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Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration opens today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The just-opened exhibit launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly examines humanity’s next steps “out...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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