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NASA is planning to send two maneuverable probes to lunar orbit in order to learn how spacecraft are…
NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia
NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the…
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The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can…
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A private mission to rescue an ailing NASA space telescope may now need a rescue of its own.…
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We have known for a while that the Milky Way is full of homeless worlds. Rogue planets, free…
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Most ways a space mission can fail are dramatic. A rocket explodes. A lander tips over. A heat…
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A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar…