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One of these NASA astronauts will be the first woman on the moon

For as long as NASA has been aiming for a 2024 moon landing, it has touted that this time, unlike during the Apollo program, a woman will walk on the lunar surface. Now, we have a better sense of who that woman might be. Vice President Mike Pence ...

United Launch Alliance: Combining the forces of two aerospace giants

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture between private space companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing that provides launch vehicles to NASA, the Department of Defense and other organizations. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, ULA's ...

For 3rd data release, Gaia gazed toward galactic anticenter

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The 3rd data release from the Gaia mission will provide astronomers with a "treasure trove" of information they didn't have before. As they analyze Gaia's data in the years ahead, we're sure to learn new and surprising things about our home galaxy, the Milky ...

These are the Artemis astronauts that could be among the first to return to the moon

(CNN) The first 18 astronauts of the Artemis program, NASA's effort to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024, have been selected. The diverse team of astronauts, including those new to NASA and veterans of spaceflight, were ...

NASA fuels up 1st Space Launch System megarocket core in 'green run' test

NASA powered up the core stage of its new Space Launch System on Saturday (Dec. 5), kicking off the penultimate "green run" test of its next-generation megarocket, according to agency officials. For this "wet dress" rehearsal exercise, engineers at NASA's ...

5 hidden gems are riding aboard NASA's Perseverance rover

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is "festooned" with a variety of objects that serve both decorative and functional purposes, from commemorative placards to a slice of Martian meteorite that earlier rode aboard the space station to a sundial. Credit: NASA/JPL- ...

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Israeli Group Announces Second Moonshot by 2024

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Beresheet means "Genesis" or "in the beginning" in Hebrew. In an interview, Kfir Damari and Yonatan Winetraub, two of the founders of SpaceIL, said they did not want to simply build ...

Observations of our closest neighboring star dampen hopes of a potentially habitable planet

(CNN) One of the planets that orbits around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun, had been thought to exist within what astronomers call the habitable zone. While Proxima b is 20 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun, it receives a similar ...

Shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazil's Amazon

A study of weakly electric fishes from a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon Basin has not only offered a unique window into how an incredibly rare fish has adapted to life in caves over tens of thousands of years, it has also revealed for the first time that ...

Neighbourhood watch: What the mission to map the Milky Way is revealing about satellite galaxies

Our Milky Way is not alone in the universe. Surrounding us are numerous satellite galaxies, taking part in a continuous grand dance. But how do these neighbouring galaxies behave, how do they interact with our galaxy, and what does the future hold for them ...