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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 ...

  • Bryan Clark

• 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, ...

  • Bryan Clark

• 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 ...

  • Tristan Greene

• 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 ...

  • Inés Casserly

• 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. ...

  • Bryan Clark

• 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 ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• 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

  • Tristan Greene

• 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 ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• 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 ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• 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 ...

  • Bryan Clark

• LEGO immortalizes NASA women in brick form

  LEGO is honoring some of the most important women in the history of NASA (and science) -- by turning them into minifigs. https://twitter.com/20tauri/status/836592763860832260 The set comes from an idea submitted by Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of MIT News. She proposed it ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• NASA discovered seven nearby planets that could support life

  Pack your bags, everyone! NASA announced today it's discovered seven new Earth-sized planets, at least three of which could potentially support life. And, they are relatively close by. All of the planets orbit TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star roughly the size of Jupiter. ...

  • Rachel Kaser