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NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to carry Mars samples back to Earth

Lockheed Martin will build the Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket that will launch pristine Red Planet samples back toward Earth a decade or so from now.

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Rugged Mars has taken big bites out of the Curiosity rover's wheels (photos)

NASA's Curiosity rover has left plenty of marks on Mars over the past nine-plus years, and the Red Planet is returning the favor.

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Russia wants to speed up space station cargo deliveries with shorter, one-orbit flights

The Russian space agency released a proposal to allow its Progress cargo ships to arrive in a single orbit, an unprecedented two-hour flight.

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India to attempt its next moon landing with Chandrayaan 3 launch in August

India plans to give landing on the moon a second try with its Chandrayaan 3 mission, which is now targeted to launch in August.

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A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the moon. It won't be the first.

Some astronomers say the collision is "not a big deal," but to a space archaeologist like me it's quite exciting.

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The 'morning star' Venus returns to the dawn sky this month

The planet Venus has returned to the early morning sky and has established itself as a dazzling morning lantern, emerging into view from beyond the east-southeast horizon before 5 a.m. local standard time.

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What is the biggest thing in the universe?

Earth and even the sun are puny compared to a mighty, hulking source of gamma-rays.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage breaks up in Earth's atmosphere, 5 years after launch

The rocket stage helped heft the Echostar 23 satellite to orbit in 2017.

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SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images

A SpaceX rocket's upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon.

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Astra rocket aborts 1st Florida launch attempt at last second (video)

The first-stage engines of Astra's Launch Vehicle 0008 fired up as planned today (Feb. 7), but the rocket aborted the liftoff try shortly thereafter due to a telemetry issue.

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The Big Bang: What really happened at our universe's birth?

Our universe was born 13.7 billion years ago in a massive expansion that blew space up like a giant balloon.

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Olay erects statue of rocket engineer Mary Golda Ross to promote STEM equity

In life, Mary Golda Ross helped develop a rocket stage that served as a rendezvous and docking target for astronauts preparing to go to the moon. A new statue, donated by Olay, honors her legacy.

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Elon Musk giving update on SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket Thursday

Elon Musk will give a big Starship update — his first since the fall of 2019 — on Thursday (Feb. 10) at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT on Feb. 11).

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Farewell, Jupiter! The gas giant will disappear from the evening sky this month

It will soon be time to bid a fond adieu to an object that has been a fixture in our evening sky since late last summer: the planet Jupiter.

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This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing

A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.

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Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered — could it help future space missions?

Could we mine Earth's newly discovered companion?

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25 myths about space

These wild myths about space that just won't go away.

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Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ag

Scientists spotted two space rocks that may be Earth's freshest asteroid neighbors, but have to wait until 2033 to see them again.

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Greenland lost enough ice in last 2 decades to cover entire US in 1.5 feet of water

Satellite data shows that Greenland’s ice sheet has lost enough water over 20 years to submerge the entire United States.

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International Astronomical Union launches new center to fight satellite megaconstellation threat

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has launched a new center to fight the threat of satellite megaconstellations, which it now describes as worse than urban light pollution.

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You can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the moon on March 4, and you can track the rogue rocket during live webcasts on Feb. 7 and Feb.

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