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An out-of-this world jam band is orbiting 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth at the International Space Station right now. The crew of Expedition 55 took a break to hold a "zero-g" jam session at th... Read This Article...

Study offers pessimistic outlook for commercial space stations

May 19, 2018

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WASHINGTON — As NASA formally requests proposals for studies on the commercialization of low Earth orbit, another study presented at a congressional hearing May 17 concludes commercial space stations are unlike... Read This Article...

Here’s the Weird Science Launching to the Space Station This Weekend

May 18, 2018

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This weekend, a cargo delivery to the International Space Station will carry old-fashioned sextants, E. colibacteria and lasers that will create a temperature 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space. ... Read This Article...

Astronauts Are Taking a Spacewalk Outside the Space Station Today: Watch Live

May 16, 2018

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Two NASA astronauts will work in space today (May 16) outside of the International Space Station (ISS), and you can watch their 6.5-hour spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), live online. NASA... Read This Article...

Here’s China’s plan to compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin

May 15, 2018

Private companies want to launch reusable space rockets in 2020. China has plans to launch reusable space rockets to compete with the likes of SpaceX and Blue Origin. LONG MARCH 8The Long March 8, schedu... Read This Article...

A ‘Mars on Earth’ Helps Scientists with Their Search for Alien Life

May 14, 2018

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Scientists are using alien environments on Earth to improve our abilities to search for life on Mars. These microbes, found by scientists in the Río Tinto, could potentially survive on the Red Planet.Credit... Read This Article...

Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission

May 13, 2018

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NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate th... Read This Article...

SpaceX Aborts 1st Launch of Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket at the Last Minute

May 11, 2018

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The highly anticipated debut of SpaceX's new Falcon 9 "Block 5" rocket has been delayed by at least a day. SpaceX's first "Block 5" Falcon 9 rocket and its payload, the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellit... Read This Article...

SpaceX’s New Falcon 9 Rocket Block 5 Debuts Today: How to Watch Live

May 10, 2018

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The newest iteration of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket will make its debut today (May 10), and you can watch the maiden liftoff (and landing attempt) live. SpaceX's first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket rolls t... Read This Article...

Human waste used to make ‘Marmite-like’ food for astronauts

May 9, 2018

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'Microbial goo' could feed people on lengthy space missions to Mars and beyond Microbes could be used to produce edible material from human waste during long space flights Getty Scientists have developed... Read This Article...

NASA missions press ahead despite budget uncertainty

May 8, 2018

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WASHINGTON — As House appropriators prepare to take up a spending bill that funds NASA, some programs proposed for cancellation are pressing ahead despite fiscal uncertainty that one scientist described as “psy... Read This Article...

Lunar Meteorite Discovery Suggests There’s Hidden Water on the Moon

May 7, 2018

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Moganite, which requires the presence of water, was discovered for the first time inside a lunar meteorite. Lunar meteorite NWA 2727 |Masahiro Kayama and M. Sasaoka (SASAMI-GEO-SCIENCE) A mineral... Read This Article...

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth from Space Station

May 6, 2018

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is returning to Earth today (May 5) with more than 2 tons of NASA gear from the International Space Station. The capsule's splashdown capped a busy day for NASA, which began its weeke... Read This Article...

NASA launches InSight spacecraft bound for Mars

May 5, 2018

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Lander will be tracked by mini satellites before it begins probing red planet's 'inner space' NASA has launched a spacecraft to land on Mars and explore the mysterious insides of the red planet. The Mars In... Read This Article...

NASA’s Launching a Lander That Will Dig on Mars

May 4, 2018

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Mars InSight will be the first interplanetary mission to lift off from the West Coast. On Saturday, NASA plans to launch a robot designed to peek into the mysterious interior of Mars from California’s Vandenbe... Read This Article...

What its like to live in Nasa’s new spacecraft

May 3, 2018

In 1959, when Nasa’s original seven astronauts first saw their tiny single-man Mercury space capsule, they weren’t impressed. It appeared to have no windows and few controls – the elite test pilots complained t... Read This Article...

SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft may not become operational until 2020

May 2, 2018

"The contractors have had difficulty executing aggressive schedules." A new report provides some insight into the challenges that SpaceX and Boeing are facing when it comes to flying commercial crew missions, ... Read This Article...

Heat Shield for NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Cracks During Test

May 1, 2018

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The heat shield for NASA's upcoming Mars rover suffered a fracture during testing recently, but the incident won't change the mission's launch date, agency officials said. This artist's concept depicts the ... Read This Article...

New Shepard flies again, bringing suborbital space tourism closer

April 30, 2018

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Blue Origin has not released a price for the spaceflight experience. Blue Origin flew its New Shepard system for the eighth time on Sunday, launching from West Texas at about noon local time. During the 10-min... Read This Article...

Watch Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launch its space tourism rocket

April 29, 2018

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Blue Origin plans to launch its reusable, suborbital rocket New Shepard, carrying a space capsule equipped with a dummy and a handful of scientific experiments, to the edge of space for the eighth time. Blu... Read This Article...

Projectile Cannon Shows Asteroid Impacts May Have Made Earth a Watery Planet

April 27, 2018

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Using a high-powered cannon, researchers demonstrated that asteroids can deliver more water to planetary bodies than previously thought. Getty Images How did Earth get its water? For many years, pla... Read This Article...

US Cargo Spaceship Set for Departure from International Space Station

April 26, 2018

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After delivering more than 5,800 pounds of science investigations and cargo for NASA, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 2. NASA Television and t... Read This Article...

Asteroid Miners’ Arkyd-6 Satellite Aces Big Test in Space

April 25, 2018

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Some of Planetary Resources' asteroid-mining tech just passed a major space test. The Washington-based company's tiny Arkyd-6 satellite has completed all its mission goals in Earth orbit, just three months a... Read This Article...

No Way Out? Aliens on ‘Super-Earth’ Planets May Be Trapped by Gravity

April 23, 2018

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"Super-Earth" planets are giant-size versions of Earth, and some research has suggested that they're more likely to be habitable than Earth-size worlds. But a new study reveals how difficult it would be for any... Read This Article...

Netflix film examines why NASA shunned women astronauts in early days

April 20, 2018

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Since then, NASA has begun to redeem itself by taking steps toward gender parity. This June, the world will mark the 55th anniversary of the first woman flying into space. Valentina Tereshkova, an amateur Russ... Read This Article...

NASA Planet Hunter on Its Way to Orbit

April 19, 2018

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life. TESS, which is expected to find t... Read This Article...

SpaceX to Launch NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Spacecraft Today: How to Watch Live

April 18, 2018

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After a delay, SpaceX is winding up again to launch NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) today (April 18) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The 30-second launch window of Space... Read This Article...

SpaceX Rocket Is Ready to Launch NASA’s Next Planet-Hunting Telescope

April 14, 2018

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SpaceX is gearing up to launch NASA's next big exoplanet hunter on Monday (April 16), now that a successful test-fire of its Falcon 9 rocket is under the company's belt. The Hawthorne, California-based S... Read This Article...

NASA may fly crew into deep space sooner, but there’s a price

April 13, 2018

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The Exploration Upper Stage seems nowhere near readiness. NASA will likely launch its first astronauts into deep space since the Apollo program on a less powerful version of its Space Launch System rocket than... Read This Article...

SpaceX wants to replace long-haul flights with rocket travel in the next 10 years

April 12, 2018

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, is obsessed with flying to Mars. We know this, because he’s said his company will start testing space travel as early as next year. SpaceX While Gwynne Shotwell, Space... Read This Article...

NASA Just Dropped Its Most Detailed Video Tour of the Moon Yet

April 11, 2018

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Thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, high-resolution imagery of our closest neighboring world is more accessible than ever. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has released a breathtaking new video tour ... Read This Article...

Clandestine X-37B Space Plane Surpases 200 Days in Orbit

April 10, 2018

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The US Air Force’s unpiloted and reusable craft is likely to be testing dual-use technologies that might be used in military operations, says one expert. The US Air Force’s unpiloted and reusable craft is like... Read This Article...

