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Shooting for the moon, Intuitive Machines to launch daring lunar lander for NASA on Feb. 26

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Intuitive Machines is poised to launch its second lunar lander in as many years, marking a…

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NASA tells employees to ignore Trump administration’s ‘What did you do last week?’ email

NASA employees have been told they are not required to respond to a Trump administration email request to list their…

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NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027

A NASA planetary defense mission will ride to space atop a SpaceX rocket two and a half years from now.…

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NASA supercomputer reveals strange spiral structure at the edge of our solar system

The Oort cloud — the mysterious shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system — might sport…

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NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announces retirement after 35-year career at the space agency

NASA announced the retirement of the agency’s associate administrator, Jim Free, on Wednesday (Feb. 19,) thanking him for his more…

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Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce

After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18)…

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Trump’s DEI Purge Is Hitting NASA Hard

In the corridors of NASA buildings across the United States, Pride flags and pictures celebrating women in science are being…

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Chance of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports

The probability that a major asteroid, big enough to wipe out an entire city, will hit Earth in 2032 has…

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NASA rover discovers liquid water ‘ripples’ carved into Mars rock — and it could rewrite the Red Planet’s history

Scientists have discovered evidence that liquid water was once exposed to the air in ancient, shallow lakes on Mars. The…

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Perseverance rover’s Mars samples show traces of ancient water, but NASA needs them on Earth to seek signs of life

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of…

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