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NASA's dream of a space plane could finally become reality
Radian Aerospace is building Radian One, a space plane that could carry people and satellites to sp…
Alex Bitter
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NASA is back on the moon with the first commercial lunar landing ever
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 …
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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NASA collaborates with SpinLaunch to test an innovative mass accelerator launch system — a slingshot to send payloads to space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has joined hands to send a payload by using a …
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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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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NASA is visiting the largest valley on the Moon five decades after Apollo 18 was originally supposed to land on the Grand Canyon-sized formation
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency’s (NASA) Apollo 18 mission may have been cancelled but it…
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Did Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket make a hole in Earth's ionosphere? A US space physicist claims it did
A Falcon 9 rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this month has made a temporary hole in Ea…
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How India landed on the moon and flew to Mars at a fraction of the cost of NASA and Russia missions
India reached the moon's south polar region before anyone else, on a budget, by starting small and …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Maiya F…
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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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NASA 'inspired' by Chandrayaan 2 as it plans to return to the Moon after 7 years
The US’ apex space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), tweeted that t…
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NASA scientists plan to bake, slice, and fire lasers at the asteroid sample from OSIRIS-REx to understand the creation of our solar system
Scientists plan to methodically examine samples from NASA's first asteroid mission, OSIRIS-REx, to …
Maiya Focht
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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.
There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…
Marianne Guenot
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Back to the Moon: NASA is set to launch the Artemis 1 mission — here’s what you should know
NASA’s ambitious Artemis 1 mission is all set to take an essential step toward returning humans to …
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Elon Musk holds the keys to the moon because SpaceX's Starship megarocket launch is crucial to NASA's return
SpaceX plans to launch its flagship megarocket, Starship, for the first time in April, taking NASA …
Marianne Guenot,Kate Duffy
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Photos and videos show why only 360 people have become NASA astronauts
For two years, NASA trains its astronauts, including have them work underwater and learn desert sur…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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India’s second mission to the moon will use these 14 high-tech instruments to look for water
India's going looking for water on the moon and it has 14 instruments on board Chandrayaan 2 to hel…
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Chandrayaan 2 will give India bragging rights even if it doesn’t find water
Chandrayaan 2 is set to take off next week in the wee hours of the morning — July 15 at 2:15am I…
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Alexa to the moon – Amazon’s digital assistant to travel to space aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft this year
NASA in collaboration with engineers from Amazon, Cisco and Lockheed Martin are working on embed…
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NASA backs Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and others with over $400 million funding to build commercial space stations
NASA plans for a “robust low-Earth orbit economy” includes coordination with private industry to…
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SpaceX might launch its first Starship into orbit in January next year, says Elon Musk
The company is targeting January or February for its first Starship orbital launch attempt, Spac…