outer space
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Landed on the Surface of Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is one step closer to taking its first flight on Mars. On Saturday, the space agency announced…
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Lego NASA Space Shuttle With Hubble Telescope Is Very Detailed
Image: Lego Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you’re probably going to…
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Here’s 16 Minutes of Perseverance Rover Going Kssst, Tiktik, and Pffft
A shot from Perseverance’s roost in Jezero, with rover tracks at bottom.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech Three weeks ago, Earthlings sat agog by…
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SpaceX Launches the Same Falcon 9 Rocket for a Ninth Flight
Photo: SpaceX (Getty Images) SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets into space for a record ninth time…
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NASA’s Getting a Free Ride on a Russian Rocket
A Soyuz capsule docked to the ISS. Image: NASA An unusual arrangement involving NASA, the Russian space agency, and a…
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Elon Musk Explains Why the Starship SN10 Prototype Exploded After Landing
Photo: Loren Elliott / Stringer (Getty Images) The third high-altitude test of a SpaceX Starship prototype ended with a successful…
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Virgin Galactic Chairman Cashes Out Entire Personal Stake in Space Tourism Company
File photo of Chamath Palihapitiya speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 at The Manhattan Center on April 29, 2013…
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SpaceX Attempts Third High-Altitude Starship Test
The launch of SN9 on Feb. 4, 2021. Image: SpaceX The third high-altitude test of a SpaceX Starship prototype is…
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Japanese Billionaire Opens Contest for SpaceX Starship Tickets
Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Yusaku Maezawa, the billionaire Japanese fashion CEO who paid big bucks to Elon Musk’s SpaceX…
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Satellite Spots NASA’s New Rover—and Its Garbage—From Mars Orbit
ExoMars image showing the Perseverance landing site on Mars. Image: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS; acknowledgement P. Grindrod The Perseverance rover, along with several…
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