'Space gum,' sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample, NASA says

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...
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Space shuttle lessons: Backtracks can create breakthroughs

What does the space shuttle have in common with the original iPhone? According to Francisco Polidoro Jr., professor of ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...
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NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space ...
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Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video

The footage, which NASA released on Dec. 3, was captured by the Perseverance rover inside Jezero Crater on Sept. 6, as ...

Satellite boom is a 'growing threat' to space telescopes: NASA study

A new NASA-led study found that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from ...

"Space gum" and sugars discovered in asteroid Bennu samples, NASA reveals

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

NASA rover detects electric discharges like 'mini-sonic booms' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...
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From NASA's first lunar excursion in 50 years to first Starships aimed at Mars—launches scheduled for 2026

NASA's return to the Moon and crew launch to the ISS. NASA’s highly anticipated Artemis II mission will mark humanity's first ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...
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Inside NASA’s decision to keep astronauts in space: What’s next for Starliner spacecraft?

The future of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft remains marked by uncertainty now that its crew of two astronauts has finally returned to Earth on another company's vehicle. Officials at Boeing no doubt ...