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Meteor Shower

The first known interstellar meteor hit Earth in 2014, U.S. officials say

Apr 14, 2022

The meteor crash-landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

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Space
This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launch pad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Ga. In a special election Tuesday, voters blocked county commissioners from purchasing 4,000 acres of land for the project.

Voters reject spaceport plan long pursued by Georgia county

Mar 08, 2022
Critics, including the National Park Service, said exploding rockets after launch could rain fiery debris onto surrounding land, including a federally protected wilderness.
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Space
The James Webb Space Telescope will be capturing pictures of the very first stars in the universe and help scientists study the atmosphere of planets orbiting stars outside of our solar system to see if they might be habitable.

James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, a million miles away

Jan 24, 2022
The $10 billion telescope is nearly ready to begin capturing images that scientists hope will help uncover the mysteries of the universe. And help scope out other possible habitable planets.
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Climate

Cyber risks add to climate threat, World Economic Forum warns

Jan 11, 2022
Survey of 1,000 experts and leaders finds cybersecurity and space add to the existing challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Space
Space companies like Blue Origin are grabbing headlines with the promise of a new era of space tourism, mostly recently with the plan to send William Shatner to the edge of space. But unless you're lucky, space is still out of reach for most of the publi

William Shatner is bound for space, but the rest of us will have to wait

Oct 11, 2021
New space companies are touting space tourism. But so far the final frontier has been the playground of the rich or famous, plus a few everyday folks who had a bit of luck.
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Science
This image of Bennu, taken from a range of 15 miles, shows its unexpectedly rough and rocky surface.

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too

Aug 11, 2021
A NASA mission to a potentially dangerous asteroid has let researchers map out its future trajectory like never before.
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Science
An illustrated view of the Earth moving around our sun, and the stars that have the right vantage point to view that transit — if anyone's out there looking.

Alien Planet-Hunters In Hundreds Of Nearby Star Systems Could Spot Earth

Jun 23, 2021
Potentially, observers in plenty of solar systems could have detected Earth sometime in the last 5,000 years. More stars will soon move into positions that would let them see our planet.
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Space
Chinese astronauts, from left, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming wave as they prepare to board for liftoff Thursday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China. China plans to launch three astronauts onboard the Shenzh

China Launches First Crew To Live On New Space Station

Jun 16, 2021
The three astronauts who blasted off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China will stay three months in the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony.
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Space
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced he'll be on board a spaceflight next month in a capsule attached to a rocket made by his space exploration company Blue Origin. Bezos is seen here in 2019.

Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)

Jun 07, 2021
"Ever since I was five years old, I've dreamed of traveling to space," Bezos said. The 11-minute flight will take place two weeks after the billionaire steps down as Amazon CEO.
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World
Astronomical text books in Latin are displayed at the Vatican Observatory.

The Vatican's Space Observatory Wants To See Stars And Faith Align

Jun 06, 2021
For a long time, the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine, even persecuting Galileo. Now the Vatican looks to promote its observatory as a bridge to science.
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Space

'What Is That In The Sky?' Floridians Catch Meteor's Close Brush With Earth

Apr 13, 2021
Dashcam footage and home surveillance video captured the fireball that lit up the night sky on Monday.
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Science
An artist's depiction of a nuclear powered spacecraft of the sort that might one day carry people to Mars. Nuclear could allow for faster journeys, according to the experts.

Experts Ponder Nuclear Rockets To Send Humans To Mars

Feb 24, 2021
Nuclear rocket technology might be the fastest, safest way to get to the red planet. But if NASA wants to go, it should start development now.
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Science
China's Chang'e-5 probe returned to Earth this week after collecting samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years.

China Promises To Share Findings From Its Returned Lunar Probe

Dec 18, 2020
The successful completion of the Chang'e-5 mission makes China only the third country to have returned soil and rock samples from the surface of the moon.
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Space
Saturn (center-left) and Jupiter (center-right) share a night sky earlier this year near Vantage, Wash. Already this past summer, the two planets were growing closer in the night sky. Later this month, they will appear closer to each other than they have

Jupiter And Saturn Will Be Together Again For The Holidays

Dec 09, 2020
At least, that's how it will look to someone craning their head aloft. On the winter solstice, the pair of gas giants will appear closer to each other in the night sky than they have in centuries.
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Science
Romanesco broccoli, as seen by a 3.2 billion pixel camera. Scientists chose to take a picture of the broccoli because of its fractal shape.

