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    In this image provided by NASA, the core stage for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is seen at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four engines fired for a little more than one minute.
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    NASA's 8-Minute Rocket Test Shuts Down After 67 Seconds

    Jan 17, 2021
    The test was for NASA's Space Launch System, a successor to the retired Space Shuttle program. It takes eight minutes to generate the power needed to get to space, and ultimately to the moon.
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    Space
    From left, astronaut Soichi Noguchi of Japan and NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins walk after arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the Intern
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    Astronauts Arrive In Florida To Ready For SpaceX Launch To Space Station

    Nov 08, 2020
    Four astronauts are scheduled to take a SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station on Saturday. NASA hopes to demonstrate the safety and reliability of regular crew transportation to the ISS.
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    Science
    An artist's rendering shows NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending toward the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid's surface.
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    A NASA Probe Is So Full of Asteroid Material That It Now Has A Problem

    Oct 23, 2020
    A NASA spacecraft sent out to collect rocks from an asteroid seems to have nabbed a lot of material, but there's now an unexpected problem — a flap isn't closing because some rocks are stuck.
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    Science
    This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images collected on Dec. 2, 2018 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles.
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    If This NASA Spacecraft Can Avoid 'Mount Doom,' It Might Nab A Bit Of Asteroid

    Oct 19, 2020
    NASA is getting ready to collect its first sample from an asteroid ever. The rocks and dust could help us understand potentially dangerous space rocks and the history of the solar system.
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    Science
    An STS-125 crew member onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis snapped a still photo of the Hubble Space Telescope following grapple of the giant observatory by the shuttle.
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    The Hubble Space Telescope Still Works Great—Except When It Doesn't

    Sep 07, 2020
    None of us are perfect, and sometimes the Hubble Space Telescope just flat-out points to the wrong spot in the sky. This has been happening more than ever in the last couple years.
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    Space
    The Perseid meteor shower, pictured here near Death Valley, Calif., in 2019, is one of the most popular of the year. This summer, it peaks in the predawn hours of Aug. 12.
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    Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks After Midnight. NASA Says It's 'One Of The Best'

    Aug 11, 2020
    The light of the moon will reduce the visibility of some fainter meteors, but NASA says it's still worth staying up late — or rising very very early on Wednesday — to see "nature's fireworks."
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    Science
    The SpaceX capsule sits aboard a recovery ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    Splashdown! SpaceX And NASA Astronauts Make History

    Aug 02, 2020
    NASA and SpaceX are welcoming home two astronauts who splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico after several months on the International Space Station.
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    Science
    NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy are the U.S. members of the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to return to Earth on Aug. 2.
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    Astronauts Set To Return To Earth In First U.S. Splashdown In Decades

    Jul 31, 2020
    The two NASA astronauts who flew on the SpaceX craft to the International Space Station in May are scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday. But there's a hurricane forecast for the splashdown vicinity.
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    Space
    In 2017, technicians lift the mirror assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane inside a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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    NASA Pushes Back Launch Date On Webb Space Telescope, Citing COVID-19

    Jul 16, 2020
    The launch of the $10 billion spacecraft, which scientists hope will see back to the time when the first galaxies were formed, has been rescheduled for Oct. 31, 2021.
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    Space
    A collaborative mission between NASA and the European Space Agency has captured the closest photos ever taken of the sun and revealed new solar phenomena in the process.
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    Solar Orbiter Probe Snaps Closest Photos Ever Taken Of The Sun, Revealing Tiny Flares

    Jul 16, 2020
    The first snapshots capture an unprecedented level of detail, including miniature solar flares that scientists are calling "campfires."
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    Mary Jackson, NASA's first Black female engineer, in 1977 at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
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    NASA Names Headquarters After Mary Jackson, Its First Black Female Engineer

    Jun 25, 2020
    The agency will name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after the pioneering scientist whose Space Race-era contributions gained recognition in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.
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    Kathy Sullivan and pilot Victor Vescovo, seen after their dive to Challenger Deep.
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    First U.S. Woman To Walk In Space Dives To Deepest Point In The Ocean

    Jun 09, 2020
    Kathy Sullivan traveled to Challenger Deep, nearly seven miles beneath the surface of the South Pacific. Already an accomplished astronaut, Sullivan made history with her trip to the site.
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    Science
    SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking Sunday.
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    SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Successfully Docks With The International Space Station

