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NASA Images Reveal Texan Conditions Not Seen Since 1936
Stuck in the grip of an exceptional drought, the city of El Paso, Texas, is facing dusty conditions not seen in nearly 90 ...
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NASA still trying to revive silent Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter
The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update.
Jared Isaacman could be confirmed as NASA's next head. How the astronaut became a billionaire
Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has been to space twice and is Trump's pick to head NASA, could be one step closer to ...
'I feel like a little kid': NASA astronaut, 70, reflects on his 220-day mission
Veteran astronaut Don Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of research and captured over half a million photos during his ISS ...
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NASA’s fifth women-only spacewalk gets the job done 260 miles above Earth
In NASA’s fifth all-female spacewalk, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers installed solar panel mounts and repositioned antennas ...
NASA Satellite Catches Solar Eclipse Visible Only From Space
On April 27, the moon blocked 23 percent of the sun in a partial eclipse, but it was not possible to see this from Earth.
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NASA Demos New Precision Landing Technology
The agency said Tuesday it demonstrated the ability of the new hazard detection technology to perform a precise landing. The ...
There’s a problem with the futuristic thrusters on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft
Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...
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NASA delays astrophysics mission call for proposals amid budget uncertainties
NASA is delaying the next competition for an astrophysics mission by a year, the latest sign of the fiscal pressures from an ...