says Moon Is a ‘Planet’ That’s ‘Made Up of Mostly Gases,’ But Things Only Get Worse When She Tries to Correct It

One would hope that elected officials would know more about astronomy than the average middle schooler. Well, despite having served as the U.S. Representative for Texas’ 18th Congressional District since 1995, up to and…

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NewsMar 14, 2024Read →

‘Phenomenal Day:’ SpaceX Test Flight a Success Despite Loss of Spacecraft

SpaceX’s Starship accomplished a couple big goals when it took off Thursday morning, but was lost as it returned to earth. The flight was touted as means to “demonstrate new technologies and techniques that will be…

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NewsDec 27, 2023Read →

‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Set to Come Closer to Earth Than Any in Recorded History in 2029

The Apophis asteroid, also called the “God of Chaos,” is expected to fly by Earth in April of 2029. But it is also projected to come closer than any asteroid in recorded history which has caused NASA to launch a mission…

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NewsJun 27, 2023Read →

Four Volunteers to Live Together Inside Simulated Mars Environment for Year-Long Mission

Four volunteers have been selected to live together for a year in a simulated Mars habitat created by NASA. On June 20, NASA’s Johnson Space Center announced the anticipated mission on its Twitter page. “Four volunteers…

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OpinionAug 29, 2022Read →

Harris Says NASA’s Artemis Program Will Benefit ‘All Mankind and Womankind’

Just as some Democrats think they are starting to see a path to keeping control of Congress in November, Vice President Kamala Harris is re-entering the public view with some new woke-speak. Speaking to reporters on…

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NewsApr 28, 2022Read →

NASA Astronaut Makes History, a Moment She Dreamed of Since She Was a Child

One woman is making history in Space. Jessica Watkins, a crew-4 astronaut, will be the first black woman to ever spend six months at the International Space Station and the fifth black woman to go to space. As of 9:15…

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NewsJan 18, 2022Read →

Huge ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid to Buzz Near Earth on Tuesday

A massive asteroid will make one of its closest approaches to Earth on Tuesday, but experts say it will still be far enough away that there is no danger to the planet. The asteroid carries the less-than-poetic name of…

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NewsOct 28, 2021Read →

Florida Files Lawsuit Against Biden, NASA Over ‘Unlawful’ COVID Vaccine Mandates

Florida filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden , NASA and other officials over COVID-19 vaccine mandates. According to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News , Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Gov. Ron DeSantis…

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NewsApr 28, 2021Read →

American Astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 Fame Dies at 90

American astronaut Michael Collins, who stayed behind in the command module of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the lunar surface to become the first humans to walk on the…

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NewsMar 6, 2021Read →

Mars Rover Perseverance Takes First Spin on Surface of Red Planet

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken its first, short drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after the robot science lab’s picture-perfect touchdown on the floor of a massive crater, mission managers said…

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NewsFeb 18, 2021Read →

NASA’s Astrobiology Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Mars Landing

NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first…

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NewsFeb 17, 2021Read →

NASA Rover Perseverance on Track for Daredevil Landing on Mars

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 293-million-mile (470-million-km) journey on Wednesday, hours away from a…

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NewsFeb 15, 2021Read →

NASA Rover Faces ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’ Before Landing on Mars

When NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth this week, it is set to emit a radio alert as it streaks into…

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NewsJan 17, 2021Read →

NASA’s Boeing Moon Rocket Cuts Short ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Ground Test

NASA’s deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, cutting short a crucial test to advance a years-delayed U.S. government…

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NewsDec 10, 2020Read →

Pence Announces Pool of US Astronauts for Planned Moon Mission

Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced 18 astronauts chosen for possible participation in planned NASA missions to return to the moon’s surface during the final U.S. space policy meeting before he and…

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NewsNov 17, 2020Read →

SpaceX Capsule, Carrying Four Astronauts, Docks With International Space Station

Four astronauts riding a newly designed spacecraft from Elon Musk’s SpaceX docked with the International Space Station Monday night, in the first crewed mission on a privately built space capsule purchased by NASA…

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NewsOct 20, 2020Read →

NASA Spacecraft To Grab an Asteroid Sample

A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth will make a perilous attempt on Tuesday to snatch a sample from the celestial body’s rocky surface to bring home the space agency’s first handful of…

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NewsSep 14, 2020Read →

Potential Sign of Alien Life Detected on Inhospitable Venus

Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond…

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NewsAug 5, 2020Read →

‘It Came Alive:’ Astronauts Recount Wild Ride Home on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon

U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, home two days from a landmark mission as NASA’s first crew to fly a privately built vehicle into orbit, recounted on Tuesday the loud, jarring ride they experienced through…

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