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2021 sixth hottest year on record, last 8 years the warmest, says NASA
Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied 2018 as the sixth warmest year on record, and the past eight years are the warmest, according to an independent analysis done by NASA and NOAA.
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NASA names Katherine Calvin as new chief scientist, senior climate adviser
NASA has named Katherine Calvin to serve as chief scientist and senior climate adviser, the agency said in a press release.
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NASA's Webb Telescope reaches major milestone as 'Mirror Unfolds'
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments
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Technicians successfully deploy James Webb Telescope Giant sunshield: NASA
NASA technicians have successfully fully deployed the massive sunshield protecting the James Webb Space Telescope, the US space agency announced
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A new universe
JWST will enhance the understanding of stars and galaxies
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NASA's James Webb telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America's northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky
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Webb Space Telescope to be launched next Friday on Christmas Eve: NASA
NASA is shooting for next Friday Christmas Eve to launch its newest space telescope.
NASA-launched spacecraft enters Sun's corona for first time in history
A spacecraft launched by NASA has done what was once thought impossible. On April 28, the Parker Solar Probe successfully entered the corona of the Sun -- an extreme environment that's roughly 2 million degrees Fahrenheit.A scientific paper describing the milestone was published in the Physical Review Letters.The historic moment was achieved thanks to a large collaboration of scientists and engineers, including members of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) who built and monitor a key instrument on board the probe: the Solar Probe Cup. The cup collects particles from the Sun's atmosphere that helped scientists verify that the spacecraft had indeed crossed into the corona."The goal of this entire mission is to learn how the Sun works. We can accomplish this by flying into the solar atmosphere," said Michael Stevens, an astrophysicist at the CfA who helps monitor the cup. "The only way to do that is for the spacecraft to cross the outer boundary, which ...
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NASA launches X-ray space telescope to unlock secrets of black hole
US space agency NASA on Thursday launched its new X-ray Mission to unlock the secrets of extreme cosmic objects.
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From Pilots, doctor to physicist, cyclist: NASA selects 10 new astronauts
NASA selected 10 new astronauts, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars.
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NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna
NASA TV planned live coverage of the 6-1/2-hour spacewalk, scheduled to begin at 7:10 AM Eastern time (1210 GMT) on Thursday
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NASA aims to replace ISS with one or more commercial space station by 2030
The US space agency is planning to replace the International Space Station (ISS) with one or more commercial space stations by 2030.
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2 NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna
TV will cover live as sstronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Brown exit an airlock of the orbiting research lab some 402 km above Earth.
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How altering an asteroid's path today could save Earth tomorrow
The impact is scheduled for the next time it is close to Earth, in late September or early October 2022
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Nasa launches asteroid-deflecting spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Move will test technique that one day might avert an apocalyptic collision with Earth
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NASA, US govt seek ideas for nuclear fission surface power system on moon
If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the US government wants to hear about it.
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More than 600 human beings have now been to space, shows data
The tally began in 1961, when Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth
NASA, SpaceX launch 4 more astronauts into orbit on flight to space station
NASA and SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit, sending a veteran spacewalker, two younger crewmates chosen for future lunar missions and a German materials scientist to the ISS
4 astronauts in orbit since spring hop ride on SpaceX rocket to return home
The undocking of their SpaceX capsule from the International Space Station also paved the way for a launch of their four replacements as early as Wednesday night.
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SpaceX Crew-3 launch to Space Station delayed again to November 10
NASA again delayed the upcoming launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to November 10 because of weather concerns.
