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Mars rover Perseverance takes first spin on surface of red planet

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has taken its first, short drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after the robot science lab's picture-perfect touchdown…

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NASA’s crucial engine test for moon rocket forced to end prematurely

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - NASA's deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, cutting short…

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There’s a lot of water on the moon – NASA

Scientists on Monday said lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches…

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SpaceX Crew Astronauts ‘splash down’ safely

Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, splashed down safely in the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour” in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 2:48…

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First images from Solar Orbiter Mission

A handout picture made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a view of the Sun taken by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) Full Disc Telescope on ESA's…

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NASA names HQ building after first African American female engineer at NASA

A handout picture made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows Mary Winston Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA, at work at NASA Langley…

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Ocean in Jupiter’s moon Europa could hold life

The interior ocean in Jupiter's moon Europa may be able to sustain life, NASA scientists believe. Their work is based on computer simulations of the reservoirs below the ice-shell…

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NASA SpaceX crew mission cleared to launch

Key officials at the American space agency (NASA) and private launch firm SpaceX have signed off next week's historic mission to the space station. Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken…

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Asteroid to make “close approach” with Earth today

A handout Doppler radar image made available by the Arecibo Observatory shows asteroid (52768) 1998 OR 2, which is approximately 2 km in diameter, approaching earth's orbit, 18 April 2020…

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Hubble Telescope marks 30th anniversary with stunning new image

The Hubble Space Telescope has celebrated its 30th birthday by issuing an extraordinary new picture from a distant galaxy. The stunning image is of a vast star-forming region close to…

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NASA confirms a fall in greenhouse gas emissions in China amid coronavirus outbreak

The decline in economic activity in China due to the coronavirus is now visible from space. Many experts had already observed a reduction in gas emissions in the country, but…

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NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson who helped launch first American into orbit dies at age of 101

Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch the first American into orbit around the Earth, has died at the age of 101. Nasa, which describes Ms Johnson as one of…

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Solar Orbiter blasts off on historic mission

An undated handout image made available by ESA shows an illustration of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Solar Orbiter spacecraft against the backdrop of an image of the Sun. The Solar…

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NASA Study Reveals Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents

A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, a new study from NASA shows. The current is part…

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US astronaut ends longest spaceflight by a woman

American astronaut Christina Koch landed back on Earth on Thursday, marking the end of the longest space mission ever completed by a female astronaut. The Soyuz MS-13 capsule touched down on…

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NASA unveils Mars 2020 rovers

A handout composite photo made available by NASA shows illustrations of NASA's Curiosity (L) and Mars 2020 (R) rovers (issued 11 December 2019). While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity's…

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First all-female spacewalk scheduled for 21 October 2019

A handout photo released by NASA on 04 October 2019 shows astronauts Jessica Meir (L) and Christina Koch (R) posing on the International Space Station (ISS) in space (issued 06…

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First seismic event detected on Mars

NASA's InSight lander detected its first seismic event on Mars. The seismic event was a faint rumble that was picked up by the probe's sensors on the 128th Martian…

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Organic matter found on Mars

The Guardian reports that Nasa’s veteran Curiosity rover has found complex organic matter buried and preserved in ancient sediments that formed a vast lake bed on Mars more than 3bn…

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“Houston we have a problem” – Astronaut forgets SD card for his Go Pro at home. He only realises while in space.

You're 400 kilometres away from home, namely in the space. You turn on your Go Pro to take once in a life time photo. You press the button and the…

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NASA will send a helicopter to Mars – a first

NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency’s 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface,…

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