Category: NASA & Space News

Based on data from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter that arrived late Friday night, NASA has chosen to reschedule the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first experimental flight to no earlier than April 14. […]

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NASA is saddened by the death of Apollo-era astronaut Philip K. Chapman. He was selected in August 1967 to be a member of Astronaut Group 6, who were primarily scientists rather than pilots. […]

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx completed its last flyover of Bennu around 6 a.m. EDT (4 a.m. MDT) April 7 and is now slowly drifting away from the asteroid; however, the mission team will have to wait a few more days to find out how the spacecraft changed the surface of Bennu when it grabbed a sample of the asteroid. […]

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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering a limited amount of tickets for those who want to watch the launch from a unique point of view from Apollo/Saturn V Center.  […]

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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has emerged from its first night on the surface of Mars. […]

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