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[ad_1] NASA takes a basic approach to the human journey to Mars. The agency plans to build in 2022 a space station in lunar orbit, called "Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway". The bridge will …

[ad_1] During the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and the Apollo mission in 1972, astronauts buried platinum thermometers at different depths of the lunar ground. The goal was to see how heat …

[ad_1] Flight controllers monitoring the atmosphere of the International Space Station detected a slight steady pressure drop on 29 August. At the time, the six astronauts on board slept. The controllers did …

[ad_1] At the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Lockheed Martin technicians completed the construction of Orion's first capsule structure. An integral part of NASA's Exploration Mission 2, the capsule is …

[ad_1] NASA is no stranger to seeing people tackle its manned flight plans. The latest target is the Lunar Orbital-Gateway platform, a new space station that will succeed the ISS. The Trump …

[ad_1] Jason Rhian September 5, 2018 Soyuz MS-09, on the left, is connected to the Rassvet module. The leak comes from the top of the spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA In the midst …

[ad_1] NASA's plans to send manned missions aboard spaceships from SpaceX and Boeing could be a little delayed – thanks to the companies, not to NASA itself – but they will certainly …

[ad_1] Nixon Never Speech (Getty) Bill Safire July 18, 1969. IN THE EVENT OF THE MOON CATASTROPHE: Fate has ordered that men who have gone to the moon to explore in peace …

[ad_1] Boeing experienced a setback in the development of its Starliner spacecraft, after the company detected a propellant leak during a static abandonment test in late June. Boeing has encountered another problem …

[ad_1] Vice President Pence addresses NASA employees in front of NASA's SpaceX Dragon, Orion and Boeing's Starliner at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 6, 2017. The US …