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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86

World News | Matt Schudel, The Washington Post | Sunday May 27, 2018

Alan Bean, a NASA astronaut who journeyed into space two times and, as part of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, became the fourth man to walk on the moon, died May 26 at a hospital in Houston. He was 86.

NASA Camera Melted While It Captured SpaceX Launch, Grass Fire To Blame

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 26, 2018

As photographs of NASA's "melted camera" spread like wildfire on the Internet, triggering assumptions of many kinds, the space agency has explained that a grass fire started by the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week toasted the camera.

NASA's New Chief Changes Mind, Now Believes In Climate Change

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 24, 2018

NASA's new administrator, a former lawmaker nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US space agency, admitted Wednesday he has changed his mind about climate change and now believes that humans are the main driver of greenhouse gas emissions.

How A Pair Of Satellites, Both The Size Of A Car, Will Weigh Water On Earth

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 22, 2018

The reason we know today just how much ice is melting in Greenland and Antarctica is because of a pair of satellites, launched in 2002 by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Now, they are set to be replaced by a more modern duo.

NASA Spots Pac-Man Shaped Crater On Mars

World News | ANI | Saturday May 19, 2018

The Pac-Man shaped crater has been captured using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in mid-March.

NASA's TESS Swings by Moon, Clicks First Image

IANS | Saturday May 19, 2018

TESS is the next step in NASA's search for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline In India

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 18, 2018

India is among the places where overuse of water resources has caused a serious decline in the availability of freshwater, a first-of-its-kind study that used an array of NASA satellite observations of Earth, has found.

Humans Causing Massive Changes In The Location Of Water All Over The Earth: NASA

World News | Chris Mooney, The Washington Post | Thursday May 17, 2018

A 14-year NASA mission has confirmed that a massive redistribution of freshwater is occurring across the Earth, with middle-latitude belts drying and the tropics and higher latitudes gaining water supplies.

Giant Jets Of Water Seen On Jupiter's Moon, A Target In Search For Life

World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Tuesday May 15, 2018

Europa, a moon of Jupiter thought to harbor a warm, saltwater ocean sloshing beneath a thick, icy crust, has long been considered one of the best spots in the solar system to look for alien beings

In A First, NASA To Send Tiny Robot Helicopter To Mars

World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Tuesday May 15, 2018

In five decades of exploring Mars, NASA has sent orbiters, landers and rovers to explore Earth's neighbor. But the space agency's next mission will be the first to send a tiny robotic helicopter to another planet.

In an Interplanetary First, NASA to Fly a Helicopter on Mars

Reuters | Saturday May 12, 2018

The helicopter's blades will spin at almost 3,000 rpm, roughly 10 times the rate employed by helicopters on Earth.

SpaceX Launches New Falcon 9 Rocket Meant for Future Crewed Missions

Reuters | Saturday May 12, 2018

SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket is expected to be the first SpaceX vehicle to satisfy NASA's standards for its Commercial Crew Program to carry agency astronauts to the International Space Station.

In An Interplanetary First, NASA To Fly A Helicopter On Mars

World News | Reuters | Saturday May 12, 2018

NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency's 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface, marking the first time such an aircraft will be used on another world.

The Challenge Of Space Gardening: One Giant 'Leaf' For Mankind

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 11, 2018

NASA has decided that gardening in space will be crucial for the next generation of explorers, who need to feed themselves on missions to the Moon or Mars that may last months or years.

Moon Mission A Step Forward To Reach Mars: NASA Chief

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 10, 2018

NASA's new head, Jim Bridenstine, has defended the new agency directive to return astronauts to the Moon, saying that the mission will not derail the US goal of becoming the first country to put humans on Mars.