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Tiny New Moon Discovered Around Neptune, Called Hippocamp

Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday February 21, 2019

The moon, dubbed Hippocamp for the half-horse, half-fish sea monster from Greek legend, is about the size of Chicago and so faint only the powerful Hubble Space Telescope can spot it

SpaceX, Boeing Design Threaten New Delays For US Space Program

World News | Reuters | Thursday February 21, 2019

Nasa has warned SpaceX and Boeing Co of design and safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, according to industry sources and a new government report, threatening the U.S. bid to revive its human spaceflight program later this year.

NASA Scientist Discovers Oldest White Dwarf Star With Puzzling Rings

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 20, 2019

A citizen scientist working for NASA has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf - an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has died - ringed by dust and debris.

NASA's InSight Lander Now Providing Daily Weather Data From Mars Social: Same

Associated Press | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Starting Tuesday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is posting daily Mars weather reports from the InSight lander.

First Israeli Spacecraft, Beresheet, To Launch Moon Mission This Week

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Israel is to launch its first moon mission this week, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA, organisers said Monday.

NASA Wants To Get To The Moon. But China And India Are Racing There, Too

Science | Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Monday February 18, 2019

During the height of the Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union bushwhacked a frantic path to the lunar surface, landing nearly 20 spacecraft softly on the moon between 1966 and 1976, including the six carrying NASA's Apollo astronauts.

NASA Considers Buying New Rides To Space From Russia Amid Delays

World News | Reuters | Saturday February 16, 2019

NASA said on Friday it was weighing an option to buy two additional astronaut seats aboard a Russian rocket as a contingency plan against further delays in the launch systems being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Boeing Co.

NASA Heading Back to Moon Soon, and This Time to Stay

Agence France-Presse | Friday February 15, 2019

Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, told reporters Thursday that the agency plans to speed up plans backed by President Donald Trump to return to the moon.

How NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Enriched Space Science in 15 Years

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 15, 2019

NASA's Opportunity rover outlived its mission lifetime by more than 14 years to become the longest lasting robot sent from Earth.

SpaceX Protests NASA Launch Contract Awarded to Its Chief Rival

Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Thursday February 14, 2019

SpaceX has filed a protest challenging the nearly $150 million contract that NASA recently awarded to its chief rival.

NASA to Launch New Space Telescope in 2023 to Explore Origins of Universe

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday February 14, 2019

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionisation and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is a planned two-year mission, funded at $242 million.

Mission Complete: 12 Years On, NASA Declares Mars Rover Officially Dead

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 14, 2019

During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet -- but NASA's Opportunity rover has analyzed its last soil sample.

NASA Finally Bids Adieu to Opportunity, the Mars Rover That Kept Going and Going

Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Friday February 15, 2019

Opportunity's historic mission, which uncovered signs of Mars' watery past and transformed our understanding of the Red Planet, has finally come to an end after 15 years.

NASA To Make Last Try To Contact Mars Opportunity Rover, Likely "Dead"

Science | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 13, 2019

US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on Mars late Tuesday, eight months after it last made contact.

NASA Turns Mars Sniffer MAVEN Into Data-Relay Satellite For Rovers

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 12, 2019

NASA's atmosphere-sniffing Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has embarked on a new campaign to tighten its orbit around the red planet to become a data-relay satellite for the US space agency's Mars 2020 rover.