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NASA Readies Its Best Asteroid Punch

It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but it’s real. NASA scientists will soon launch a mis...
Jun 9, 2021VIEW
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Who Names NASA’s Mars Rovers?

When NASA engineers need a name for a robotic Mars “rover,” they know where to find creativity. They turn...
Apr 26, 2021VIEW
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Meet the Next Astronauts to Land on the Moon

The newly announced members of the Artemis Team — the next astronaut missions to the moon — reflect the d...
Feb 3, 2021VIEW
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U.S., Allies Pledge to Cooperate in Space Exploration

The United States and its international partners are ensuring that future space exploration is peaceful, ...
Dec 2, 2020VIEW
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Check Out These Experiments on the International Space Station

Think of the International Space Station as a floating science lab that’s constantly conducting experimen...
Sep 28, 2020VIEW
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New Satellite Tech Speeds Response during Natural Disasters

A platform created by a U.S. company will streamline the way satellites around the world are controlled. ...
Jun 30, 2020VIEW
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NASA Names Telescope for Pioneering Female Astronomer

NASA, the U.S. space agency, will name its next-generation space telescope in honor of Nancy Grace Roman....
Jun 24, 2020VIEW
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U.S. Launches Space Plane on Scientific Mission

The X-37B orbital test vehicle has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for its sixth miss...
Jun 23, 2020VIEW
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Check Out These Futuristic NASA Projects

NASA is considering a lightweight robotic vehicle (below) that uses interconnected rods rather than wheel...
Jun 16, 2020VIEW
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NASA Scientists Operate Mars Rover From Home

Like so many other workers around the world affected by a COVID-19 lockdown, the team of scientists that ...
Apr 27, 2020VIEW
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Before Computers, She Calculated NASA’s Greatest Achievements

If you didn’t have a computer, could you send a rocket into space and back? Katherine Johnson did. Her br...
Feb 28, 2020VIEW
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NASA Prepares Robot to Traverse Jupiter’s Moon Europa

NASA is planning a mission to look for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa and has created a rover that will be...
Feb 12, 2020VIEW
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Media Get a Close-Up of NASA's Mars 2020 Rover

Members of the media walked the clean-room floor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Califor...
Jan 23, 2020VIEW
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U.S. and Japan Partner on Missions to Moon and Beyond

Building on more than two decades of partnership in the International Space Station program, NASA and JAX...
Jan 21, 2020VIEW
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NASA Astronaut Christina Koch Sets New Record

NASA astronaut Christina Koch has made space history again. Koch spent her 289th day orbiting Earth on...
Jan 15, 2020VIEW
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From Seafloor to Space: JAXA Astronaut Norishige Kanai

As he descended into the blue and the Aquarius habitat appeared before him, covered in sea life like an o...
Dec 4, 2019VIEW
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NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World

This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroun...
Oct 10, 2019VIEW
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50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

The 1969 lunar landing was an unprecedented achievement — a milestone in human history. How did it hap...
Jun 28, 2019VIEW
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U.S. and Japan Partner on Future Moon Mission

At a May meeting in Washington, U.S. and Japanese officials affirmed the desire for continued scientific ...
May 26, 2019VIEW

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