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The Lunar Gateway is No Longer a Required Part of the Artemis Mission to Return to the Moon by 2024
As anticipated, NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway will no longer be part of their "return to the Moon"…
NASA tells Boeing to Make 61 Corrective Actions to Starliner Before the Program can Continue
An independent review has found 61 issues that need to be fixed before Boeing's CST-100 Starliner can take to space…
Good News! The New Strategy of Using InSight’s Arm to Push the Mole Seems to be Making Progress.
There's at least one small bit of good news in these challenging Covid-19 times. And it's playing out on the…
Greenland and Antarctica are Losing Their Ice 6 Times Faster than in the 1990s
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These are the Boulders OSIRIS-REx is Going to Use to Navigate Down to the Surface of Bennu
Meet OSIRIS-REx's "Guide Boulders." When the NASA spacecraft first arrived at asteroid Bennu over a year ago, the surface of…
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…