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NASA Discovers Evidence of Ancient “Super Eruptions” on Mars

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 17, 2021 0 Comments

Scientists find evidence that northern Mars experienced thousands of massive eruptions....

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History: SpaceX Inspiration4 Launches Successfully For First All-Civilian Orbital Mission

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 16, 2021 11 Comments

Historic three-day flight devoted to raising $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital....

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Elon Musk Offers SpaceX to Make NASA Spacesuits for Proposed Moon Mission

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 11, 2021 16 Comments

Meanwhile, a China’s main spacecraft maker is developing a human landing system for lunar missions....

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NASA Successfully Repairs Hubble Space Telescope

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 22, 2021 5 Comments

Problem likely stemmed from a glitchy power circuit, which told the satellite's computer to shut down....

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As NASA Goes Woke, China Unveils ‘Roadmap’ for Manned Mission to Mars and Base on the Moon

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 27, 2021 17 Comments

Chinese space program is driven by the CCP's ambition for global military, economic domination. ...

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Hubble Space Telescope Hit with Computer Trouble, Halting Science Work

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 17, 2021 2 Comments

Operations Underway to Restore Payload Computer ...

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NASA Plans to Launch First American Mission to Venus Since 1989

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 04, 2021 17 Comments

The space race has heated up in a big way. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced plans to send two new spacecraft to study Venus as the first U.S. missions to the hell-scape planet since 1989.

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NASA Slams China as Out-of-Control Rocket Splashes Into Indian Ocean

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 10, 2021 21 Comments

This weekend, I joined thousands of others on social media tracking the out-of-control Chinese rocket on its way back to Earth this weekend.

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SpaceX Starship SN15 Sticks the Landing After High-Altitude Test Flight

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 06, 2021 21 Comments

There has been much good news recently related to the American space program. First, I reviewed the successful tests run on Mars by the Perseverance rover's Ingenuity helicopter and oxygen-generation unit (MOXIE).

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NASA Tells Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Stop Work on Lunar Landing After Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origins Protested Contract

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 03, 2021 27 Comments

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended its contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX for the landing system to take astronauts to and from the lunar surface.

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NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Missions After Four Successful Flights on Mars

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 03, 2021 8 Comments

When America's latest Mars mission landed in February, I noted the rover Perseverance came with two important units: The Ingenuity helicopter and the MOXIE oxygen generation system.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Successfully Lands on Mars

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 19, 2021 25 Comments

NASA’s newest robotic explorer, Perseverance, landed successfully on Mars, concluding a nearly 300-million-mile journey and initiating a new research era on the Red Planet.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Docks at International Space Station With Crew of Four

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 18, 2020 7 Comments

In May of this year, a SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule took two astronauts to the International Space Station. Now, in another first, a capsule has delivered a crew of four astronauts to the ISS.

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U.S. Space Force Will Soon Have Its First ‘Out-of-This-World’ Service Member

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 02, 2020 7 Comments

During President Donald Trump's many rallies, his mention of the new U.S. Space Force always brings a loud round of cheers.

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Seven Nations Join U.S. in Signing “Artemis Accords” for Moon Missions

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 20, 2020 12 Comments

This week, seven nations and the United States have signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)  new framework to govern lunar exploration missions.

By signing the agreement, the eight nations commit to peaceful activities on the moon and in travel to the moon.

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The latest “race to the Moon” may really be a race for rare earth metals

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 28, 2020 28 Comments

While the country was focused on the coronavirus pandemic in early April, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing U.S. policy on the the mining of off-Earth resources.

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SpaceX makes historic launch of NASA astronauts, leaving pandemic and riots behind

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 30, 2020 23 Comments

In a rare bit of good news coming out in 2020, SpaceX launched NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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NASA emails reveal a very near-miss from a “city-killer” asteroid

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 29, 2019 33 Comments

Climate change prodigy Greta Thunberg spent the better portion of a week recounting her fears of mass extinction to the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.

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