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Nov 22, 2018

It’s time for a 🙌 TOUCHDOWN

Posted by in categories: entertainment, space

No, we’re not talking about the #Thanksgiving day games, but rather our Mars InSight lander mission is on course for a touchdown with a #MarsLanding on Monday, Nov. 26. Learn about how the mission is on track to make this touchdown: https://go.nasa.gov/2qZDdZ2

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Nov 21, 2018

Landing on Mars is harder than you think. Here’s how NASA prepares

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Practice makes perfect when sending a robot on the perilous journey to the red planet.

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Nov 21, 2018

Silent and Simple Ion Engine Powers a Plane with No Moving Parts

Posted by in categories: space, transportation

Researchers fly the first atmospheric aircraft to use space-proven ionic thrust technology.

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Nov 21, 2018

Meet the woman who discovered a whole new type of galaxy

Posted by in category: space

Turkish-born astrophysicist Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil shares her name with a rare double ring of stars more than 350 light-years away.

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Nov 20, 2018

A New Gadget Turns Plastic Waste Into Tools Astronauts Need

Posted by in category: space

The Refabricator could help extend our reach into space.


It’s already being put to the test aboard the ISS.

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Nov 20, 2018

Space Station Crew Discusses 20 Years of Operations

Posted by in categories: engineering, space

Twenty years ago today, construction began on the greatest international science and engineering project in human history — the International Space Station. In case you missed it, we celebrated the occasion by talking to the crew currently living and working in space. Take a look: https://go.nasa.gov/2qVKqt9 #SpaceStation20th

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Nov 20, 2018

We’re going to Jezero!

Posted by in categories: chemistry, climatology, space

At Jezero, Mars 2020’s goal will be “to explore the history of water and chemistry in an ancient crater lake basin and associated river-delta environments to probe early Martian climates and search for life.”


NASA announced this morning the selection of Jezero crater for the landing site of the Mars 2020 mission. Jezero is a 45-kilometer-wide crater that once held a lake, and now holds a spectacular ancient river delta.

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Nov 20, 2018

Hawaii’s Mars Simulations Are Turning Into Moon Missions

Posted by in category: space

The dome where crew members practiced red-planet missions will now be converted to a simulated moon base.

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Nov 20, 2018

Colorful Asteroids Near Neptune Reveal a Solar System Conundrum

Posted by in categories: evolution, space

Unexplained patterns in the colors of certain space rocks suggest scientists still have much to learn about the solar system’s origins and early evolution.

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Nov 20, 2018

Today is the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station

Posted by in categories: innovation, space

Our orbiting laboratory is a unique place – a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. Unpack its architecture here: https://go.nasa.gov/2FzkBtf #SpaceStation20th

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