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NASA insists its Mars rocket will still launch in 2019
NASA is aiming to launch its deep space-bound Space Launch System (SLS) in December 2019, even though a review has suggest…
Science
Let's All Calm Down and Make Sense of That Antarctic Mantle Plume
Three decades ago, scientists began to study the possibility that there was a plume of hot rock coming up from the mantle,…
Space
Trump's pick for NASA chief faces an unusually tough confirmation fight
Oklahoma Rep. Jim Bridenstine's bid to become President Donald Trump's NASA chief lives to see another day... bare…
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Uber Is Still Trying to Do that Flying Car Thing
Since the world we are currently living in is very much not the future we all dreamed of, NASA is teaming up with Uber to …
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Watch a Simulated Launch of the Rocket That Will Get Us to Mars and Beyond
NASA engineers are currently hard at work developing Space Launch System 1 —what will be the biggest, most powerful rocket…
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Uber works with NASA to get flying taxis ready for 2020
They say the best revenge is living well, and so in the midst of its ongoing and messy breakup with London, Uber has prove…
Space
NASA wants the internet to nickname a distant object 1 billion miles past Pluto
Alright, folks. NASA needs our help. The space agency is asking people on the internet — yes, that means you — to help it…
Space
NASA to Deny Distant Rock of a Perfectly Good Name
Humans like naming things. We named a boat Boaty McBoatface . We named a bunch of animals after dicks . But some things al…
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NASA created a playlist of creepy space sounds
NASA dropped a spooky mixtape filled with interplanetary music of our cosmos, with such great hits like "Kepler: Star…
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Learning to fly with NASA's spacewalk simulator
What you're looking at is not a production set photo from Gravity, but rather a training simulation for Canadian Space…
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Federal report says humans are the cause of climate change
Today, over a dozen federal agencies released the Climate Science Special Report, which is a product of the National Clima…
Space
Mars 2020 rover will observe the red planet with 23 eyes
The Mars 2020 rover will be able to show us more of the red planet than any of its predecessors ever did. NASA says the ex…
Space
The ISS is getting a long, long overdue printer upgrade
When they're not busy spacewalking, astronauts carry out the same boring tasks as us -- like printing. But, chances ar…
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NASA’s Next Mars Rover Is Going to Be Seriously Badass
Should all go according to plan, NASA will launch its next Martian rover in July 2020. The robotic probe is still under co…
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Trump's pick for NASA chief has an appalling record on LGBTQ rights, and that matters for the space agency
Jim Bridenstine has a problem. The Oklahoma congressman and President Donald Trump's nominee for NASA administrator re…
Space
NASA Rocket Scientists Carve the Most Incredible Pumpkins
Here’s the thing about NASA’s rocket scientists: They’re smart. And maybe a little weird. When you get literal rocket sci…
Tech
The International Space Station is getting its first printer upgrade in 17 years
Somewhere, 254 miles above us, an astronaut is probably printing something. Ever since the International Space Station (IS…
Space
Act fast, it’s your last chance to send your name to Mars
The clock is ticking to have your name launched into space. The InSight Mars lander is scheduled to head to the red planet…
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Living in space has drastic, negative effects on the brain
Ever since we started seriously thinking about sending humans into space, the question that has immediately followed is, &…
Science
Trump's pick to lead NASA reveals controversial global warming views
It happened again. Another Trump administration nominee to lead a major science agency danced around the topic of human-c…
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