Robot successfully took off and landed on Red Planet. Being classified by some as a Wright Brothers 21st century fete, NASA’s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful…
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Perseverance Makes Successful Mars Landing
Trip from Earth took almost seven months. The American Perseverance rover landed on Mars Thursday with a mission to search out signs of life on the red planet.…
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DOE and DOD Sign Space Memorandum
Promotes cooperation on power and propulsion using emerging technologies. The Departments of Energy and Defense have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) affirming the partnership between these agencies…
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Energy Department Announces “Energy for Space” Strategy
This week, the Department of Energy (DOE) released its “Energy for Space” strategy outlining recommendations for future space exploration policy. The National Space Policy unveiled recently by the…
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Pentagon Redesignates Space Installations
Cape Canaveral and Patrick Air Force Base renamed to denote Space Force. Last week, Vice President Mike Pence participated in the ceremony held by the Department of Defense…
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China Launches Mission to Moon
The plan is to return with rock samples. On Tuesday morning, China launched the Chang’e-5 spacecraft to collect and bring back to Earth samples from the surface of…
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SpaceX Capsule Arrives at International Space Station
Successful journey carried four astronauts. The International Space Station will be home for the next six months for four astronauts who arrived safely in the SpaceX capsule. The…
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NASA Announces New Space Partners
Partnerships will develop new space technologies. On Thursday, NASA announced that it had determined the organizations that it would be partnering with over the next few years to…
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NASA Astronauts Return to Earth Safely
First commercial American manned flight successful. On Sunday, two NASA astronauts safely splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The landing marked…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with Space Station
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken welcomed aboard International Space Station on their historic test flight mission. The spacecraft made its “soft capture” docking with the ISS after…
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