NASA opening moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions (Update)
Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have touched.
Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have touched.
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Those who enjoy watching the skies will see two events later this week collide: A supermoon will compete with the Perseid meteor shower to light the night.
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Dozens of times over the last decade NASA scientists have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel about 240,000 miles (385,000 kilometers) away from Earth. They announced today, in collaboration ...
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Aug 11, 2020
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Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to home, and scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) may have figured ...
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Sep 23, 2020
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Crews are working around the clock at a NASA rocket factory, intent on meeting a new fall 2020 deadline to test launch a mega-rocket designed to propel astronauts to the moon and beyond, a space agency official said Friday.
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2019
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In 2015, the Obama administration signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA, or H.R. 2262) into law. This bill was intended to "facilitate a pro-growth environment for the developing commercial space ...
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Apr 13, 2020
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Observations from the spacecraft's pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science.
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2022
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In October of 2024, NASA's Artemis Program will return astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. In the years and decades that follow, multiple space agencies and commercial partners plan ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2021
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It's been a half-century since the magnificent Apollo 11 moon landing, yet many people still don't believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever. ...
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Jul 10, 2019
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The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show.
Space Exploration
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