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After its successful launch in April, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has started collecting data. It took a little longer than expected to get the spacecraft fully tested and…
NASA Begins Assembling Europa Clipper Spacecraft
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NASA Investigating Voyager 1 Corrupted Telemetry Data
…Voyager 2 Probe Talks to Upgraded NASA Network After 8 Months of Silence NASA Just Fired Voyager 1’s Thrusters For the First Time in 37 Years Hubble telescope to scout the…
NASA Posts Stunning 4K Tour of the Moon
…The data used to make this video is the same data NASA will rely upon as it plans future lunar surface exploration, possibly including manned missions. NASA has a Tumblr post (Opens…
NASA's Space Launch System is officially all systems go for Mars and Moon landings
…The question is, will NASA be the first to send humans to Mars (probably no sooner than 2032) -- or will a commercial company such as SpaceX get there much earlier? NASA began…
NASA's New Horizons space probe: Powered by PlayStation
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This Week in Space: NASA, NOAA, and Long March 9
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NASA Debuts 3D-Printed Space Chain Mail
When it comes to applied material science, it's hard to beat NASA. Their solid-state wizards have been working on multiple ambitious projects, including silicon dioxide wafers and about a dozen…