SpaceX is set to launch 4 people on a first-of-its-kind mission around Earth’s poles. Here’s what to know
A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...
‘Spacewoman’ Doc About First Woman to Command a Space Shuttle Mission Screens at CPH:DOX While NASA Axes Pledge to Land a Woman on the Moon
Hannah Berryman’s documentary “Spacewoman” chronicles the life and career of astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to ...
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SpaceX Astronauts Will Try Growing the First Mushrooms in Space on Upcoming Fram2 Mission Over Earth’s Poles
Described as the “perfect space crop,” the nutritious and ready-to-eat fungus could be a key stepping stone toward fueling ...
How NASA's Perseverance is helping prepare astronauts for Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists ...
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'It’s still surreal': NASA engineer explains what it's like to help put spacecraft into orbit
Lots of us look up at the night sky with wonderment, asking how humans are able to explore the universe. Tracy Drain, a ...
NASA Early Galaxy Discovery Shines Light on 'Cosmic Dark Ages'
"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.
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Curiosity Rover Discovers Largest Organic Compounds Ever Found on Mars, a Possible Sign of Ancient Life
The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...
A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK -- A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the ...
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What starts here changes the universe: Alumnus highlighted in SXSW documentary ‘Starman’
After graduating from UT in 1963, Gentry Lee studied at MIT before entering the world of space exploration research. Now, as ...
Texas 'Starman' has a convincing case that we aren't alone
"Starman," which premiered at South by Southwest, covers the life—and questions—of one of NASA's brightest stars.
Watch: Long overdue NASA astronauts back on Earth
The two, along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashed down in the ...