Why Extraterrestrial Life May Be More Unlikely Than Scientists Thought

April 9, 2018

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Phosphorus is an essential element for life — but that there was enough of it for life to start on Earth might just have been a matter of luck, new findings suggest. According to new observations of the Crab... Read This Article...

NASA BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF ITS NEW QUIET SUPERSONIC PLANE

April 8, 2018

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NASA has a lot of experience when it comes to developing supersonic aircraft. In fact, testing supersonic craft was how NASA got its start, back when it still known as the National Advisory Committee for Aerona... Read This Article...

A New Luxury Hotel Is Opening…In Space

April 7, 2018

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When a new luxury hotel opens, there might be some “oohs” and “ahhhs” around details like the roof deck infinity pool or bath butler. A few months later, the excitement dies. But there was one high-end hotel an... Read This Article...

First four images from Virgin Galactic’s successful new test flight

April 6, 2018

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We've had our first glimpse of Virgin Galactic's new test flight and it's out of this world. VSS Unity's first powered flight on April 5.IMAGE: VIRGIN GALACTIC/MARSSCIENTIFIC.COM AND TRUMBULL STUDIOS ... Read This Article...

72 Mysterious Cosmic Flashes Puzzle Astronomers

April 4, 2018

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Seventy-two unusual cosmic events have astronomers scratching their heads. Scientists conducting a survey for supernovas — the dramatic explosions that end the lives of massive stars — noticed 72 powerful f... Read This Article...

Farthest star ever seen captured by astronomers

April 3, 2018

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Star was imaged using the Hubble telescope in 2016, when it got a lucky boost from nature Scientists have captured an image of the most distant individual star ever spotted — one that is nine billion light y... Read This Article...

Tiangong-1 reenters over South Pacific

April 2, 2018

WASHINGTON — China’s Tiangong-1 module, whose uncontrolled reentry had been watched with both anticipation and apprehension, returned to Earth harmlessly over the South Pacific Ocean late April 1. A frame f... Read This Article...

Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 Expected to Crash in the Next 24 Hours

April 1, 2018

It's almost crash time for China's falling space station Tiangong-1. As school bus-sized space station began what should be its last day in orbit today (April 1), experts weighed in on the possibilities of spac... Read This Article...

Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a bunch of Iridium satellites

March 30, 2018

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SpaceX is shooting for the stars again. This time Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company is reusing a Falcon 9 rocket to launch 10 Iridium telecommunications satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lomp... Read This Article...

How to follow along as China’s doomed space station falls to Earth

March 29, 2018

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This weekend, a derelict Chinese space station will plummet to Earth. While the station — named Tiangong-1 — will mostly burn up in the atmosphere when it falls to the planet, some relatively small pieces of... Read This Article...

Why Is China’s Space Station Falling to Earth in the First Place?

March 27, 2018

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Space trackers are watching the skies closely this week for the end of China's Tiangong-1 space lab, which will likely fall back to Earth sometime during Easter weekend (March 30 to April 2). The one-module sta... Read This Article...

SpaceX launch last year punched huge, temporary hole in the ionosphere

March 24, 2018

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Rocket launches act somewhat like a small volcano eruption. Contrary to popular belief, most of the time when a rocket launches, it does not go straight up into outer space. Rather, shortly after launch, most ... Read This Article...

NASA to Launch Parachute Test off Virginia Coast March 27

March 21, 2018

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NASA will test a parachute for possible future missions to Mars from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday, March 27. Live coverage of the test is scheduled to begin at 6:15 a.m. EDT on the Wall... Read This Article...

These Are the New Experiments Heading to the International Space Station

March 21, 2018

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NASA announced which new experiments will be sent to the space station aboard an upcoming SpaceX Dragon flight. The life sciences experiments on the next SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station... Read This Article...

