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SpaceX Launches its Last Dragon 1 Mission to the ISS
SpaceX just launched its 20th mission as part of its resupply services to the ISS, which also happened to be…
OSIRIS-REx did its Closest Flyover Yet, just 250 Meters Above its Sample Site
NASA's OSIRIS-REx is getting closer, physically and temporally, to its primary goal. The spacecraft arrived at Bennu at the end…
Europe’s Mission to Jupiter’s Moons Just Got its First Instrument
The ESA's JUpiter Icy Moons Explore (JUICE), which will study Europa and Ganymede for evidence of life, just got its…
Mars 2020’s New Name is… “Perseverance”
NASA's Mars 2020 rover finally has a proper name - Perseverance!
Comparing Mountains on the Moon to the Earth’s Peaks
NASA's Artemis Program is planning to land astronauts on the Moon's south pole. To prepare for this, NASA's Solar System…
WFIRST Passes an Important Milestone, it’s Time to Begin Development and Testing
Soon, astronomers and astrophysicists will have more observing power than they know what to do with. Not only will the…
The First Artemis Launch has Been Delayed Until Mid-to-Late 2021
To kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), NASA Assoc. Admin. Steve Jurczyk indicated that the first Artemis mission…
NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice
Meet VIPER, NASA's new lunar rover, equipped with a drill to probe the Moon's surface and look for water ice.…
Magnetic Fields Around Mars InSight are 10x Stronger than Scientists Expected
Data from the first year of the InSight mission has just been released, and its revealing some unexpected things about…
The Life of Katherine Johnson Shows that ‘Hidden Figures’ Are Important to History
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson did more than just calculate rocket trajectories for early space missions. Her story, when it was…