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NASA Approves Ted Cruz’s Plan to Move a Space Shuttle to Houston, Setting Up a Fight With the Smithsonian
NASA has selected a yet-to-be-named Space Shuttle to move to Houston, conceding to a long-running bid by Texas senators to ...
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Curiosity rover celebrates 13 years on Mars with well-deserved naps and Red Planet 'coral'
Thirteen years into its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover is still uncovering Martian mysteries — and learning to do more with ...
NASA explains how it keeps the Curiosity rover running, 13 years later
Thirteen years ago, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, inside Gale crater in particular. It was originally sent to the red ...
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NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon's south pole
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to ...
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...
Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one
The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency’s retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be ...
Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy could enable future satellite swarms to complete science goals with little human help
Astronauts living and working on the moon and Mars will rely on satellites to provide services like navigation, weather, and ...
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NASA selects shuttle orbiter to move to Houston
NASA has selected a shuttle orbiter to transfer to Houston, a move that faces logistical, fiscal and legal challenges.
Blue Origin and five other companies study how orbital transfer vehicles can aid NASA
Blue Origin is among six companies that will help NASA learn how orbital transfer vehicles can deliver spacecraft to ...
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NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030
NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon, aiming to establish such a power outpost by 2030, according ...
NASA calls for nuclear power plant on the moon in next decade. Here's what we know.
Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...
The new space race? NASA accelerates plan to put nuclear reactor on the moon
NASA claimed it would be ready to launch a 100 kilowatt nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030. Sky News asked experts why and ...