California Scientists Build A Camera To Take Pictures Of Huge Swath Of Sky

Sep 08, 2020
Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique 3.2 billion pixel camera for a telescope under construction in Chile. The camera has taken its first test pictures — of broccoli.
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Space
Scientists with the European Southern Observatory say system HR 6819, seen in this artist's rendering, is composed primarily of two stars (orbits in blue) and a newly discovered black hole (orbit in red). The black hole is invisible, but it makes its pre

Scientists Find Nearest-Known Black Hole, In Distressingly Fitting Metaphor

May 06, 2020
The black hole is roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth — and more than 2,000 light-years closer than the next one known. What's more, scientists say, it may be just "the tip of an exciting iceberg."
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The Salt
Some of the space food that was scheduled to be carried on the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission included (from left to right): chicken and vegetables, beef hash, and beef and gravy.

50 Years After Apollo 11, Here's What (And How) Astronauts Are Eating

Jul 21, 2019
Ever since astronaut John Glenn's first bite of applesauce in 1962, eating in space has been a challenge. NPR talks to former NASA food scientists to see how cosmic cuisine has evolved over the years.
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Space
Visitors look at a model of a Saturn V rocket and its launch umbilical tower, which were used during the Apollo moon-landing program, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Fifty years ago this July 20, Neil Armstrong and Bu

Poll: Americans Want NASA To Focus More On Asteroid Impacts, Less On Getting To Mars

Jun 20, 2019
American attitudes toward space exploration and NASA's priorities have changed ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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Space
NASA astronaut Anne McClain, attends her final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre outside Moscow on Nov. 14, 2018.

'Every Day Is A Good Day When You're Floating': Anne McClain Talks Life In Space

Feb 17, 2019
Kindergartners from Georgetown Day School in Washington D.C., help NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro field questions to McClain, who's an astronaut serving on the International Space Station.
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Strange News
Astronaut André Kuipers, pictured here after a landing in 2012, accidentally dialed 911 from the International Space Station.

How To Dial 911 From Space

Jan 04, 2019
Dutch astronaut André Kuipers made the extra-long-distance call by accident, but he was "disappointed" when emergency responders didn't show up at the International Space Station.
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Obituaries

Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother Of Hubble' Space Telescope, Has Died, At Age 93

Dec 30, 2018
Roman was one of the first female executives at NASA, its first chief of astronomy and she played an instrumental role in making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality. She died on Dec. 25.
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Space
NASA astronaut Anne McClain (from left), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency successfully blasted into space on Monday morning. It is the first mission since an aborted launch in October.

Soyuz Rocket Launches, Docks Successfully To Relief Of NASA, Russia Space Agency

Dec 03, 2018
A Russian, an American and a Canadian were aboard the spacecraft when it lifted off from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan. It's the first launch since a failed mission in October.
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Space
Vice President Pence announces the Trump Administration's plan to create the U.S. Space Force by 2020 during a speech at the Pentagon on Thursday.

White House Describes Military 'Space Force,' Aims To Create It By 2020

Aug 09, 2018
Vice President Pence said in a speech Thursday that the Space Force, which would be the military's sixth branch, will "prepare for the next battlefield" and "a new generation of threats."
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Space
NASA has named nine astronauts to crew the first test flights and missions of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. From left to right: Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Rob

NASA Announces Crew For First Commercial Space Flights

Aug 03, 2018
NASA has selected the astronauts who will blast off on new commercial space vehicles set for next year. Two of them flew on the final mission of NASA's space shuttle in 2011.
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The Salt
Engineer Daniel Schubert inspects lettuce at the German Aerospace Center in Bremen. Scientists there are developing greenhouses for a potential Mars colony. The first greenhouse is being tested in an inhospitable environment in the Antarctic.

Antarctic Veggies: Practice For Growing Plants On Other Planets

Apr 18, 2018
We may cultivate crops in space one day, so scientists are running an Antarctic greenhouse to prepare. They've harvested the first crop, but like any space mission, it's a bit tricky.

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