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This image was taken with Opportunity's navigation camera of a large dune on the way to Victoria

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned images that clearly show thick layers of water ice just beneath the surface and ext ...

Air Date: February 26, 2018

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International Space Station Grounded?

The Trump administration’s NASA budget proposal for 2019 recommends $19.9 billion dollars, which is $370 million above last year. H ...

Air Date: February 20, 2018

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Planets, Planets A-Plenty

Planets have been observed for the first time orbiting stars in a distant galaxy 3.8 billion light years away. Einstein suggested that th ...

Air Date: February 14, 2018

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Mars bar won’t have beer, but dandelion wine is a possibility

Villanova students participating in “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” have been nurturing plants that might someday thrive in greenhouses 34 million miles from Earth.

7 years ago

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In this image from video made available by NASA, astronaut Joe Acaba performs a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (NASA via AP)

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Trump wants NASA out of space station by 2025, private businesses in

Under President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget released Monday, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025.

7 years ago

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket stands ready for launch on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The Falcon Heavy scheduled to launch Tuesday afternoon, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Terry Renna/AP Photo)

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SpaceX’s big new rocket blasts off with sports car on top

SpaceX's big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.

7 years ago

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took photos from the Vera Rubin Ridge showing the interior and rim of Gale Crater. The full image features 16 photos stitched together.
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Mars rover Curiosity’s panoramic photo depicts its epic journey

Here's a reminder that while you are out in the world buying groceries or picking up dry cleaning, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is on the red planet doing work.

7 years ago