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ISS Astronauts Tip Their Hats To Hitchhiker’s Guide With New Mission Poster
Unless you’re a die-hard NASA junkie, you might not know about the space agency’s tradition of getting a bit silly …
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Boeing Wins Manned Spacecraft Bid—We Think
When President Obama announced the end of the Constellation program, many people worried about the U.S. not having a method …
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NASA Renews Seven Planetary Missions
Here’s an all to rare thing: a post to celebrate the extension of seven planetary missions. I’m exercising cautious optimism …
NASA’s Asteroid Capture Program Has Haters
For all the man-made catastrophes humans have to fear, there are natural ones too, like volcanic explosions, earthquakes, and asteroids. …
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NASA Funds Tumbling Robotic Cubes
As NASA debates whether to send more people to the moon, as well as whether, how, and when to try …
NASA’s New Horizon Probe Captures Its First Images Of Pluto And Charon
Pluto may not be an official planet anymore—revoking a celestial body’s planet hood still seems a bit harsh—but that doesn’t …
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Watch Footage Of NASA’s Flying Saucer, The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator
A few months ago we reported on the NASA’s new Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), which looks like a flying saucer …
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Curiosity Celebrates Its Two-Year Anniversary On Mars
How time flies. Can you believe the Curiosity Rover has been on Mars for two years already? Sure, Opportunity’s got …
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Microwave Propulsion Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Space Travel
“Game changer” has become an overused buzz term. Every innovation or advancement is either a definite game changer, or at …
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Comic-Con 2014: 14 Things To Do And See On Wednesday & Thursday
Break out your to-do lists.
NASA Confirms That Voyager 1 Is Soaring Through Interstellar Space
Let’s see what’s out there.
Launch Of NASA’s Climate Satellite Delayed
While debating climate change with a denier can be like delving into a circular debate about religion or abortion, scientists …
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SpaceX Wants To Put People On Mars Before NASA Does
The race to Mars is on. And by race I mean “painfully slow planning and plodding.” Not that I’m complaining, …
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The House Seems To Be Supporting Manned Flight To Mars
Perhaps the recent National Research Council report lambasting NASA’s plan to get humans to Mars was the wake-up call the …
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NASA’s Newest Warp Drive Ship Design Is A Thing Of Beauty
I’m guessing any fan of GFR dreams of living long enough to see our species actually spread out beyond our …
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Is Going To Mars A NASA Pipe Dream?
Both NASA and President Obama—at least, early on, before budget realities called for revisions—have outlined goals to get humans to …
Astronaut Reid Wiseman Is Your New Twitter Must-Follow
One of the coolest things about social media is the way it lets us experience by proxy something most of …
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NASA Art Contest Lets Kids Explore The Final Frontier
I’m not sure how long the tradition of putting your kid’s art up on the refrigerator has been around, but …
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CNN Publishes Hoax Article About Doomsday Asteroid
We like to remain optimistic here at GFR. We like to think that, in spite of all the challenges facing …
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Mousetronauts Headed To The ISS
Soon there won’t be any cosmonauts on the ISS, but new residents will soon arrive, and while they might not …
NASA’s Morpheus Project Successfully Completes Test Flight
It won’t get astronauts to the ISS anytime soon, but NASA’s Morpheus is pretty darn cool, and it’s always good …
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Russia Bailing On The ISS
Six weeks after NASA announced that it would be cutting ties with Russia, except for their collaboration on the ISS, …
NASA Reveals Crowdsourced Spacesuit Design Winner
It’s astounding to me that more big decisions aren’t solved by crowdsourcing opinions. I mean, it doesn’t always work so …
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NASA Recruits R2-D2 To Help Send Star Wars Day Message
Today’s news cycle may have been dominated by the official announcement of Star Wars: Episode VII’s cast, but I’d hate …
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NASA Builds Inflatable Saucers And Giant Parachutes For Mars Landings
The Opportunity and Curiosity rovers are triumphs for NASA, but why should the space agency rest on its laurels? Even …
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Crowdfunding Mission Seeks To Resurrect ISEE-3 Space Probe
A long time ago (1978) in a galaxy…well, pretty close to us, NASA launched the ISEE-3 (International Sun/Earth Explorer 3) …
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NASA To Test Einstein’s Twin Paradox On Actual Twins
NASA’s latest experiment is something straight out of a sci-fi horror movie. Mostly because it involves identical twins—apologies to any …
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SpaceX Sends Microbes And A Space Farm To The ISS
UPDATE: A helium leak nixed plans for today’s launch. It has tentatively been rescheduled for 12:25PM PT/3:25 PM ET on …
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You Can Vote For NASA’s New Spacesuit Design
Dava Newman is still working on a futuristic, 3D-printed spacesuit, but in the meantime, NASA has developed a few other …
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Urgent Launch Of Air Force Satellites Delays NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Flight Test
NASA’s next manned spacecraft — its first new model in 40 years — is called the Orion, or “Apollo on …
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