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Scientists have compelling new evidence the Earth’s oceans formed from the impact of comets during the early years of the solar system, and quite likely a specific class of the icy objects from a region known as the Kuiper Belt Tenants of the Kuiper Belt...Scream In Space? Smartphone Apps to Run on Satellite
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NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft entered orbit about Mercury in mid-March. The probe’s one-year study of Mercury that is now underway is providing exciting science. After its first Mercury solar day (176 Earth...NASA Will Recruit More Astronauts
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NASA’s Dawn mission has been orbiting asteroid Vesta since mid-July – and scientists are overjoyed with what they are seeing! For instance, the southern hemisphere of the asteroid boasts one of the largest mountains in the Solar System. Other results show that Vesta’s...Apollo Legends Urge Congress to Hasten the Pace of Human Space Exploration
The first and last of the Apollo program astronauts who walked on the moon urged the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday to ramp up support for NASA’s human exploration efforts. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the July 1969...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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