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First scientist and astronouts to land and explore the sun....why?

 NASA, LAPAN to test out new camera on solar eclipse in Indonesia
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NASA, LAPAN to test out new camera on solar eclipse in Indonesia

Scientists from the US and from an Indonesia-based space institute will conduct a joint observation of the solar eclipse in North Maluku, in eastern Indonesia, on March 9 using a new polarized camera.

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Test single healt
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Test single healt

Test single healt

4 years ago
 NASA delays Mars helicopter flight for tech check
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NASA delays Mars helicopter flight for tech check

Ingenuity's trip, which is to be the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet, was set for Sunday but is now on hold until at least April 14. 

5 years ago
 Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars
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Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars

The return to Earth years from now of the rocks and soil it retrieves "will give scientists the Holy Grail of planetary exploration," Jean-Yves le Gall, president of France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), which mostly built the mobile observatory, commented via a YouTube broadcast.  

5 years ago
Mars rover Perseverance goes for a 'spin'
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Mars rover Perseverance goes for a 'spin'

The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday.

5 years ago
 Boeing Starliner test flight postponed
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Boeing Starliner test flight postponed

The test, which had previously been postponed until early April, will suffer another delay, this time due to unprecedented cold temperatures in Texas that caused extensive power outages in the southern US state.

5 years ago
 NASA releases panorama taken by Mars rover
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NASA releases panorama taken by Mars rover

The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance.

5 years ago
 Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by pandemic
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Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by pandemic

Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka touched down in central Kazakhstan at 0516 GMT in the first returning mission since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March. 

6 years ago
Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris, endangering ISS: NASA
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Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris, endangering ISS: NASA

The Indian satellite was destroyed at a relatively low altitude of 180 miles (300 kilometers), well below the ISS and most satellites in orbit.

7 years ago
NASA blasts off historic probe to 'touch Sun'
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NASA blasts off historic probe to 'touch Sun'

NASA on Sunday blasted off a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms.

8 years ago
Trump wants to dominate space, Moon and Mars
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Trump wants to dominate space, Moon and Mars

President Donald Trump boasted Monday of the US commercial space industry's deep wallet and enterprising spirit, and vowed US dominance in exploration of the Moon and Mars, as well as any future space race.

8 years ago
NASA, Amazon set up in France to stop drones hitting planes
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NASA, Amazon set up in France to stop drones hitting planes

NASA and Amazon.com Inc. are tapping experts in France to figure out how to coordinate drone traffic, bolstering the country’s role as a hub for evolving regulation of unmanned aircraft.

8 years ago
Rare lunar eclipse offers glimpse of 'super blue blood moon'
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Rare lunar eclipse offers glimpse of 'super blue blood moon'

Many parts of the globe may catch a glimpse Wednesday of a giant crimson moon, thanks to a rare lunar trifecta that combines a blue moon, a super moon and a total eclipse.

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