Deep-Space Radiation May Be Getting More Dangerous for Future Astronauts

March 19, 2018

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"The radiation dose rates from measurements obtained over the last four years exceeded trends from previous solar cycles by at least 30 percent, showing that the radiation environment is getting far more intens... Read This Article...

THE FIRST SPACEX BFR SHOULD MAKE ORBITAL LAUNCHES BY 2020

March 18, 2018

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Elon Musk has a reputation for pushing the envelop and making bold declarations. In 2002, he founded SpaceX with the intention of making spaceflight affordable through entirely reusable rockets. I... Read This Article...

IF WE DO HEAR SIGNALS FROM ALIENS, THEY’RE PROBABLY LONG GONE

March 16, 2018

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In 1961, famed astrophysics Frank Drake proposed a formula that came to be known as the Drake Equation. Based a series of factors, this equation sought to estimate the number of extra-terrestrial ... Read This Article...

NASA Twins Study Confirms Effects of Long-Term Space Flight

March 15, 2018

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Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station, while his twin, Mark, remained on Earth. The twins became NASA’s perfect nature versus nurture study. NASA's Twins Study just hit another majo... Read This Article...

Stephen Hawking dead at 76

March 14, 2018

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Best-known theoretical physicist of his time wrote international bestseller A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, ... Read This Article...

Jeff Bezos Wins Exploration Award, Eats Lizard Meat

March 13, 2018

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Jeff Bezos is an Internet entrepreneur who is also the founder of Blue Origin, a somewhat secretive space company that is working on a suborbital crew capsule. Blue Origin Blue Origin is conducting tests... Read This Article...

Elon Musk debuted a trailer “for the next part of the human story” at SXSW

March 12, 2018

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People arrived excited about a giant marketing installation; they left looking to the stars. AUSTIN, Texas—"We can't just come to SXSW with Westworld," said Jonah Nolan, co-creator of the hit HBO show, in the ... Read This Article...

Why people still worry about the falling Chinese space station — despite the low odds

March 11, 2018

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In 2016, China announced that its first human station, Tiangong-1, would make an uncontrolled reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, and given the module’s large size and density, some big pieces might survive all th... Read This Article...

Science Teachers at National Conference to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station

March 10, 2018

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference in Atlanta will speak with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, currently living and working aboard the International Space Station, at 10:40 a.m. EDT Friday,... Read This Article...

NASA’s Ailing Robonaut 2 Will Return from Space for Long-Overdue Repairs

March 9, 2018

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NASA's robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, is headed home soon for a long-overdue repair. A litany of problems has kept the robot offline since it was upgraded with legs in 2014, according to a report by IEEE Spe... Read This Article...

William Shatner Wants You to Send Your Name to the Sun on NASA’s Historic Solar Probe

March 7, 2018

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Your name could soon zoom through the sun's superheated outer atmosphere, just like William Shatner's. Artist's illustration of NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun.Credit: Johns Hopkins... Read This Article...

SpaceX launches Hispasat satellite, completes 50th Falcon 9 mission

March 6, 2018

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WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket on March 6, carrying a large telecom satellite for Spanish fleet operator Hispasat. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Flor... Read This Article...

Should We Open Some Sealed Apollo Moon Samples?

March 5, 2018

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The Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 surveyed the Taurus-Littrow highlands and valley area. This site was picked as a location where rocks both older and younger than those previously returned from other Apo... Read This Article...

Massachusetts Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station

March 4, 2018

Students from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth) will speak with NASA astronaut and alumnus Scott Tingle, who is living and working aboard the International Space Station, at 12:30 p.m.... Read This Article...

How Much Trash Is on the Moon?

March 3, 2018

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The moon has a lot of junk on it, including a gold olive branch, a flag kit, several lunar orbiters, and a hammer and a falcon feather — the components of a 1971 experiment used to demonstrate that objects fall... Read This Article...

NASA Mars Lander Arrives at Launch Site to Prep for May Liftoff

March 2, 2018

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A NASA spacecraft that will probe the deep Martian interior has arrived at its launch site to prep for its planned May liftoff. The InSight lander touched down at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California yest... Read This Article...

