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Container Pod for Mars 2020 Sample-Return Unveiled

ESA officials stated that NASA will launch the sample-return lander mission which will land near the Mars 2020 site Later, the sample-fetch rover, a small ESA rover will then head out to retrieve the samples.

NASA Announces Plans to Put a Woman on the Moon in 2024

There will be a seat on the 2024 lunar mission specially reserved for a woman. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke Jr.

10 Years Later, NASA Explains Why Two Rocket Launches Were Failures

NASA lets everyone in on what exactly happened to two Taurus XL launches. A little more than a decade ago, on February 24, 2009, a Taurus XL rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying a NASA satellite designed to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

OSCAR: The Space Janitor

Researchers are developing a cleanup CubeSat which would hunt down and de-orbit debris on the cheap using onboard nets and tethers.

SpaceX Crew Dragon’s Engine Test Ends in Smoke

The Cape Canaveral tests had problems. "On April 20, 2019, an anomaly occurred at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the Dragon 2 static test fire," Wing Spokesman Jim Williams said in a statement.

NASA Sends Mice on a Mission in Space

Female mice were sent to a rodent habitat in the ISS for 37 days. As part of an experiment, NASA sent 20 female mice to the International Space Station with the goal of observing their reaction to microgravity-both short and long term-and then further learning about how both humans and animals will possibly adapt to a different environment in space.

JAXA Wants to Build a Lunar Base Using Robots

Japan's space agency wants to build a moon base with the help of robots. Japan has announced high aspirations in the form of an unmanned construction site on the Moon.

Dangerous Bacteria Found Aboard the International Space Station

Disease and corrosion inducing bacteria is found on the ISS. The International Space Station is filled with bacteria and fungi that can cause diseases and form biofilms that promote antibiotic resistance, and can even corrode the spacecraft, a new study has found.

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