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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
Insulation key to NASA SLS rocket
Insulation is one of those unsung industry heroes that keeps our drinks cold and homes warm on those bone-chilling…
DNA was successfully sequenced in space for the first time ever
For the first time ever, a NASA astronaut has successfully sequenced DNA in microgravity. The feat was conducted as…
NASA five-year long competition draws to a conclusion
NASA’s Sample Return Robot Challenge has reached its final stage, after five years of competition by more than 40…
Students fly a prototype of Prandtl-M, an aircraft that could fly in the Martian…
Some interns get coffee. Others might make copies. Not at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California,…
1969 Image shows MIT computer scientist with NASA’a Apollo flight software
What appears to be simply a woman standing next to a tall stack of papers is actually one of the computer…
NASA time-lapse video shows rocket fuel tank built in under a minute
While constructing an enormous 130-foot rocket fuel tank takes much longer than a minute, NASA summed it up for…
Tiny ion rockets could propel spacecraft to nearby planets
Now you can watch a tiny satellite ion rocket under a microscope to see how it works.
Researchers at the…
Developing a GPS for space travel
The National Physical Laboratory and University of Leicester have made strides in the future of space travel by…
Can laser impulses destroy hazardous space debris?
All of the space missions that have come to pass have left behind some party favors out in space — space debris —…
Astronauts will print plasma sensors in space to monitor health on long missions
With NASA and other private space companies already set to undertake a manned mission to Mars, scientists are…