World’s Biggest Plane Taxis Closer to Takeoff

March 1, 2018

The hefty, double-bodied Stratolaunch airplane — its wingspan of 385 feet (117 meters) is the widest in the world — recently reached a new milestone that brings it one step closer to leaving the ground. n r... Read This Article...

The moon is getting its own 4G mobile phone network

February 28, 2018

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In what is sure to make E.T. happy, the moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, reports Reuters. No, this is not a joke. Vodafone Germany, Nokia, and Audi are teaming up for a private space ... Read This Article...

China’s hypersonic aircraft would fly from Beijing to New York in two hours

February 27, 2018

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The double-wing plane just aced wind tunnel tests at speeds of nearly 5,600 miles per hour A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have tested a hypersonic plane in a wind tunnel to speeds... Read This Article...

Does Titan’s Hydrocarbon Soup Hold A Recipe For Life?

February 26, 2018

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NASA researchers have confirmed the existence in Titan’s atmosphere of vinyl cyanide ASA researchers have confirmed the existence in Titan’s atmosphere of vinyl cyanide, which is an organic compound that could... Read This Article...

NASA foresees human lunar landings by the late 2020s

February 25, 2018

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WASHINGTON – NASA’s vision for lunar exploration includes landing astronauts, from NASA and its partners, on the surface of the moon by the late 2020s, the agency’s acting administrator said Feb. 20. http:/... Read This Article...

SpaceX Barely Missed Catching a Rocket Nose Cone with Giant Net on a Boat

February 23, 2018

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The net-equipped boat came up a bit short in its quest to pluck a falling payload fairing — the protective nose cone that surrounds satellites during launch — out of the sky today (Feb. 22), SpaceX founder and ... Read This Article...

SpaceX aims to launch a satellite and catch a payload fairing

February 22, 2018

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These fairings will separate from the rocket at about three minutes after launch. SpaceX had to scrub the Wednesday launch attempt of its Falcon 9 rocket due to upper-level winds, but will try again Thursday m... Read This Article...

Aerospace Company to Launch Private, Inflatable Space Stations

February 21, 2018

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Bigelow Aerospace announced plans for sending soft-bodied modules that are compressed during launch but expand once they reach space. igelow Aerospace private space station |Bigelow Aerospace A company t... Read This Article...

The Little Rover That Could

February 20, 2018

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NASA’s Opportunity rover is the longest surviving rover on Mars. On Saturday, February 17, it experienced its 5,000th dawn on a distant planet. It was only scheduled to see 90. But Opportunity's long journey st... Read This Article...

NASA certifies Falcon 9 for science missions

February 19, 2018

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WASHINGTON — NASA has certified the current version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch some categories of science missions, a milestone needed for the upcoming, but delayed, launch of an astronomy spacecraft. ... Read This Article...

A Solar Storm Is Approaching Earth

February 15, 2018

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A moderate solar flare early this week has generated charged particles that will light up the atmosphere — and could impact power grids and satellites — as early as Thursday. If you live in the high latitudes,... Read This Article...

This Website Lets You Track Elon Musk’s Sports Car Through Space

February 14, 2018

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Last Tuesday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made history when he launched the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V took Apollo astronauts to the moon. The Heavy’s payload was Musk’s personal Tes... Read This Article...

Trump wants business to take over space station from NASA by 2025

February 13, 2018

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Canada, Japan, Europe, Russia are all major players in International Space Station The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place i... Read This Article...

Waste Not! Future Astronauts Might Turn Feces Into Food

February 12, 2018

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Penn State researchers have developed a method for breaking down human waste and turning it into a Nutella-like spread that might be consumed by astronauts. Future astronauts may decide to eat their wast... Read This Article...

‘Oumuamua: ‘space cigar’s’ tumble hints at violent past

February 11, 2018

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The space interloper 'Oumuamua is spinning chaotically and will carry on doing so for more than a billion years. Artwork: The way 'Oumuamua tumbles suggests it was involved in a collision That is the c... Read This Article...

