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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…

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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 $…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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