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NASA wants to send humans to Venus – here's why that's a brilliant idea
Popular science fiction of the early 20th century depicted Venus as some kind of wonderland of pleasantly warm temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Natural History Museum were soliciting reservations for the first space tourism mission, well before the modern era of Blue Origins, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. All you had to do was supply your address and tick the box for your preferred ...
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NASA is developing AI to give directions in space
Before we all join Space Force and go invade Mars we're going to have to figure out how to build bases and navigate in space. ...
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NASA just made thousands of hours of Apollo 11 tapes public for the first time
When Apollo 11 descended from the heavens, touching down on the moon on July 20, 1969, three brave men became immortals, the types of men forever remembered for a single act that defined their storied careers. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins might be the names we ...
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Train like an astronaut with this NASA-approved mobile app
Few of us will ever get to step foot on a space shuttle but that doesn't mean we're incapable of training like those who do. What is it? Space Nation Navigator is a mobile app that trains aspiring astronauts (or those wanting to train like them) in three core areas: body, mind, ...
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NASA's new Galactic Positioning System could lead to truly autonomous spacecraft
NASA is taking the global out of GPS. Its new Galactic Positioning System could revolutionize space travel for people and ...
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NASA released a playlist of creepy space sounds in time for Halloween
NASA has released "spooky" sounds from space and it's the stuff of nightmares -- just in time for Halloween. To most of us, space is deafeningly silent. But that's only because the human ear can't capture the electromagnetic pulses and radio bursts, amongst other sounds that live ...
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NASA wants to spend $3B drilling into a volcano to save the United States
NASA has a plan to ease the threat caused by the Yellowstone Caldera, a supervolcano that could erupt to devastating consequence. ...
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No, NASA isn’t about to announce it found aliens
The last few days have been exciting and confusing for alien enthusiasts. A viral video claimed to have evidence that NASA would release new information about life beyond planet Earth. The source of the excitement? A quote from NASA Science Mission Directorate Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen ...
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Ikea partners with NASA to build furniture that's out of this world
Ikea is working with NASA to design furniture for people in densely populated cities
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NASA footage gives us our best look yet at Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft returned the closest, clearest images of Saturn's atmosphere as it swooped between the gas giant and its rings last month. NASA recently released a video showing an hour's worth of images in time lapse, so you can make out tiny details in this never-before-explored ...
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NASA to beam gorgeous 4K livestream down to earth
Mark your calendars: NASA is finally showing off the glory of the celestial void in its first 4K livestream later this month. Not that anyone needs a reason to broadcast -- or watch -- a livestream of space in glorious high resolution but there is a reason for this. The livestream ...
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NASA's Peggy Whitson sets record for most spacewalks by a woman
Peggy Whitson made history today by floating outside the International Space Station for a record eighth time. The spacewalk lasted about six-and-a-half hours, and saw Whitson surpass the previous record for spacewalks by a woman by American Sunita “Suni” Williams. The walk ...