Dust, meteorites, cosmic rays and everything else currently destroying the Tesla in space

February 10, 2018

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This probably isn't covered under Elon Musk's warranty... Thanks to the successful Falcon Heavy launch on Tuesday, SpaceX shot a midnight cherry-red Tesla Roadster into space, with the top down, blaring David ... Read This Article...

Meet the BFR, SpaceX’s next big rocket

February 9, 2018

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Spacecraft could put Mars within reach, according to CEO Elon Musk The Falcon Heavy may be a remarkable rocket, particularly after its successful maiden launch on Tuesday, but SpaceX has something more impress... Read This Article...

Sierra Nevada gets NASA approval for first Dream Chaser ISS cargo mission

February 8, 2018

WASHINGTON — NASA has given Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) formal approval for the company’s first cargo mission to the International Space Station in late 2020. SNC announced Feb. 7 that it had received “a... Read This Article...

This may be the moment SpaceX opened the cosmos to the masses

February 7, 2018

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“It gives me confidence that BFR is really quite workable.” Elon Musk reveled in the moment on Tuesday night after his Falcon Heavy rocket flew into space. The world's most powerful booster had done its job, a... Read This Article...

Here are four things we learned from Elon Musk before the first Falcon Heavy launch

February 6, 2018

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he SpaceX CEO clears up a few things and theorizes a ‘Falcon Super Heavy’ Less than a day before the first scheduled launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, CEO Elon Musk took questions about the rocket from report... Read This Article...

Looks like this SpaceX dummy will ride Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space tomorrow

February 5, 2018

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It’s wearing the SpaceX suit Musk teased in photos last year Tomorrow is a big day for Elon Musk: his company SpaceX will be launching the new Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Can... Read This Article...

SpaceX receives launch license for first Falcon Heavy launch

February 4, 2018

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a launch license for the inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, scheduled for Feb. 6. The FAA has issued a launch license for the first Falcon... Read This Article...

Cosmonauts Break Russian Spacewalk Record During Space Station Antenna Repair

February 3, 2018

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Two cosmonauts took a spacewalk outside the International Space Stationtoday (Feb. 2) to tackle a long-awaited upgrade to the communications system on the Russian side of the orbiting laboratory. They also set ... Read This Article...

Russian Cosmonauts Are Taking a Spacewalk Today: Watch It Live

February 2, 2018

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Russian cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Feb. 2), and you can watch the entire 6.5-hour excursion live online. Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin is pictured in a ... Read This Article...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket somehow survived a landing in the Atlantic Ocean

February 1, 2018

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Yesterday, SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Florida, but the company chose not to land the booster after takeoff and instead dispensed it in the ocean. In a weird twist, the Falcon 9 ... Read This Article...

The James Webb Space Telescope finally takes shape

January 31, 2018

Last January, at the 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in suburban Dallas, astronomers were growing increasingly excited about the progress the James Webb Space Telescope was making towar... Read This Article...

Former astronaut nominated to run U.S. Geological Survey

January 30, 2018

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WASHINGTON – The White House announced Jan. 26 that it will nominate former NASA astronaut James Reilly to be the next director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). James Reilly, a former NASA astronaut wh... Read This Article...

NASA Postpones Spacewalk at Space Station to Mid-February

January 29, 2018

NASA officials on Saturday (Jan. 27) postponed a planned spacewalk at the International Space Station this week after developing a software patch for a glitch that two astronauts had expected to fix during the ... Read This Article...

Tesla Roadster set to launch into space on SpaceX Falcon Heavy on February 6

January 28, 2018

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Elon Musk’s unbelievable plan to use his own Tesla Roadster as the demonstration payload for the inaugural test launch of SpaceX’s new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, is reportedly set to happen on February 6. ... Read This Article...

NASA’s GOLD Mission Will Observe How Weather on Earth and in Space Interact

January 27, 2018

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Better understanding of Earth's thermosphere will help researchers protect satellites and astronauts. NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) launched yesterday, and researchers hope it ... Read This Article...

Potential end of the ISS raises concerns, presents opportunities

January 26, 2018