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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 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 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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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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