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A train on the Moon? NASA’s new space tech includes lunar railways, Martian rockets and more
NASA has set its sights on six mind-blowing tech concepts that seem ripped straight from science fi…
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Elon Musk denies he volunteered his sperm to help start a Martian colony
The New York Times reported Elon Musk had volunteered his sperm as part of SpaceX's plans to build …
Tom Carter
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From Elon Musk's giant Starship rocket to India's spectacular moon landing, 2023 was an epic year in space
It was a busy year for the space industry, filled with successful launches, ambitious missions, and…
Marianne Guenot
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China just launched an ambitious Mars mission that could be its first to reach the red planet — and make it just the third nation to explore the Martian surface
The Tianwen-1 orbiter, lander, and rover mission successfully launched on a Long March 5 rocket Thu…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX posted a jaw-dropping video of its Starship prototype belly flopping, flipping, and exploding into smithereens
A robotic tracking camera caught the explosive yet wildly successful experimental flight of Starshi…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX hopes to launch and land a new prototype of its Starship mega-rocket next week. The last 3 exploded.
Elon Musk wants SpaceX to build and fly fully reusable rockets and spaceships. But first, Starship …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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SpaceX just launched - and exploded - an experimental Starship rocket in Texas. The test nevertheless propels Elon Musk's vision of interplanetary travel closer to reality.
Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, slash the cost of reaching space thousandfol…
Dave Mosher,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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SpaceX just scrubbed an ambitious Starship rocket launch after the engines automatically aborted
Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, slash the cost of reaching space 1,000-fold,…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just launched NASA's new moon-landing technologies into space
NASA gave Blue Origin $3 million to test technology that may make it possible to land on parts of t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA just launched its Mars alien-hunting Perseverance rover into deep space with a drone tucked under its belly
The car-size rover will drill into Martian rocks, look for chemical signatures of ancient microbial…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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Why SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole
If SpaceX successfully returns NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth, it will open a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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NASA will retire its new mega-rocket if SpaceX or Blue Origin can safely launch its own powerful rockets
Musk also plans to modify an upper stage of his blockbuster Falcon 9 rocket into a "mini-BFR ship" …
Dave Mosher
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Animated map of Mars reveals where humans should build the first Martian cities
The most habitable places are labeled in dark blue on the map. And we're pretty familiar with some …
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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SpaceX is about to launch its first astronauts, and the stakes for both NASA and Elon Musk's rocket company are epic
The lives of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, plus the future of American spaceflight, …
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk argues in court documents that his Twitter can't be taken as factual because he tweets about zombie apocalypses and being a Martian
Musk's lawyers have repeatedly argued that reasonable people would not interpret Musk's insult as a…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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China wants to launch to Mars next year - part of an ambitious plan to bring the first Martian soil samples back to Earth
The mission plans call for sending a lander, rover, and satellite to Mars, with the lander and rove…
Dave Mosher
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Kenya could be the heart of moon colonization, says 'The Martian' author Andy Weir - here's why
"One of the biggest impediments to the commercial space industry right now isn't technology, its po…
Dave Mosher
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'Pan' nosedives at the box office as 'The Martian' continues to soar
Warner Bros.' "Pan," - an origin story of the boy who never grows up starring Hugh Jackman and Roon…
Jason Guerrasio
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There's an explosive, surprisingly true story hidden in 'The Martian'
The blast happens when astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) tries burning rocket fuel to ma…