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OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Mission Seeks to Search for Origin of Life Chemistry

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first mission to retrieve and return samples of “pristine materials” from the surface of an asteroid and return them to Earth for high powered analysis by the world’s most advanced science instruments is encapsulated in the nose cone that’s bolted atop its Atlas rocket that has just been …

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13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 11: The Caution and Warning System

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, Universe Today is featuring “13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13,” discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. The air to ground transcript from the time of the explosion on Apollo 13 demonstrates the confusion of what was happening: Jim …

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Final Construction Starts for Europe’s 2016 Methane Sniffing Mars Mission

Has life ever existed on Mars? Or anywhere beyond Earth? Answering that question is one of the most profound scientific inquiries of our time. Europe and Russia have teamed up for a bold venture named ExoMars that’s set to blast off in search of Martian life in about two and a half years. Determining if …

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13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 11: A Hollywood Movie

Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature “13 Things That Saved Apollo 13,” discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. A Hollywood movie depicts three astronauts who survive an accident in space, but their lives hang in the balance …

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13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 6: Navigating By Earth’s Terminator

[/caption] Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature “13 Things That Saved Apollo 13,” discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. The rupture and explosion of Apollo 13’s oxygen tank crippled the spacecraft, endangering the lives of the crew …

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