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How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors
John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle ...
Spacecraft spots NASA rover driving through Mars' desert
A Martian spacecraft spied a Martian rover rumbling through the red desert. The new image captured by NASA's Mars ...
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How NASA Plans To 3D Print A Mars Colony?
NASA is turning science fiction into reality with plans to 3D print entire buildings on Mars. Using Martian soil, cutting-edge robotics, and autonomous systems, engineers are developing ways to ...
Trump’s first-term pick to run the National Science Foundation quits: ‘I have done all I can’
The head of the US National Science Foundation, a $9 billion agency charged with advancing discoveries across the scientific ...
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Aging gracefully: The Hubble Telescope is in 'excellent technical condition' on its 35th birthday, its chief scientist says
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 35th anniversary in space today, but even as a senior citizen in the spacecraft ...
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China prepares for launch of 3-person space station replacement crew
China was making final preparations for the launch on Thursday of a three-person replacement crew for its orbiting space ...
Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off
Lab-grown food will be essential if Nasa's objective of making humanity a multi-planetary species were to be realised, claims ...