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Before humans can go to Mars, NASA needs to know how to prepare for the challenges. So, they're looking for a few brave men and women to live in isolation for a year at the Johnson Space Center. Want to join them?
The Chinese space station Tiangong, now with its first crew of astronauts, is scheduled for completion in 2022. What does that mean for the future of the aging International Space Station and multinational space cooperation?
Yep, two small-bodied Russian tortoises made it to the moon and back before man did.
By Mark Mancini
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NASA will be sending two new missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030, but why is this so exciting and what do they hope to accomplish?
One of the three-man crew of Apollo 11, the mission that first set foot on the moon, Michael Collins was a true American hero.
By Mark Mancini
Missions to Mars are increasing and the dream of landing a human on the red planet is no longer far-fetched — it might even happen in the next decade. So, how long does it take to get there?
The law is the first of its kind by any nation, but how much weight it has is yet to be seen. It is perhaps just one small step to preserve human heritage in space.
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Until recently, Arecibo had the biggest radio telescope in the world, and its ability to detect distant signals made it a very powerful tool for studying the universe. It even starred in two movies.
A distant asteroid made mostly of iron is potentially worth $10,000 quadrillion, making it many times more valuable than the global economy.
NASA is sending astronauts to the moon as soon as 2024. And they'll have 4G cell service when they get there.
The Perseverance rover will explore Mars' Jezero Crater, gathering rock samples which may prove that life once existed on the red planet.
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A new kind of survival story: Scientists discovered a star that came near a black hole and lived to tell the tale – at least temporarily.
Lettuce has key nutrients that give both astronauts and Earth-dwellers alike a physical and psychological boost. And the lettuce grown in space is no less nutritious than the Earth-bound variety.
By Katie Carman
You know Apollo 11. But what did the other Apollo missions accomplish after Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind?
By Mark Mancini
While alcohol consumption is not completely alien to the space program, not much is known about its effects on the body outside our atmosphere.
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The planned Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, or LISA, will be able to detect the gravitational waves generated by massive collisions in the deep cosmos.
It's been more than 50 years since humans first landed on the moon. Pull up a lunar module and let's see how much you know about Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and the adventure that immortalized them.
By Mark Mancini
And one of the exoplanets in the Teegarden star system could have a temperature range between 32 and 122 degrees Fahrenheit.
Will this groundbreaking clock revolutionize space travel? NASA is banking on it.
By Mark Mancini
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Eugene Shoemaker's contributions to lunar science were legendary. In a fitting tribute, NASA sent his ashes to the moon.
By Mark Mancini
It may be supermassive, but snagging this one-of-a-kind pic was no easy feat.
NASA is hoping to begin sending scientific probes to the moon in 2019 on private spacecraft, in preparation for a manned lunar mission in 2028.
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity's last words were: "My battery is low and it's getting dark."
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The Apollo 14 mission landed on the moon in January 1971, but what the astronauts brought back could be making history now.
By Mark Mancini
On a galactic scale, that's kind of like finding a tree in your backyard that you'd never seen before.