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NASA opens rare job opportunity to live in a Mars simulation for a year
Apply to live in NASA's Mars simulation for one year, where a four-person crew grows crops, practic…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists have managed to grow mouse embryos in space, showing that off-Earth human reproduction could be possible
To fully understand the extent of these embryos' normal development and to bring this research clos…
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Obama takes a shot at the likes of Musk and Bezos, says we must protect Earth before colonizing Mars
The former president chastised Silicon Valley tycoons' ambitions to put humans in space, saying Ear…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's Mars helicopter broke during a mysterious communication blackout. Now it will never fly again.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has flown its last flight on Mars after defying all expectations. What …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA expects Mars lander to run out of power, ending InSight's historic mission
InSight detected more than 1,300 quakes on Mars, revealing the planet's inner layers for the first …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA runs a tiny, isolated cabin that simulates a year of life on Mars, and for some reason, they put a book about the psychological horrors of cave exploration in it
A workroom inside the Mars Dune Alpha in Texas has several books on display, including "Blind Desce…
Cheryl Teh
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ISRO 'very busy' with various exploration missions in pipeline: Chairman
ISRO has lined up a series of exploration missions including to Mars, Venus and to the Moon again, …
PTI
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will land humans on Mars in 10 years in the worst-case scenario
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on a podcast that the company will land humans on Mars in five to ten yea…
Kate Duffy
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NASA will pay 4 health-conscious 'astronaut-like' people to live inside a Mars simulation for 378 days. See if you qualify.
NASA opened applications for people to live a paid year in its CHAPEA Mars simulation. The job requ…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Nasa's new rocket engine could shorten the journey time to Mars and Moon: A game-changer for deep space exploration
As Nasa gears up for a return to the moon with the Artemis mission, the administration has announce…
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Here’s what space explorations in the very distant future could look like
These are exotic vacations to outer space booked through the fictional Exoplanet Travel Bureau. …
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NASA wants paid volunteers to spend a year living in a 3D-printed Martian habitat in Texas, where they will carry out spacewalks and research using VR tech
NASA is looking for participants to spend a year living in Mars Dune Alpha, a Texas-based facility …
Zahra Tayeb
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The 'solar wind,' which the sun is constantly blasting over the planets, suddenly disappeared and created a void around Mars
A solar eruption left a void around Mars last year, causing the red planet's atmosphere to balloon …
Erin Snodgrass,Morgan McFall-…
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will fire a laser from its 7-foot robotic arm to cut its first sample of Martian rock
NASA's Mars rover will cut a sample of Martian rock and send it back to Earth. The mission will hel…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk said SpaceX will fly its Starship spaceship into orbit for the first time in January, but warned the first attempt might not be a success
Musk gave a new date for Starship's first orbital flight. He'd previously predicted it would launch…
Kate Duffy
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A Texas firm that builds 3D-printed homes is helping to create NASA's fake Martian habitat, where people will spend a year. Take a look.
A conceptual rendering of Mars Dune Alpha.ICON
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA thinks it solved the mystery of the Perseverance rover's missing rock sample, but now it has to drive away and try again
Perseverance drilled into Mars rock for the first time - only to find that the sample it cored had …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA can't find the Mars rock sample that the Perseverance rover drilled - it mysteriously disappeared
Last week, Perseverance was finally ready to collect the first sample in its search for ancient Mar…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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DeepMind's boss joins Bill Gates, Werner Herzog, and many others in spotting flaws in Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars
Demis Hassabis once shocked Elon Musk after spotting a "flaw" in the SpaceX chief's Mars ambitions,…