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NASA found a stray, space-grown tomato that went missing for 8 months, clearing the astronaut they all thought ate it
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio lost the tomato after the harvest this spring. His colleagues had accuse…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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The moon is open for business, and entrepreneurs are racing to make billions
As NASA aims to stay on the moon, private firms are racing to be the first to go where no company h…
Marianne Guenot
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Red hot Spanish chili peppers, to be grown and served in space by NASA
Initially, the plan was to grow New Mexico’s Hatch peppers until Jacob Torres, a technical and h…
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16. NASA Uncut
NASA stories about a meatball and a worm, some astronauts with gastrointestinal issues, and a middl…
Anna Mazarakis,Sarah Wyman,Da…
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NASA's chile pepper experiment broke 2 world records, including one for feeding the most astronauts from a crop grown on the ISS
The chile pepper experiment was the longest in the history of the International Space Station, whic…
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA has collected its first Mars sample. But it needs $4 billion, 10 years, and new technology to bring the rock to Earth.
The Perseverance rover kicked off its search for signs of ancient microbial Mars life. But to compl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA astronauts aboard the ISS have begun growing chile peppers in a bid to boost crews' diets on future missions
The peppers being grown by NASA astronauts are rich in vitamin C, making them a great fit for feedi…
Zahra Tayeb
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LIFTOFF: SpaceX launches 4 astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour, its first time reusing a spaceship on a crewed mission
The Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station launched aboard the same Falcon 9 rocket boos…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX is launching 4 astronauts into space on Friday. Here's how the journey will go - from liftoff to splashdown.
SpaceX astronaut flights to and from the International Space Station are becoming routine. But thes…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Mars helicopter is cool — a fleet of small, levitating nanocardboard aircraft would be cooler
NASA has plans to launch Perseverance this summer with a “high risk, high reward” helicopter on boa…
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Photos show China's rover on the surface of Mars, ramping up its competition with NASA to explore the planet
The photos include a 360 degree panorama of the terrain, a selfie of the rover, and a picture of th…
Marianne Guenot
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SpaceX says 'all systems are go' to launch NASA's longest, most ambitious astronaut mission yet on Sunday night
NASA this week certified SpaceX's rocket and spaceship. Weather permitting, the company will launch…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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NASA patented a faster, cheaper route to the moon. The first spacecraft to use it could make Nobel Prize-winning discoveries about the universe.
NASA's patenting a new route to lunar orbit assures that the path will remain open to any spacecraf…
Dave Mosher
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Meet NASA's first female head of human spaceflight, who oversaw SpaceX's astronaut launch and will lead the US return to the moon
NASA has appointed Kathy Lueders to spearhead its upcoming moon missions and lead a new era in huma…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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'One of the most difficult jobs in America': NASA is now counting on Kathy Lueders, a 28-year space agency veteran, to land 2 astronauts on the moon in 2024
Lueders is an engineer who got her start on the space shuttle program and most recently oversaw NAS…
Dave Mosher
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First space-grown lettuce on the menu today for NASA astronauts
Enter a special plant growth system that can thrive in zero gravity - imagine an ultramini-gre…
Shivam Saini
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An MIT student invented a robot that can grow fruits and vegetables on Mars
Hava's other bot, AgQ, tracks the health of plants and astronauts alike. It can alert astronau…
Leanna Garfield
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Here's how to peel 7 annoying fruits like oranges and apples quickly
Inspired by former NASA engineer Mark Rober's recent video that shows you how to "skin" a…
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Americans are eating less of one fruit, and it could signal a bigger problem in our diets
Among young people under 20, orange juice consumption was down 10.5 pounds per year since 1994. Amo…
Lydia Ramsey
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This is what happens to space tomatoes that get lost on the International Space Station for 8 months
Two space-grown tomatoes lost by a NASA astronaut on the International Space Station earlier this y…