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NASA's Lucy probe flies by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...
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NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science
Amid harsh cuts, the Trump administration has proposed canceling the nearly ready-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in ...
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NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far
The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...
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States bid to host a revamped NASA headquarters
More states are lining up in a bid to host NASA’s headquarters, but the prize they seek may turn out to be smaller than they ...
The Prototype: NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Scientific Discovery
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at potential first signs of life on another world, an FDA greenlight for ...
Breaking the Gender Barrier May Be New for Space Tourism—But Not for NASA Missions
Blue Origin's all-female 11-minute flight on April 14 reminds us that there's a long line of women who have been making ...
DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings
The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial ...
NASA's Glenn to test lunar air quality monitors aboard space station
As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and ...