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In Pictures: Spaced out tech auction - 8 vintage space items go on the block
Incredible space memorabilia that will make you geek out!
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In Pictures: Mars gets close encounter with a comet
The Red Planet will entertain an uninvited guest this weekend in the form a comet moving at 200,000 km/h through its space in the universe. NASA, ESA will point the Mars spacecraft at streaking Sliding Spring comet.
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In Pictures: NASA’s human space flight return
NASA teams with Boeing, Space X to bring human spaceflight back to reality
News about NASA
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Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo
The mission will ferry technology and experiments to the moon under a NASA program that will lay the groundwork for astronaut trips by 2024 under the optimistic schedule laid out by the Trump administration.
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Robots to install telescopes to peer into cosmos from the moon
A NASA-funded lab in Colorado aims to send robots there to deploy telescopes that will look far into our galaxy, remotely operated by orbiting astronauts.
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NASA bids adieu to Opportunity, the Mars rover that kept going and going
The vehicle was built to drive six-tenths of a mile (1 km), but ended up covering 28 miles (45 km) and lasting longer on Mars than any other robot sent to the surface of the Red Planet.
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Rocket Lab shoots 13 tiny cube satellites into orbit
If this mission is a success then Rocket Lab expects to increase its activity 2019, with a goal of 16 missions.
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NASA selects nine US companies to vie for moon programme funding
As soon as 2022, NASA expects to begin construction on a new space station laboratory that will orbit the moon and act as a pit stop for missions to deeper parts of our solar system, such as Mars.
Features about NASA
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Planck spacecraft offers clues to age, origin of universe
The Planck space mission has given scientists new information about the age, content and origin of the universe.
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Worst security snafus of 2012
The first half of 2012 was pretty bad - from the embarrassing hack of a conversation between the FBI and Scotland Yard to a plethora of data breaches - and the second half wasn't much better, with events including Symantec's antivirus update mess and periodic attacks from hactivists at Anonymous.