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NASA’s new rocket won’t be ready for moon shot next year

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — NASA’s massive new rocket won’t be ready for a moon shot next year, the space agency’s top official told Congress on Wednesday. Administrator Jim Bridenstine said he’s considering switching to commercial rockets to keep the June 2020 launch date. Bridenstine told a Senate committee […]

NASA about to pull plug on Mars rover, silent for 8 months

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is trying one last time to contact its record-setting Mars rover Opportunity, before calling it quits. The rover has been silent for eight months, victim of one of the most intense dust storms in decades. Thick dust darkened the sky last summer and, […]

Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet

Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing. The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft — designed to listen for quakes and […]

NASA to invite designs for AI lunar robot

New Delhi :  NASA is planning to launch a challenge for the public and scientific community to design a self-assembling robot with artificial intelligence that can explore the surface of the Moon, William Harris, CEO of Space Centre Houston said Tuesday. Space Centre Houston in the US, the official […]

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