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Pence calls for NASA to land astronauts on the moon within five years

Mar 29, 2019

Vice President Pence has called for NASA to conduct a crewed mission to the surface of the moon within five years, according to the Washington Post. It would be the first time that astronauts have walked on th...

The cost of returning astronauts to the Moon is likely to exceed the benefits

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Feb 7, 2018

Innovation, Opinion, Policy, Science

Preliminary budget plans have indicated that the Trump administration is planning to fund Space Policy Directive One, which follows a unanimous recommendation last year from the National Space Council, accordin...

NASA tests miniature nuclear reactor to power long-term missions on Mars

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Jan 21, 2018

Innovation, Science

At a Las Vegas news conference Thursday, officials from NASA and the US Department of Energy announced success with a project to create a compact nuclear power generator for a long-term human mission on Mars. A...

NASA’s X3 thruster could shorten the long journey to Mars

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Oct 16, 2017

Innovation, Science

When discussing meaningful space flight, the vastness of space compared with the relatively low speeds of our propulsion technologies has limited our ability to explore. Even a modest goal – modest in space ter...

Elon Musk outlines revised plans for Mars rocket and spacecraft

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Oct 1, 2017

Innovation, Science

On Friday, at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk detailed a revised plan to send passengers to Mars, outlining an approach that he says will be economically viable for th...

Australia announces plans for new space agency

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Sep 27, 2017

Innovation, Science, World

The Australian government has announced new plans to establish its own national space agency, at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide on Monday. The Australian space program has been dorman...

Cassini spacecraft prepares for final months in space, before a fiery finish in Saturn’s atmosphere

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Apr 22, 2017

Innovation, Science

After 13 years in orbit, Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft will begin shifting its orbit Saturday, before it descends between Saturn and its rings. It will be the first craft to travel between the planet and its innerm...

Nasa finds water, other building blocks of life, on small moon of Saturn

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Apr 13, 2017

Headlines, Innovation, Science

Nasa announced Thursday that one tiny moon of Saturn, Enceladus, has been found to have many of the building blocks of life, including water and chemical components necessary for life. Nasa emphasized that they...

Rosetta mission probe ends 12 year journey, lands on comet

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Oct 2, 2016

Innovation, Science

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta Mission will come to an end tomorrow, when the spacecraft will land on the comet it was launched to study in 2004. The craft reached the comet, called 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimen...

Musk announces plans for Space X to embark on Mars missions as soon as 2022

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Sep 28, 2016

Business, Innovation, Science

Elon Musk, founder of Space X, has announced a plan to begin manned missions to Mars as early as 2022. While leaving some ambiguities as to how he planned to fund the extravagant project, Musk put his project i...

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