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NASA To Lose About 20% Of Staff Amid Trump's Federal Workforce Cuts
The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce -- at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.
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Two Airplane-Sized Asteroids Flying Past Earth At Alarming Speed Today
Space enthusiasts are in for a major cosmic event on Friday as NASA said that two aeroplane-sized asteroids -- 2024 XW15 and 2024 XC16 -- are all set to fly past Earth.
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China Hiding Military Presence In Space: NASA Head Bill Nelson
The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space.
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NASA Charts Roadmap For Human Missions To Moon, Mars
Revealing its human explorations plans, NASA has told the US Congress that the agency is currently focusing on developing technologies and systems that enable a series of human and robotic lunar missions that are extensible to Mars
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Mars Spacecraft's First Missions Face Delays, NASA Says
NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth's orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday.
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India At Night, As Seen From Space. NASA Releases Stunning New Images
NASA has just released new global maps of the Earth at night - the first since 2012. The stunning satellite images of Earth at night, referred to as "night lights," have been released every decade or so for nearly 25 years. Now, NASA scientists are trying to see if the night lights imagery can be updated more frequently - perhaps even daily.
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SpaceX Says Fix Underway For Rocket Turbine Wheel Cracking
SpaceX's final version of the Falcon 9 rocket, which Elon Musk aims to launch before the end of the year, will fix a potential problem with cracks in its turbopumps, the company said on Thursday. Its statement followed a report that the US Government Accountability Office will flag turbine wheel cracks in the rocket's turbopumps as a safety issue. ...
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NASA Completes Construction Of World's Largest Space Telescope
US space agency NASA has completed the construction of the world's largest space telescope, after almost two decades.
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Plan To Put Juno Closer To Jupiter Delayed
Mission managers for Juno probe to Jupiter have decided to delay the upcoming burn of its main rocket motor - designed to put the spacecraft closer to the largest planet in our solar system - until December, the US space agency said on Saturday.
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Iran's Space Agency 'Interested' In Cooperating With NASA
The head of Iran's space agency said Tuesday his country is interested in cooperating with NASA.
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New Evidence Of Water Plumes On Jupiter's Moon Europa
More evidence of possible water plumes erupting from the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa has been spotted using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the US space agency said on Monday.
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NASA Set To Launch First Asteroid Dust-Retrieval Mission
The US space agency counted down on Thursday to its first mission to collect dust from an asteroid, the kind of cosmic body that may have delivered life-giving materials to Earth billions of years ago.
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NASA Probe Set To Make Closest Approach Yet To Jupiter
NASA's Juno space probe on Saturday was set to pass the closest it will get to the planet Jupiter during the main phase of its planned mission to the gas giant, the US space agency's officials said.
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SpaceX Wins Second NASA Contract To Take Astronauts To International Space Station
The US space agency has ordered a second mission from Elon Musk's space transport services company SpaceX to take astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Juno Probe Ready To Face Jupiter's Extreme Radiation: NASA
As NASA's Juno spacecraft is poised to go closer to Jupiter than any spacecraft ever before, the US space agency has said it is well equipped to counter the extreme radiation environment of our solar system's largest planet.
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NASA To Lose About 20% Of Staff Amid Trump's Federal Workforce Cuts
The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce -- at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.
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Two Airplane-Sized Asteroids Flying Past Earth At Alarming Speed Today
Space enthusiasts are in for a major cosmic event on Friday as NASA said that two aeroplane-sized asteroids -- 2024 XW15 and 2024 XC16 -- are all set to fly past Earth.
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China Hiding Military Presence In Space: NASA Head Bill Nelson
The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space.
-
NASA Charts Roadmap For Human Missions To Moon, Mars
Revealing its human explorations plans, NASA has told the US Congress that the agency is currently focusing on developing technologies and systems that enable a series of human and robotic lunar missions that are extensible to Mars
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Mars Spacecraft's First Missions Face Delays, NASA Says
NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth's orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday.
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India At Night, As Seen From Space. NASA Releases Stunning New Images
NASA has just released new global maps of the Earth at night - the first since 2012. The stunning satellite images of Earth at night, referred to as "night lights," have been released every decade or so for nearly 25 years. Now, NASA scientists are trying to see if the night lights imagery can be updated more frequently - perhaps even daily.
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SpaceX Says Fix Underway For Rocket Turbine Wheel Cracking
SpaceX's final version of the Falcon 9 rocket, which Elon Musk aims to launch before the end of the year, will fix a potential problem with cracks in its turbopumps, the company said on Thursday. Its statement followed a report that the US Government Accountability Office will flag turbine wheel cracks in the rocket's turbopumps as a safety issue. ...
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NASA Completes Construction Of World's Largest Space Telescope
US space agency NASA has completed the construction of the world's largest space telescope, after almost two decades.
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Plan To Put Juno Closer To Jupiter Delayed
Mission managers for Juno probe to Jupiter have decided to delay the upcoming burn of its main rocket motor - designed to put the spacecraft closer to the largest planet in our solar system - until December, the US space agency said on Saturday.
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Iran's Space Agency 'Interested' In Cooperating With NASA
The head of Iran's space agency said Tuesday his country is interested in cooperating with NASA.
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New Evidence Of Water Plumes On Jupiter's Moon Europa
More evidence of possible water plumes erupting from the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa has been spotted using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the US space agency said on Monday.
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NASA Set To Launch First Asteroid Dust-Retrieval Mission
The US space agency counted down on Thursday to its first mission to collect dust from an asteroid, the kind of cosmic body that may have delivered life-giving materials to Earth billions of years ago.
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NASA Probe Set To Make Closest Approach Yet To Jupiter
NASA's Juno space probe on Saturday was set to pass the closest it will get to the planet Jupiter during the main phase of its planned mission to the gas giant, the US space agency's officials said.
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SpaceX Wins Second NASA Contract To Take Astronauts To International Space Station
The US space agency has ordered a second mission from Elon Musk's space transport services company SpaceX to take astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Juno Probe Ready To Face Jupiter's Extreme Radiation: NASA
As NASA's Juno spacecraft is poised to go closer to Jupiter than any spacecraft ever before, the US space agency has said it is well equipped to counter the extreme radiation environment of our solar system's largest planet.
