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Marc Rayman • April 02, 2018 • 1
The Dawn mission has only one revolution to go before the spacecraft begins the final campaign of its long and rewarding deep-space adventure.
Adeene Denton • April 02, 2018 • 1
One of the ways we understand Mars' early climatic and geologic history is through preserved fluvial features.
Harriet Brettle • March 30, 2018 • 1
The Jovian system is a busy place. The Groovy Galilean Satellites session at last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) covered analysis of past mission data, testable hypotheses for future missions, and discussion of the use of ground-based data.
Emily Lakdawalla • March 29, 2018
The first astrobiology session at last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference featured talks on a huge variety of interesting topics, and was one of my favorite sessions at the meeting.
Anatoly Zak • March 29, 2018 • 2
The plan involves NASA's proposed Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, and a return to Earth via the Orion spacecraft.
Jason Davis • March 29, 2018 • 5
Did you know NASA required SpaceX to carry life insurance for Elon Musk?
Emily Lakdawalla • March 28, 2018
At last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, I tried a new experiment: collaborating with other attendees to take a shared set of notes.
Jason Davis • March 28, 2018 • 1
Congress outright rejected most of the Trump administration's controversial science cuts.
Casey Dreier • March 27, 2018 • 6
The James Webb Space Telescope will miss its target launch date and cost more money than expected, NASA announced.
Megan Kelley • March 27, 2018
The only geoscientist to walk on the Moon attended a conference session presenting results from the rocks he collected.
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