    May 31, 2020
    The docking came above China and Mongolia as the ISS was traveling at 17,000 mph. It docked 19 hours after the historic launch with NASA astronauts from the Kennedy Space Center.
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    President Trump, Vice President Pence and Karen Pence view the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center, Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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    Trump Takes Credit For Space Launch That Got Its Start A Decade Ago

    May 30, 2020
    The successful SpaceX launch has its roots in two previous administrations, but President Trump credited his own leadership.
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    Science
    A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday.
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    NASA And SpaceX Launch First Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011

    May 30, 2020
    After an aborted launch attempt to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the weather cleared and the launch went ahead on Saturday.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Two astronauts will launch to the International Space Station aboard a new capsule built by the company SpaceX.
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    Here's How The Pandemic Is Changing America's Plans For Its Newest Spaceship

    May 25, 2020
    Later this week, NASA and SpaceX will launch the first rocket carrying astronauts from U.S. soil since the end of the space shuttle era. But COVID-19 has forced some changes to their plans.
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    Douglas Loverro, associate NASA administrator for the human exploration and operations mission directorate, in an official portrait taken in January. Loverro announced his resignation on Tuesday.
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    Head Of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program Resigns A Week Before Crucial Launch

    May 19, 2020
    The sudden departure of Doug Loverro startled the space community, which has been eagerly anticipating the planned May 27 launch of astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011.
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    Science
    An arist's depiction of SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which is set to take NASA astronauts to the International Space Station May 27.
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    Coronavirus Fears Have NASA Urging Space Fans To Stay Away From Historic Launch

    May 01, 2020
    The space agency is urging people not to travel to go see astronauts embark on their historic launch from Florida, the first time they will do so in nearly a decade.
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    Space
    This illustration made available by NASA in April 2020 depicts Artemis astronauts on the Moon. On Thursday, NASA announced the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2024.
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    NASA Names Firms In Competition To Build Next-Gen Lunar Lander

    May 01, 2020
    Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Dynetics, a Huntsville, Ala.- based firm, will share $967 million to develop a vehicle to get astronauts to the moon's surface by 2024.
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    Space
    Astronaut Al Worden circled the moon during the Apollo 15 mission.
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    Retired Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Dies At 88

    Mar 18, 2020
    He had one trip to the moon — not to tread the surface, but to orbit in the craft that would return the two moonwalkers to Earth. All three got in trouble later over the sale of space mementos.
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    Space
    A new documentary centers on Edward Dwight, the first African American selected as a potential astronaut in 1963 for Aerospace Research Pilot School.
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    'Black In Space' Explores NASA's Small Steps And Giant Leaps Toward Equality

    Mar 01, 2020
    A new documentary looks at America's struggle to send its first black astronaut to space. "It would've been fantastic if we saw Ed Dwight walking on the moon," says black astronaut Robert Satcher.
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    Obituaries
    NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, pictured at the 2017 Academy Awards, was one of the women profiled in the book and film <em>Hidden Figures</em>. She died Monday at 101.
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    Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For 'Hidden Figures,' Dies

    Feb 24, 2020
    Johnson was one of NASA's human "computers" and wrote trajectory equations for missions in the space agency's early days. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
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    Science
    Solar Orbiter, seen in this artistic rendering, is a collaboration between the European Space Agency and NASA to study the sun and what drives the solar wind that creates space weather that affects Earth.
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    Polar Express: New Spacecraft Will Explore Elusive Parts Of The Sun

    Feb 07, 2020
    The Solar Orbiter, a new mission from the European Space Agency and NASA, was designed to give us our first look at the sun's poles and to gather data that might help predict space weather.
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    Space
    This photo provided by NASA shows the view from NASA's Andrew Morgan's helmet cam as Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Saturday.
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    Astronauts Finish Spacewalk For Final Fix Of International Space Station Device

    Jan 25, 2020
    Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station made their fourth foray outside the spacecraft to prolong the lifespan of a cosmic ray detector.
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    StoryCorps
    Six-year-old Jerry Morrison and his uncle Joey Jefferson, a NASA engineer, talk about their mutual love for learning about space, in November 2019 at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles.
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    A NASA Engineer Tells 6-Year-Old Nephew To Aim High

    Jan 24, 2020
    Six-year old Jerry Morrison is obsessed with space — a love that intensifies when talking to his uncle, a NASA engineer. "I learned from you a lot," Morrison told him. "More than I could imagine."
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