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NASA will be sending two missions to Venus for the first time in more than three decades. The space agency announced on Wednesday, June 2, that two $500 million missions will be launched within the next 10 years. Administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, will journey to…
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The Blood Orange supermoon on May 26 is going to be the most spectacular full moon in years. It will appear as part of a total eclipse, which occurs when the sun, earth, and moon come together in the sky to completely cover the light of the moon. The orange…
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NASA's Perseverance rover has managed to create oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time. According to an official statement posted on the website of the space agency, the six-wheeled robot used a special device called "MOXIE" - which stands for: "Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment." This…
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Footage of a historic piece of fabric being installed by NASA's Ingenuity helicopter engineers has been shared. Today (Monday, April 19), NASA successfully launched a miniature drone helicopter on Mars, carrying a piece of fabric from the Wright Brothers' historic first flight. In doing so, the space agency paid tribute…
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter paid tribute to the first flight made on Earth with a small piece of fabric. The helicopter is the first aircraft to be flown by humans on another planet, and it carries "a small swatch of muslin material" from the lower-left wing of the Wright Brothers Flyer…
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A 12-year-old child prodigy has spoken about going to college early, and how she one day wants to work for NASA. According to ABC News 25, Arizona local Alena Wicker intends on majoring in astronomical and planetary sciences and chemistry, and wants to work for the space agency by the…
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NASA has released a number of incredible pictures from the surface of the planet Mars taken with its new Perseverance rover. According to BBC News, the American space agency successfully landed the Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet's equator, named Jezero, which is thought to have once…
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China has officially become the second-ever country to plant its flag on the surface of the Moon. According to a report by CBS News, the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation's Chang'e-5 lunar mission lifted off from the Moon on Thursday, December 5, laden with rock samples. However, what…
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Incredible 'fireballs' will light up the night sky over the next couple of days in wonderful news for stargazers and space enthusiasts. Per CNN, the Northern Taurid meteor showers have been spotted in the sky since October, but the yearly shower is set to peak tonight, on November 11, and…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson claims that an asteroid could hit Earth just one day before the US election. According to a report by CNN, news of the incoming meteor was first announced on August 23, when the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that an…
