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NASA detects a quake on Mars for the very first time — using sound
The seismic signal was recorded on April 6 — Insight’s 128th day on Mars — and it’s the first tr…
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NASA partners SETI Institute on planetary protection
Washington, July 11 (IANS) NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a $4.7…
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Here's What Happens To NASA Astronauts In Space If The Government Shuts Down
There are two major operations or classes of operations that would require ongoing support in accor…
Jennifer Welsh
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Elon Musk's SpaceX wins $1.4 billion NASA contract for 5 more astronaut launches to the International Space Station
Overall, SpaceX has won 14 missions from NASA, bringing the total value of its contract to nearly $…
Kate Duffy
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NASA's wild new plan to hunt for life on Mars would test SpaceX in ways never done before
Despite no funding in site, Gonzales is still actively pushing for the project, which he discussed …
Jessica Orwig
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NASA green lights two new missions — one to explore the Sun and the other to analyse space weather around Earth for $50 million each
NASA has approved two missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Ear…
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SpaceX to launch four astronauts to space station on April 20
SpaceX is targeting April 20 for the launch of the second crew rotation mission for NASA that will …
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10 things scientists are doing right now so humans can inhabit Mars
Humans are not used to such confined environments, where they would seldom leave (and when they did…
Jessica Orwig
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NASA is hiring someone to help figure out how to get Mars rocks back to Earth - and the position pays at least $182,000
Formally, the job is director of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, which aims to bring scientis…
Holly Secon
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NASA is about to announce the finalists of its next $1 billion space mission
Previous missions selected by New Frontiers include New Horizons, a nuclear-powered probe that flew…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is about to announce the 8 astronauts who will fly SpaceX and Boeing's spaceships for the first time - here's who they might be
The Commercial Crew Program, as it's called, is a spaceflight competition that NASA started about t…
Dave Mosher
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NASA just named the astronauts who could return to the moon in its Artemis program
From these nine men and nine women, NASA will select the astronauts who will land on the moon for t…
Susie Neilson
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Russia may need to send a rescue mission to the International Space Station for 3 astronauts after a leak in their Soyuz capsule
NASA said there was a coolant leak in the Soyuz capsule that brought three astronauts to the Intern…
Sinéad Baker
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This is NASA's audacious plan to land humans on Mars within your lifetime
To give them something important to do, NASA is launching an uncrewed mission called OSIRIS-REx to …
Rebecca Harrington
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Joe Biden just announced his NASA transition team. Here's what space policy might look like under the new administration.
Biden's administration is expected to prioritize NASA's climate research, while continuing to fund …
Susie Neilson
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NASA's $30 billion Artemis missions will attempt to set up a moon base
Narrator: The mission was named in homage to Apollo's twin sister, Artemis, the Greek goddess of th…
David Anderson,Bob Hunt,Dave …
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SpaceX cargo launches may soon cost 50% more - but it's still an offer NASA can't refuse
NASA set up its first competitions for contracts in 2006 - years before the shuttle program's retir…