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12:24am, 15th May, 2019

White House proposal to tap Pell Grant fund casts a pall over NASA’s moon plans

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, at left, discusses the plan to send astronauts to the moon by 2024 as three of his associate administrators — William Gerstenmaier, Jim Reuter and Thomas Zurbuchen — look on during a town hall at NASA headquarters....

White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program

8:41pm, 13th May, 2019

Space

White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program

An artist’s conception shows astronauts exploring the moon after landing. (NASA Illustratiion) The White House is asking Congress for $1.6 billion more than the $21 billion it previously requested for NASA’s budget, to fund what’s now known as the Ar...

11:24pm, 19th March, 2019

Space

Surprise! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe catches asteroid spewing bits into space

This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 19 was created by combining two images taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Other image processing techniques were applied, such as cropping and adjusting the brightness and co...

10:33pm, 13th February, 2019

Space

NASA’s deputy chief echoes JFK in a pitch for commercial space ventures

NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard, at left, receives congratulations from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after a swearing-in ceremony last October. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s No. 2 official channeled President John...

NASA’s Dawn probe falls silent, ending mission to mysterious dwarf planet Ceres

7:42pm, 1st November, 2018

Space

NASA’s Dawn probe falls silent, ending mission to mysterious dwarf planet Ceres

This photo of Ceres and the bright regions in Occator Crater was one of the last views NASA’s Dawn spacecraft transmitted before it completed its mission. This view, which faces south, was captured on Sept. 1 from an altitude of 2,340 miles as the sp...

Farewell, Kepler: NASA’s planet-hunting probe runs out of gas, but mission goes on

5:38pm, 30th October, 2018

Space

Farewell, Kepler: NASA’s planet-hunting probe runs out of gas, but mission goes on

Stylized artwork shows NASA’s Kepler space telescope among planetary systems. (NASA Illustration / Wendy Stenzel / Daniel Rutter) NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting telescope now belongs to the ages, with its fuel completely spent and its instruments shut...

Pale Red Dot: NASA’s MarCO probe snaps first picture of Mars taken by a CubeSat

3:42pm, 22nd October, 2018

Space

Pale Red Dot: NASA’s MarCO probe snaps first picture of Mars taken by a CubeSat

Mars shows up as a pale red dot on a picture taken by one of NASA’s twin MarCO spacecraft on Oct. 2. Click on the image for a larger version. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Photo) Mars looks like nothing more than a reddish speck in a picture captured by one of...

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

6:58pm, 25th September, 2018

Space

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

An image from a high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Opportunity rover as a bright blip inside the white box. The box marks a 154-foot-wide area in Mars’ Perseverance Valley. Click on the image for a larger version....

Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESAT-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice

9:35am, 15th September, 2018

Space

Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESAT-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice

A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket rises from its launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying NASA’s ICESAT-2 satellite into orbit. (NASA via YouTube) NASA kicked off its to monitor our planet’s ice sheets from space using a...

10:27am, 29th August, 2018

Space

NASA’s New Horizons and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spot their deep-space targets

The picture on the left was created by adding 48 different exposures from the LORRI camera on NASA’s New Horizons probe. The picture on the right has been processed to subtract the light from background stars, leaving an icy object known as Ultima Th...

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White House proposal to tap Pell Grant fund casts a pall over NASA’s moon plans

White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program

Surprise! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe catches asteroid spewing bits into space

NASA’s deputy chief echoes JFK in a pitch for commercial space ventures

NASA’s Dawn probe falls silent, ending mission to mysterious dwarf planet Ceres

Farewell, Kepler: NASA’s planet-hunting probe runs out of gas, but mission goes on

Pale Red Dot: NASA’s MarCO probe snaps first picture of Mars taken by a CubeSat

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESAT-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice

NASA’s New Horizons and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spot their deep-space targets

Don't Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won't Save the Great Barrier Reef

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NASA checks SpaceX’s potential Starship landing sites on Mars, with water in mind

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