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NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity hovers above the surface of Mars on Monday.
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WATCH: The Moment NASA Controllers Learn That Ingenuity Is '1st In Flight' On Mars

Apr 19, 2021
Jet Propulsion Laboratory project manager MiMi Aung gave an enthusiastic two thumbs-up and then clenched fists before a roomful of engineers erupted in applause.
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NASA's 4-pound, experimental helicopter Ingenuity lands on the surface of Mars on Monday.
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Success! NASA's Ingenuity Makes 1st Powered Flight On Mars

Apr 19, 2021
The tiny helicopter took off and hovered briefly — the first such flight on another planet. The Perseverance rover kept tabs on the mission from a viewing point about 60 yards away.
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter with all four of its legs deployed before dropping from the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021.
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With Mini Helicopter On Mars, NASA Hopes To Reinvent Flight 'On Another World'

Apr 04, 2021
The successful deployment of Ingenuity brings NASA one step closer to its first attempt at testing the possibility of powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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Obituaries
Glynn Lunney, seen here in 2015, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom as part of the Apollo 13 mission operations team.
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Glynn Lunney, NASA Flight Director With A Key Role In Saving Apollo 13, Dies At 84

Mar 20, 2021
Lunney, who played an integral role in the agency's Apollo program, died Friday. He was credited for his quick decision-making during the race to save the lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts.
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Then-Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., with Sen. Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. Nelson has been chosen to lead NASA.
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Biden To Nominate Former Sen. Bill Nelson Of Florida As NASA Head

Mar 19, 2021
Nelson, who spent six days in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986, would succeed Trump-era Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
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The massive core stage for NASA's <a href="http://nasa.gov/sls">Space Launch System (SLS)</a> rocket is in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for the core stage Green Run test series.
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NASA To Test Rocket In The Next Step Towards Returning To The Moon

Mar 17, 2021
NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon.
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China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station

Mar 10, 2021
The two countries' space agencies say the proposal, which sets no time frame, could include an orbiting station, a base on the surface, or both.
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An image captured by the navigation cameras of NASA's Perseverance rover shows tracks on the surface of Mars during the rover's first test drive on March 4.
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In First Test Drive On Mars, Perseverance Rover Makes A Short But Significant Trip

Mar 06, 2021
The NASA rover traversed some 21 feet of terrain this week, in its first test drive since landing on the red planet. It also captured photos of its touchdown site and the wheel tracks it left behind.
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Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at NASA's Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., on Saturday. The rocket is delivering cargo to the International Space Station.
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Spacecraft Named For 'Hidden Figures' Mathematician Launches From Virginia

Feb 20, 2021
The supply ship is named for Katherine Johnson, a Black NASA mathematician portrayed in the 2016 film. It's bringing some 8,000 pounds supplies and hardware to the International Space Station.
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The first high-resolution full-color image of the Martian surface by Perseverance, taken by the Hazard Cameras on the underside of the rover.
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After A Successful Landing On Mars, NASA Rover Undergoes A Systems Checkout

Feb 19, 2021
Following a 300 million-mile voyage through space and a dangerous drop to the surface, Perseverance will be put through its paces before getting to a search for ancient Martian life.
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NASA's Perseverance rover shown with its experimental aerial drone, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, in an artist's concept.
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After Tricky Landing, New Mars Rover To Scour Ancient Lake Bed For Life Signs

Feb 18, 2021
Perseverance, set to land on the Red Planet on Thursday, is carrying the most sophisticated robotic biology lab ever launched and a drone meant to make the first-ever powered flight on another world.
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'Perseverance' Mission Will Put NASA Wheels Back On Mars

Feb 14, 2021
Another six-wheeled rover is about to land on Mars. NASA Perseverance's mission is headed to Jezero Crater, which once may have been a lake. It's carrying two new items: a microphone and a helicopter.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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