NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

A NASA mission will send twin spacecraft to Mars to learn what happened to the Red Planet's ancient, thick atmosphere.
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Duffy wants NASA to reopen SpaceX moon lander contract. Musk called him 'Sean Dummy'

After NASA's head indicated SpaceX could lose its moon lander contract, Elon Musk went on the attack on X against Sean Duffy.
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Is NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida open during government shutdown?

What happens to NASA and its operations in Florida during government shutdown? Will SpaceX rocket launches be delayed? Is Kennedy Space Center open?

For contact with space probes: NASA giant antenna out of operation for months

NASA's Deep Space Network communicates with space probes. One of its three largest antennas has been out of operation since September.
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Purdue grad from Indiana in NASA's 2025 astronaut class. They might walk on the moon, or Mars

NASA announced the next group of astronaut candidates selected from more than 8,000 applications. Yuri Kubo, a Columbus native and Purdue graduate, was selected along with nine other candidates. NASA announced its first class of astronauts in four years ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA's first multiple-satellite mission to another planet will map Mars' magnetic field and atmosphere in 3D, laying the groundwork for human exploration.
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NASA engineer, former Miss Mississippi USA Mitra headlines 2025 MSU Convocation

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A two-time Mississippi State graduate helping send mankind to the moon and beyond is the featured speaker at MSU’s Fall Convocation ceremony. Paromita Mitra (Photo submitted) Paromita Mitra, the data systems lead for NASA’s Lunar ...
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NASA's Insane plan to launch 86 astronauts at once - The Passenger Space Shuttle That Almost Existed

In the 1970s, the USA was planning vast network of solar power stations, or SPS, to wean the country off oil and avoid using nuclear power. These stations would have been huge and required vast lifting spaceplanes like the Boeing space freighter or the Star Raker to get materials into orbit.
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