Space Flight

Human Lunar Missions Would Be Threatened By Dust Pileups: Study

Dust on the moon accumulates at a rate 10 times faster than previously believed, which could make it difficult for…

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CORRECTION: This article has been updated after more information was received from Inspiration Mars. Tito was highlighting other countries' interest…

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Last night’s launch of a Minotaur I rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in eastern…

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The first International Space Station component, the Russian Zarya module, was launched 15 years ago today, on November 20, 1998.…

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Tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 19, tens of millions of residents up and down the US East coast have another opportunity to…

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Extreme conditions surround the International Space Station's scientific work, to say the least. It takes a rocketship to get there.…

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) space probe thundered to space today (Nov. 18)…

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OTTAWA, CANADA - The University of Saskatchewan hopes to fly a wrist-sized MRI to the International Space Station by 2016…

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NASA’s Mars bound MAVEN spacecraft atop Atlas V booster rolls out to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…

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Star Trek actor LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN’s Story in a New NASA public service announcement (PSA). Credit: NASA Watch the…

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