John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA‘s science mission directorate, will retire from his post by the end of April. The four-decade space agency veteran has managed over 100 space missions, including the Curiosity
MoreNASA has rescheduled the launch date of a study to measure Mars’ deep interior to May 2018 after the agency canceled the initial spacecraft liftoff in December due to a vacuum leak in a science
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NASA has introduced a wide field infrared survey telescope to help researchers further space exploration missions and study the evolution of the universe. The telescope will serve as NASAâs major astrophysics observatory
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The Jason-3 spacecraft launched Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part of an international mission that seeks to monitor global weather and rising sea levels. NASA said Monday a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
MoreScientists at the Energy Departmentâs Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated the production of a radioisotope fuel that will work to power spacecraft intended for future deep space missions. ORNL researchers produced
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NASAâs science mission directorate will award $42 million in cooperative agreements to 27 universities and research institutions to develop new approaches in order to encourage students to participate in NASAâs science, technology, engineering
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NASA has picked five mission proposals for a program that aims to create instruments and conduct further studies into space. The space agency said Friday it selected two Explorer Missions of Opportunity
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NASA has started the development phase of formulation following the completion of a concept review for a mission to study whether a Jupiter moon could support life. âToday weâre taking an exciting step
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NASA has selected proposals from the University of Maryland and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build instruments for the International Space Station that will be used to observe the global vegetation. UMD will develop
MoreNASA is seeking information on commercial telecommunications satellites the agency plans to launch into the Mars orbit for future exploration missions in the planet. The request for information proposes business models in which
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