The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said Friday as they unveiled the vehicle.
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Spacewalking astronauts installed new pumps on a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Monday in a bid to extend its scientific life.
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Dec 2, 2019
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The Air Force's mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission.
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Oct 29, 2019
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In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover. They've just completed ...
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NASA conducted a full-stress launch abort test Tuesday for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon.
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SpaceX has launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space in an array that could one day contain over 12,000 orbiting transponders.
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A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday following a weekend launch.
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May 6, 2019
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SpaceX launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station on Saturday following a pair of power delays.
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May 4, 2019
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NASA and SpaceX remained tight-lipped Thursday about what caused a mysterious but apparently serious incident last weekend during engine tests on the Crew Dragon capsule designed to carry US astronauts to the International ...
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Apr 25, 2019
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A mysterious but apparently serious incident occurred Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida involving the SpaceX capsule intended to carry American astronauts into space late this year, the private company and NASA announced.
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