NASA has been making headlines recently with its plans for future space exploration missions, including sending astronauts to the International Space Station and embarking on new projects such as the Dragonfly mission to explore Titan. The agency has also been in the spotlight for its efforts to stay ahead in the space race, with NASA administrator Bill Nelson emphasizing the importance of the US reaching the moon before China's planned missions.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, aeronautics, and space research. Established in 1958, NASA has been at the forefront of space exploration, conducting groundbreaking missions such as the Apollo moon landings and the Mars rover missions. With a focus on advancing scientific knowledge and technology in space, NASA continues to push the boundaries of human understanding of the universe.
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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly to the International Space Station in an orbital capsule that faced years of costly technical delays.
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China is going. NASA is talking about going. What gives?
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Webb delivers with a new look on an iconic classic.
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“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t."
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Space is the next frontier for AI.
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The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing's first human spaceflight have arrived in Florida for their May launch
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Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.
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The Lyrid meteor shower will align with the "pink moon" this week. But this bright supermoon could make shooting stars harder to see.
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NASA administrator Bill Nelson has told a US budget committee it is "incumbent" on the US to get to the moon before China plans to.
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"I don't think I've seen or heard, after my own research, any of these events occurring."
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A new search will place on the 90th anniversary of Sir Edward Mountain's expedition, from 30 May to 2 June.
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Tim Peake has suggested he could soon be coming out of retirement and joining an all-British mission to space next year.
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The next total solar eclipse will be Europe's first in 27 years.
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Protective eyewear was crucial to observe the total eclipse on Monday 8 April
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‘The sad news is that the Earth will probably just be swallowed up by an expanding Sun,’ scientist says
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The celestial event was visible from Mexico to Maine, and was the first to darken the continent in seven years.
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Almost everyone in the U.S. was able to view the celestial event to some extent.
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The next eclipse won't come for 20 years, so people are shelling out for lodging and activities in the path of totality.
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Partial solar eclipse to cross over the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the west of England
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A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and Belarus’s first ever space traveller on Saturday returned to Earth safely after a fortnight aboard the International Space Station, Russia’s Roscosmos agency…