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Flight Plan from Legendary Apollo 13 Mission to be Auctioned

David Szondy reports: Apollo 11 was one of the great milestones in human exploration, and Apollo 13 was one of the most dramatic episodes. The flight plan used aboard the Apollo 13 Command Module wasn’t just along for the ride, it played a [...]

[VIDEO] Adam Savage Builds the LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V!

Join us for a special LEGO with Friends! Adam, Norm, and Will work together to build the LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V, a massive model that’s beautifully designed and structurally impressive. We’ve been eagerly waiting to build this new [...]

[VIDEO] First Mom in Space: Anna Fisher Tells Her Amazing NASA Story

Recently retired NASA astronaut Anna Lee Fisher was part of the first Space Shuttle astronaut class. In 1984, she became the first mother to launch into space on the STS-51-A mission. via First Mom in Space! Anna Fisher Tells Her Amazing NASA Story [...]

NASA is Running Out of Space Suits — and it’s Years Away From Having New Ones Ready

A recent audit paints a grim picture of the agency’s space suit decisions. Loren Grush reports: The state of NASA’s space suit supply looks bleak in a new report from the space agency’s auditor. NASA is still “years away” from having a [...]

Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You

If you live in fear of an asteroid strike, here’s some detail to help flesh out your nightmares. Mike Wall reports: A killer space rock is most likely to get you via violent winds that fling you against something hard or powerful shock waves [...]

[VIDEO] Former NASA Astronaut, U.S. Senator John Glenn Laid to Rest in Arlington Cemetery

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Space Toy of the Day

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[VIDEO] The John Glenn Story, 1963

A film biography of Astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. It portrays Glenn’s youth in New Concord, Ohio, his service as a combat pilot in World War II and the Korean War, and highlights of his momentous [...]

A Terraformed Mars? NASA Proposes a Magnetic Shield to Protect Mars’ Atmosphere

NASA proposes a magnetic shield to protect Mars’ atmosphere. Matt Williams writes: This week, NASA’s Planetary Science Division (PSD) hosted a community workshop at their headquarters in Washington, DC. Known as the “Planetary [...]

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[VIDEO] NASA Releases a Treasure Trove of Space and Science Programs

They’re free and available for anyone to download. Andrew Tarantola reports: Now you can code like an astronomer. NASA released its software catalog for 2017-2018 on Thursday and it is chock full of cool app, code libraries and utility [...]

Hubble Spotlights a Celestial Sidekick

This image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), a highly efficient wide-field camera covering the optical and near-infrared parts of the spectrum. While this lovely image contains hundreds of [...]

[VIDEO] NASA: Huygens Probe Mission Decent Camera

This movie, built with data collected during the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe on Jan. 14, 2005, shows the operation of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer camera during its descent and after touchdown. The camera was funded by [...]

[VIDEO] NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Classified NASA Command Center Photo

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Rocket Men: Why Tech’s Biggest Billionaires Want their Place in Space

Forget gilded mansions and super yachts. Among the tech elite, space exploration is now the ultimate status symbol. Dan Tynan reports: The explosion could be felt 30 miles away. At 9.07am on 1 September, a SpaceX rocket containing 75,000 gallons [...]

Science & Fiction: 10 Technologies That Are Changing the Game

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[PHOTOS] NASA 1965 Space Suit Test Robot

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Jobs That Humans Will Never Do Again, As Long As We Have Robots

Bryan Lufkin writes: Robots are entering the workforce. Some will work alongside you. Others, sadly, will put you out of work. The question is, which jobs are actually on the chopping block? The answer to that has been bathed in media hype, but [...]

SPACE: Progress Failure Puts Burden on Upcoming Resupply Missions

WASHINGTON — Jeff Foust writes: The failure of a Russian Progress spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station is unlikely to have a significant near-term effect on station operations, but will place a greater burden on [...]

[VIDEO] Robotic Spacecraft MESSENGER Is Out of Fuel, Doomed to Crash Into Mercury This Afternoon at More Than 8,750 MPH

The robotic spacecraft MESSENGER has run out of fuel. With no way to make major adjustments to its orbit around the planet Mercury, the probe will smash into the surface at more than 8,750 miles per hour (3.91 kilometers per second). The impact will [...]