NASA
- Formed: July 29, 1958
- Location: Kennedy Space Center
- Related: Space Force
- Status: Active
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Scott Carpenter, The Second Man To Orbit The Earth, Has Passed Away At 88
As we enter a new era in space travel, we are reminded of those who pioneered the initial space race, …
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Juno Will Use Earth For A Gravitational Slingshot As It Heads To Jupiter
Even though NASA has been crippled by the government shutdown, maintaining enough staff and operations to keep our ISS astronauts …
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Legos Make Everything More Awesome, Even Space
Legos are easily one of the greatest inventions in human history. That may be bit much, a bit too hyperbolic, …
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The Moon Is Covered In Human Feces
Those of you who saw Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity this past weekend—and if the box office numbers are any indication there …
Scientists Spot Clouds On An Exoplanet
The search for potentially habitable planets not yet saddled by ridiculous government shutdowns (I’m going to keep bringing it up …
Seven Possible Scenarios For Manned Interstellar Travel
Since we learned that Voyager 1 has been in interstellar space for over a year, it’s become a bit easier …
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NASA May Slam An Asteroid Down On The Moon Like A Giant Domino
Using up resources then getting rid of the evidence has become such prevalent behavior in the U.S. that we may …
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The Ferrari Of Space Is In For One Hell Of A Crash
This is exactly what you should expect when you take a Ferrari into space. The European Space Agency’s GOCE (Gravity …
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NASA Funds Ten Space Tech Proposals
It’s good to see that even though NASA isn’t swimming (or flying) in dough, it’s still able to fund space …
Han Solo Spotted On Mercury And Incredible Blue Dunes On Mars
Everyone knows that once you go looking for something, you’re bound to find something that at least resembles what you’re …
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NASA Will Pay You $18,000 To Stay In Bed
Have you ever had one of those mornings where you just don’t want to get out of bed? You know, …
Voyager 1 Boldly (And Historically) Goes Into Interstellar Space
Voyager 1 has been journeying through space just longer than I’ve been journeying on Earth — 36 years. Now scientists …
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Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have Ice, Could Be A Game Changer
There’s been a lot of hubbub lately about habitable planets, but most of the ones we’ve identified so far with …
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NASA’s LADEE Moon Probe Puts On Show For The Eastern U.S.
Late Friday night, NASA launched a Minotaur V rocket carrying a lunar orbiter called LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment …
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Solar-Powered Autonomous Greenhouse Could Produce Fresh Spinach On Mars
As plans for a Mars colony are underway, at least preliminarily and tentatively, scores of questions arise about the logistics …
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Robotic 3D Printer Spiders Could Build The Spacecraft Of Tomorrow
We know that NASA has been talking about taking 3D printing into space for a little while now, and I’ll …
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The Moon Shows New Evidence Of Subsurface Water
When it comes to space science, finding water on the moon has been something of a holy grail to astronomers …
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Quantum-Thruster Physics May Be The Key To Warp Drives
Faster-than-light technology is one of those sci-fi inventions that I frequently wish was reality (along with replicators). I’ll take a …
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NASA Accepting Bids On Moon Mission Launch Platforms
Do you have a lot of money, a huge backyard and a key interest in space memorabilia? You’re in luck! …
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Exoskeletons Aren’t Just for Iron Men Anymore—Now They’re For Astronauts Too
While Elysium raises some frightening possibilities about the implications of the class divide, it did present a pretty awesome futuristic …
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Comet Dives Into The Sun, Scores A 9.8
Comets sure are dramatic sometimes — last week, one dove right into the sun! Scientists from NASA and the ESA …
Space Station Astronaut Describes Nearly Drowning In Outer Space
A little over a month ago, we reported that a maintenance spacewalk outside the International Space Station had to be …
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Mars MAVEN Arrives At Kennedy Space Center For Launch Prep
If you saw the 55th anniversary infographic of NASA’s planned missions through 2030, you will have already heard about MAVEN, …
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NASA’s MESSENGER Probe Shows You What It’s Like To Leave Earth In The Rearview
One of the key ingredients of science fiction as a genre—not all, of course, there are many kinds of sci-fi—has …
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The Sun’s Magnetic Field Will Flip In The Next Few Months
Every so often, we go through changes in life that can be quite confusing. Puberty, marriage, childbirth, zombification, or what …
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reflects On Sounds In Space
If you frequent this site, along with most other science/space-based areas of the Internet, then you’re familiar with the name …
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NASA Is Taking Leisurely Virtual Reality Strolls Around Mars
If you think you’ve missed the train to Mars, don’t bother settling for counting stars. (Hum reference!) Just head on …
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Humans Might Be Too Stupid For Aliens To Contact
The Fermi Paradox illustrates the apparent contradiction between the high likelihood that there is intelligent life somewhere out there and …
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NASA’s Planned Missions Through 2030 In One Neat Infographic
Happy birthday, NASA! Everyone’s favorite underfunded government organization is turning 55. Instead of buying NASA a tattoo or a new …
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Apollo 11 HD Photos Celebrate The Mission’s 44th Anniversary
One small snapshot for man…
