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Blue Origin and NASA are developing artificial gravity by rotating the entire rocket and using centrifugal force, kind of like a carnival ride.
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NASA and Blue Origin Developing Artificial Gravity Trick

By Dan Robitzski

To celebrate the occasion, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is stashing a small piece of fabric from the famous Wright aircraft under its solar panel.
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NASA Hid a Small Piece of the Wright Brothers’ Airplane in Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has chosen the location to attempt a historic first with its Ingenuity Helicopter: the first time a manmade object to take flight on Mars.
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NASA Chooses “Airfield” Location for Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.
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The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

By Victor Tangermann

According to anonymous sources, president Joe Biden is eying Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for the role of NASA administrator, The Verge reports.
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Biden Reportedly Picks Former Astronaut as a New Head of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released recordings of its Perseverance rover driving on the surface of Mars. And it sounds rough.
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Listen to the Sounds NASA’s Rover Makes As It Drives Around Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released a number of gorgeous digital renders of a SpaceX Dragon XL lunar resupply spacecraft rendezvousing with the lunar Gateway.
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NASA Releases Beautiful New Renders of Lunar Gateway Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

After the military coup in Myanmar, Japan's space agency halted a joint project with Myanma scientists to prevent it from being exploited by the army.
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Satellites Are Stranded on the ISS Because of a Military Coup

By Dan Robitzski

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.
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NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

By Tony Ho Tran

At a recent meeting about NASA's James Webb space telescope, engineers voiced their concern over pirates, as The Atlantic reports.
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NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

In a clip uploaded to SoundCloud, we get to listen to "the first audio recordings of laser strikes on Mars," courtesy of NASA's Perseverance rover.
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NASA’s New Rover Just Shot a Rock With Its Laser

By Victor Tangermann

After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Mars rover is getting ready for its big journey — and dropping off a special delivery.
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NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.
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Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

A massive 164-foot asteroid called 2006 QV89 has a one in 7,000 chance of bashing into the Earth on the morning of September 9, according to the ESA.
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NASA: This Asteroid Will Get So Close It Could Smash Into Earth’s Satellites

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.
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NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.
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NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has spent the last week getting ready for work and stretching its seven foot robotic arm.
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NASA’s Mars Rover “Percy” Stretches Its Arm for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released the first ever microphone recordings taken on the surface of Mars, as picked up by one of the Perseverance Mars rover's two microphones.
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NASA Releases First-Ever Recording of Sound on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is preparing for a grounded voltage test of its all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane, which will prepare the team for actual test flights.
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NASA Is Testing an All-Electric Airplane

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are calling on NASA to rename the James Webb Space Telescope due to Webb's extended legacy and questionable human rights record.
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James Webb Hated Gay People. Why Are We Naming a Telescope After Him?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA embedded a secret code on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover to help inspire others. Here's exactly what it says.
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All the Easter Eggs NASA Engineers Left on the Mars Rover

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA released a stunning high-resolution panorama of the Martian surface taken by Perseverance's Mastcam-Z camera. It spotted a strangely shaped rock.
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NASA Scientists Spot Strangely Shaped Rock in Latest Mars Panorama

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted something rather strange on the Martian surface below: a deep pit, appearing in the form of a black spot.
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NASA Spots Deep, Strange Hole on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers managed to hide a clever message in the red and white colors of its Perseverance rover's parachute that it used to successfully land on Mars.
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NASA Hid a Clever Secret Message in Its Mars Rover’s Parachute

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers have stitched together a highly detailed 360-degree panorama of Perseverance's landing site in the Jezero Crater.
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NASA Releases Incredible Panorama of Mars Rover’s Landing Site

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just released footage of its Perseverance Mars rover touching down on the Red Planet. The incredible video is a nail biter.
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NASA Releases Video of Perseverance Touching Down on Mars

By Jon Christian

NASA's next-gen Mars rover Perseverance is outfitted with not just one but two microphones. We could finally get to listen to the sounds of Mars.
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Why Isn’t NASA Releasing RAW Images from Perseverance?

By Tony Ho Tran

As of today, you can access dozens of RAW images from NASA's Perseverance Mars lander, with many more hopefully on the way.
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In Reversal, NASA Is Now Releasing RAW Images From Perseverance

By Jon Christian

According to a new study by scientists from NASA and the German Aerospace Center, some Earthling microbes could survive the hostile conditions on Mars.
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Black Mold From Earth Could Survive on Mars, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

If I were dropped in Jezero crater with a pressurized spacesuit, could I defeat NASA’s mighty Perseverance rover in mortal combat? 
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Could I Defeat NASA’s New Mars Rover in Hand-to-Hand Combat?

