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Picture of the MOXIE instrument being installed in Mars rover Perseverance. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Creates Oxygen on Mars

Talyna

In 2015, Matt Damon brought Astronaut Mark Watney to life in the Ridley Scott film The Martian, a live-action adaptation ...

Rendering by NASA of SpaceX's Starship lunar lander on the Moon

NASA Awards SpaceX Moon Lander Contract

Talyna

NASA has once again set its sights on the moon. This time, under the program name Artemis, the space agency ...

The crew for the second long-duration SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2, are pictured during a training session at the SpaceX training facility in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Thomas Pesquet of the ESA (European Space Agency); Pilot Megan McArthur of NASA; Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA; and Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Credit: SpaceX

How to Watch the Joint NASA and SpaceX Crew-2 Launch

Talyna

NASA and SpaceX made history in November 2020 with the first operational crewed mission aboard the Falcon 9-powered Dragon spacecraft ...

Photo of SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts. Photo credit/creator: SpaceX.

Here’s How You Can Watch the SpaceX Crew-1 Launch

Melody McCune

Space is awesome! That sentiment doesn’t diminish as you grow older, folks. Now, thanks to c|net, there’s a way to ...

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John Krasinski’s New SOME GOOD NEWS Has ISS Astronauts, Brad Pitt, Billie Eilish and Rainn Wilson

Audrey Kearns

“No matter how dark it gets, there’s always good in the world.” ~Some Good News Another week in the pandemic, ...

Astronaut Christina Koch Has Set a New Record for Time Spent in Space

Jenny Flack

NASA astronaut Christina Koch made history this year by taking part in the first all-female space walk.  And, she’s set ...

NASA Will Live-Stream the Boeing Starliner Test Flight This Week

Jenny Flack

Commercial space flight is within reach.  All manner of private companies are in a race to get the first commericial ...

NASA Is Developing a New Class of Mars Rovers to Climb, Swim and Fly

Jenny Flack

Mars rovers like Opportunity (now deceased) and Curiosity have given us a lot of information about the surface of Mars ...

China’s Plans for a Moon Base are in Motion

Jenny Flack

China is steadily marching toward the moon. They successfully landed the uncrewed Chang’e-4 on the far side of the moon, ...

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NASA: Can the Lunar Dust Problem be Solved With Electromagnetic Shields?

Jenny Flack

NASA may bring humans back to the surface of the moon as soon as 2024.  And, if they do, lunar ...

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight to International Space Station Scheduled for March 2

Jenny Flack

NASA and SpaceX officials announced on Friday that their test flight of the Crew Dragon Capsule to the International Space ...

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THE BIG BANG THEORY Recap: (S12E05) The Planetarium Collision

Leona Laurie

So far Season 12 of The Big Bang Theory has been full of delightful surprises. “The Planetarium Collision” continues the trend, ...

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Moon Dust Proves to be Toxic to Human Cells

Jenny Flack

A new study has determined that moon dust is extremely dangerous and toxic to humans at the cellular level.  The ...

NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth's moon on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin.

NASA Has Plans for a Deep-Space Outpost to Orbit the Moon

Jenny Flack

NASA, along with a group of international scientists and space programs, is making plans for a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway.  It will ...

SpaceX Launches Used Spacecraft and Rocket for the First Time

Jenny Flack

SpaceX is living up to the hype.  Reusable spacecraft and rockets used to be considered an impossibility.  SpaceX said they ...