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Japanese commercial moon lander, UAE rover ready for launch on SpaceX rocket

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 11:15 p.m. EST on Nov. 29 (0415 GMT on...

Tech transfer at NASA: bringing NASA technology down to earth

June 2022 By James Nurton, freelance writer NASA’s well-established technology transfer program is reaching out to support startup companies and a greater range of entrepreneurs, enabling...

Psyche asteroid explorer arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preps

A U.S. military cargo plane delivered NASA’s Psyche spacecraft from California to the Kennedy Space Center last week, starting a three-month campaign to ready the asteroid explorer for liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in August.

Ingenuity helicopter flies over leftover wreckage from Mars landing last year

NASA's flying drone on Mars has recorded aerial views of debris left behind from the landing of the Perseverance rover last year, showing remarkable details of the craft's supersonic parachute and part of its aeroshell.

Xplore banks $16.2 million for space-as-a-service

Space-as-a-service startup Xplore has brought in $16.2 million to date including venture capital funding and contracts.

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Lockheed Martin wins contract to build rocket for Mars Sample Return

Mars Ascent Vehicle

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build a small rocket that will transport samples collected by the Perseverance rover into orbit around Mars.

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Leshin to be next director of JPL

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A planetary scientist and university president will be the next person, and first woman, to run NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Introducing Ingenuity

NASA’s very first helicopter to fly on Mars In April of this year, NASA made history, by proving that it is possible to create and sustain powered, controlled flight on Mars, despite its atmosphere being nearly 100 times thinner than that of Earth, with just one-third of the same gravitational pull. Ingenuity was sent to

Microsoft helps JPL with Deep Space Network scheduling

Microsoft is working with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to speed up the  process for scheduling communications with distant spacecraft through NASA's Deep Space Network. 

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SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens

A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks, and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.

Cargo Dragon capsule departs space station

SpaceX's Cargo Dragon spacecraft, closing out a month-long mission, undocked from the International Space Station Sunday after a two-delay in its departure to wait for better weather in the capsule's recovery zone off the coast of Florida. Splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico is scheduled for Monday.

Op-ed | Is there enough room in space for tens of billions of satellites, as Elon Musk suggests? We don’t think so.

Elon Musk's stance is overly optimistic. Space is big, but LEO is not big enough to safely accommodate tens of billions of satellites.

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