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Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief
President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.
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Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch
Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.
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DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere
Researchers with the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth's atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance.
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Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day
Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.
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Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)
Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.
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Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)
The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet aces key 'cruise control' test ahead of 1st flight
NASA's "quiet" new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year.
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Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.
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Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?
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Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope
An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun's radiation on its seasonal shifts.
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SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles
SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.
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Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)
A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.
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FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion
The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company's two planned liftoffs for the day.
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NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)
Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week, and the results were gorgeous.
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What it was like to experience the sunrise solar eclipse in New Brunswick
The clouds were cruel on the Bay of Fundy coast, but a memorable experience was had.
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SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates
Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.
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NASA practices recovering its next moon astronauts: Space photo of the day
NASA's Orion crew module test article is framed by the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis 2 recovery ops.
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NASA officially adds SpaceX's giant Starship megarocket to its launch roster
SpaceX is building Starship as a full reusable heavy-lift rocket to fly astronauts to the moon and Mars.
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Mission Control 'members only': NASA flight directors don new jacket
NASA's flight directors have taken a page from the astronauts they support, if not also the Masters, Hells Angels and Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club. There is now a flight director's jacket.
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