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NASA details plans to pluck rock off asteroid, explore it
NASA is aiming to launch a rocket to an asteroid in five years and grab a boulder off of it — a stepping stone for an eventual trip sending humans to Mars. More
Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop
The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space. More
One flight closer to space tourism
Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
Video: Would you take 1-way trip to Mars?
A Dutch company is now accepting applications for brave men and women who would like to go to Mars. More

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Close Encounters of the Rocky Kind: An Asteroid Day Flyby
The space around us is hardly empty – there’s millions of asteroids orbiting the Sun along with the Earth and other planets in our solar system. But one day every year we come together to acknowledge ...
06/12/2024 - 10:48 am | View Link
James Webb Space Telescope spots asteroid collision in neighboring star system
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed evidence pointing to asteroids colliding in a neighboring star system. Resultant dust kicked up by the collision has a mass equal to around 100,000 ...
06/11/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Scientists Smashed a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid. Here’s What They’re Learning From the Aftermath.
The DART spacecraft smashed into an asteroid in 2022. Researchers are studying the aftermath to learn how to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.
06/4/2024 - 8:32 am | View Link
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