By Georgina Torbet

Researchers find clear evidence of a link between the radio waves emitted by certain cell phones and cancer in male rats.
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NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Less Powerful Than Many Smartphones

By Tony Ho Tran

One of the latest photos released by NASA is a spectacular shot of the Perseverance rover as it descends on parachute through the Martian atmosphere.
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NASA Releases Amazing Photo of Rover Parachuting to Mars Surface

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has released the next photo sent to us all the way from Mars courtesy of its Perseverance mission, which successfully landed on Thursday.
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Incredible Photo Shows NASA Mars Rover Hanging Below “Sky Crane”

By Victor Tangermann

Just minutes after touchdown was confirmed, NASA's Perseverance rover sent back two low-resolution images of the surface of Mars.
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NASA Rover Releases First Photos From the Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully landed in the Jezero crater, a region believed to be an ancient dried up river delta.
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BREAKING: NASA Successfully Lands Perseverance Rover On Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Steve Jurczyk was catapulted from third-in-line to acting leader of NASA when Biden took office. Here's some of what we know about him and his leadership.
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Seven Facts About the New Head of NASA, Steve Jurczyk

By Dan Robitzski

When Perseverance lands, NASA engineers will need to start living and working on Mars time to make the most of the mission's beginning.
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NASA Scientists Need to Live and Work on “Mars Time”

By Dan Robitzski

Here's how to follow NASA's daring Perseverance Mars rover landing this afternoon. It's the most difficult landing on the Red Planet ever attempted.
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How to Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Computer scientist and investor Sailesh Ramakrishnan says that the space industry is about to see a "gold rush" that will transform off-world exploration
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Former NASA Scientist Predicts “Gold Rush” in Space

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will attempt to land in some of the most challenging Martian terrain tomorrow. Luckily, it's prepared.
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Tomorrow’s Mars Landing Will Be Hardest in NASA’s History

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA-sponsored report finds that the agency has fallen behind on its push to develop nuclear propulsion for spacecraft, threatening a 2039 Mars mission.
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NASA Report Recommends “Aggressive” Funding for Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission

By Dan Robitzski

After years of testing and development, NASA is ready to start assembling the spacecraft that will visit the metallic asteroid Psyche.
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NASA Ready to Start Building Its Asteroid-Bound Psyche Spacecraft

By Dan Robitzski

The space company and NASA contractor Nanoracks wants to build greenhouses in space to bolster food security in the face of climate change.
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NASA Contractor Signs Deal to Build Greenhouses in Earth’s Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists say they can hunt for alien civilizations by looking for industrial pollutants like nitrogen dioxide in exoplanets' atmospheres.
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NASA Is Hunting Alien Civilizations by Looking for Their Pollution

By Dan Robitzski

After a seven months of travel, NASA's Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars next week. The agency's InSight lander will be listening.
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When NASA’s New Rover Lands, Its Other Lander Will Listen for the Impact

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is barred from collaborating with China and its leadership says it's not concerned about China's ambitions. But experts suggest it should be.
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Congress Bars NASA From Working With China. That’s Likely a Mistake.

By Dan Robitzski

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, NASA is handing out Fitbit devices to 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts.
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NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch the first parts of its Lunar Gateway, with a Falcon Heavy rocket launching no sooner than May 2024.
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NASA Picks SpaceX to Launch Crew Quarters of Lunar Gateway Station

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX will launch NASA's SPHEREx mission — an orbital telescope that will probe newly-forming galaxies for answers on how the universe began.
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SpaceX Launching NASA Telescope to Find Habitable Alien Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to fly ten different science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon by 2023.
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NASA Picks Contractor to Ship Cargo to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and SpaceX are developing duelling spacecraft for crewed missions to other worlds, and so far NASA sees no reason to change gears.
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The Head of NASA Says He’s Not Quite Sure About SpaceX’s Starship

By Dan Robitzski

Even though the Artemis missions were set forth under the Trump administration, acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk says it's still full steam ahead.
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NASA Boss: We Have “Every Indication” That Artemis Is Safe Under Biden

By Dan Robitzski

Steve Jurczyk shares his vision for the future of NASA, including plans for the Artemis missions, working with SpaceX, and more.
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We Interviewed the New Head of NASA About SpaceX, China, and Aliens

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is working towards picking the final location for its Artemis base camp on the Moon, which is expected to be the first long-term base of operations.
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NASA Finalizing Location for Artemis Base Camp

By Dan Robitzski

New acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk says that he's stuck at home, running the entire space agency from his basement.
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New NASA Head Says He’s Running Space Agency From His Basement

By Dan Robitzski

In an experiment, NASA set several controlled fires inside a used Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to study how fire spreads in microgravity.
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Watch a Fire Break Out on Board a NASA Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Outgoing NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shared an emotional goodbye video in which he celebrated the space agency's success and long-term missions.
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In Video, NASA Head Bridenstine Gives Emotional Goodbye

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has to prematurely shut down a critical "hot fire" test of the engines meant to one day carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon.
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NASA Bungles Critical Engine Test For New Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

The "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander, which has been attempting to dig itself into the rocky surface, is giving up, according to NASA.
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NASA’s Mars Mole Is Giving Up

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just won two contracts to launch both a commercial lunar lander, a mission backed by NASA, as well as a satellite meant to monitor methane emissions.
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SpaceX Secures NASA Contract to Launch Lunar Lander

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the European Space Agency have graced us with six glorious views of mindbogglingly massive galaxy mergers, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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NASA Releases Hubble Images of Galaxies Smashing Into Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

International Space Station crewmembers dug into radishes that were the first non-leafy green veggies to be grown and consumed on the ISS.
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NASA Let Astronauts Feast on Space-Grown Vegetables

By Dan Robitzski

In a Medium post, NASA engineer Evan Hilgemann explores what its actually like to drive a Mars rover. It's simpler than one might think.
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A Guy Who Drives NASA’s Mars Rover Is Dishing About the Experience

By Victor Tangermann

NASA euthanized all 27 of its primates at the agency's Ames research center in California in February 2019, The Guardian reports.
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NASA Killed All Its Monkeys on the Same Day, Investigation Reveals

By Victor Tangermann