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Voyager 2 goes interstellar.
For the second time in human history, an artificial Terran object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now…
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December 2018
November 2018
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Mars or Bust! InSight Lander probes the Red Planet.
Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down…
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NASA will look for Martian life with 2020 Rover.
NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five year search. The rover…
June 2018
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Ancient organics found on Mars by NASA! Current “mysterious methane” signature announced, today.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well…
May 2018
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Life on Europa? Chances tick up with new evidence in Europa’s plumes.
Scientists re-examining data from an old mission bring new insights to the tantalizing question of whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has the ingredients to…
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How Mars was made?
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is on a 300-million-mile trip to Mars to study for…
March 2018
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Exoplanets: meet the new hunter …
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (aka TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16th 2018 launch to find undiscovered worlds…
April 2017
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NASA eyes the future.
NASA has selected 399 rather scifi-sounding research and technology proposals that will help enable NASA’s future missions into deep space. Selected proposals aim…
July 2016
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By Jupiter! Juno space probe arrives at the big’un.
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn.…
June 2016
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Major Tim: no longer floating ’round his tin can.
British astronaut Tim Peake is no longer no longer floating ’round his tin can . . . Tim and two fellow crew members…
May 2016
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Thousand plus new planets found by NASA.
NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. “This announcement more than doubles the…
April 2016
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Blow-up Space Stations? NASA’s bouncy castle in orbit.
The first human-rated expandable structure that may help inform the design of deep space habitats is set to be installed to the International…