Scaling a mountain, NASA rover sends home glorious Martian view
From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, ...
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Bush space plan faces opposition
Spend $12 billion on new space exploration plan over next five years. $1bn will be new money, the rest reallocated from existing NASA programs. •Retire shuttle program by 201 ...
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New evidence microbes played a role in mysterious markings on Mars
There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they ...
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Inside Trump and Musk’s Takeover of NASA
So far, NASA has been spared the sweeping cuts that DOGE has unleashed on other federal agencies. Is that about to change?
Tomi Environmental Solutions selected by NASA for biosecurity operation
TOMI Environmental Solutions (TOMZ) announced the deployment of its SteraMist iHP technology at the NASA Johnson Space Center, marking the ...
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Butch and Suni’s Long, Strange Trip in Space
When Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned, Williams and Wilmore became long-term residents on the space station—and ...
The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
Astronomy3d
Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
New Scientist4d
Dust devils on Mars produce lightning-like zaps of electricity
NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded unusual sounds as a Martian dust devil passed directly over the robotic vehicle in 2021, ...
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NASA Space Day to Share Progress, Opportunities at Texas Capitol
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will share its accomplishments on the Capitol grounds from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT ...
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Mars has huge amounts of water hidden beneath its surface — and perhaps life too
Mars might hold enough subsurface water to cover its surface in a global ocean between 0.62 to 1.24 miles (1 to 2 kilometers) ...
Ohio State picks former NASA leader and astronaut as spring commencement speaker
Ohio State President Ted Carter said this year's commencement speaker "perfectly embodies the Buckeye mission to serve a ...