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NASA Generates Oxygen on Mars, Setting Stage for Crewed Missions
Artist’s conception of human habitats on Mars. Image: NASA NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has captured much of the world’s attention, but…
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See New Footage of Ingenuity’s Remarkable Rise and Successful Landing
The helicopter performed an on-ground spin-up test of its rotors earlier this month.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Fair Use) Ten vertical feet and…
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NASA Reschedules First Ingenuity Flight on Mars for April 19
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen here in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the…
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New Horizons Captures Goosebump-Inducing Image as It Approaches Milestone Distance From the Sun
Somewhere within that yellow circle is the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Southwest Research Institute With Pluto firmly in…
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NASA Selects SpaceX to Build Upcoming Lunar Lander
Artist’s conception of SpaceX’s lander on the lunar surface. Image: SpaceX SpaceX has won a lucrative NASA contract to build…
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Blue Origin Test Launches New Shepard Rocket
New Shepard NS-14 lifting off from from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas earlier this year.Image: Blue Origin…
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NASA Funds Interstellar Probe and Space Habitats Made From Fungi
Artist’s conception of a radio dish built inside the crater on the far side of the Moon. Illustration: Vladimir Vustyansky…
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NASA Mission Control Tracks Ingenuity Flight on Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter standing on the surface of Mars, imaged by Perseverance rover.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will attempt to…
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Starlink Doesn’t Plan to Offer Tiered Pricing
This long-exposure image shows a trail of a group of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites passing over Uruguay.Photo: Mariana Suarez/AFP (Getty Images)…
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NASA Drops an Orion Spacecraft Into a Giant Pool
A test version of the Orion capsule returns to the water in preparation for the Artemis II missions.Image: NASA (Fair…
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