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MIT Students Claim Astronauts Will Starve On ‘Mars One’ Mission
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MIT Students Claim Astronauts Will Starve On ‘Mars One’ Mission

By Rafi Letzter

Weather Of Wild Exoplanet Mapped Using Hubble Telescope
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Weather Of Wild Exoplanet Mapped Using Hubble Telescope

By Loren Grush

The Greatest Space Hack Ever
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The Greatest Space Hack Ever

By Neel V. Patel

Sierra Nevada Protest Halts Production Of SpaceX And Boeing Space Taxis
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Sierra Nevada Protest Halts Production Of SpaceX And Boeing Space Taxis

By Loren Grush

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Meet The Mars One Candidates

By Popular Science Team

Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side
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Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side

By Amy Shira Teitel

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Colonizing Mars: A How-To Guide

By Daniel Engber

A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator
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A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator

By Amy Shira Teitel

John Paul Stapp, a Real Life Rocket (Sled) Man
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John Paul Stapp, a Real Life Rocket (Sled) Man

By Amy Shira Teitel

Bad Space Weather May Have Caused Fatal Afghan Gun Battle
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Bad Space Weather May Have Caused Fatal Afghan Gun Battle

By Brett Carter and John Retterer

Earth’s Water Is Older Than The Sun
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Earth’s Water Is Older Than The Sun

By Sarah Fecht

Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?
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Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Mousetronauts To Live In Space For The Longest Stretch Yet
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Mousetronauts To Live In Space For The Longest Stretch Yet

By Francie Diep

Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts
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Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts

By Amy Shira Teitel

Want A Ride To The ISS? SpaceX And Boeing Will Take You
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Want A Ride To The ISS? SpaceX And Boeing Will Take You

By Loren Grush

Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now
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Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

By Amy Shira Teitel

What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed For Earth
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What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed For Earth

By Loren Grush

Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust
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Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust

By Emily Gertz

Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil
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Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil

By Sarah Fecht

The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon
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The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

NASA Scientists Study The Sun By Listening To It
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NASA Scientists Study The Sun By Listening To It

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Time I Got To Try On An Actual Space Suit
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The Time I Got To Try On An Actual Space Suit

By Loren Grush

This Weird Tumbleweed Robot Might Change Planetary Exploration
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This Weird Tumbleweed Robot Might Change Planetary Exploration

By Charles Q. Choi

Where Does The Moon’s Smell Come From?
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Where Does The Moon’s Smell Come From?

By Sarah Fecht

Welcome To Mars. Here’s Where You’ll Be Staying
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Welcome To Mars. Here’s Where You’ll Be Staying

By Sarah Fecht

When NASA Launched Stardust, They Had No Way To Retrieve Its Samples
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When NASA Launched Stardust, They Had No Way To Retrieve Its Samples

By Loren Grush

New map of Antarctica
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Antarctica From Pole To Coast In Stunning Detail

By Emily Gertz

NASA’s Greased Lightning Tests Vertical Takeoff
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NASA’s Greased Lightning Tests Vertical Takeoff

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar
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The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar

By Amy Shira Teitel

NASA’s Super-Black Material Arrives In Space
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NASA’s Super-Black Material Arrives In Space

By Francie Diep

Everyone Hates NASA’s Asteroid Capture Program
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Everyone Hates NASA’s Asteroid Capture Program

By Loren Grush

When NASA Repurposed the Vehicle Assembly Building for Parachute Tests
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When NASA Repurposed the Vehicle Assembly Building for Parachute Tests

By Amy Shira Teitel

Fuel-Less Space Drive May Actually Work, Says NASA
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Fuel-Less Space Drive May Actually Work, Says NASA

By Loren Grush

How Apollo Flew Without Wings
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How Apollo Flew Without Wings

By Amy Shira Teitel

Proof we landed on the Moon is in the dust
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Proof we landed on the Moon is in the dust

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Comet We’ve Targeted To Land On Turns Out To Be Duck-Shaped
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The Comet We’ve Targeted To Land On Turns Out To Be Duck-Shaped

By Sarah Fecht

Moon Boot-Inspired Sneakers Are Out Of This World
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Moon Boot-Inspired Sneakers Are Out Of This World

By Alexandra Ossola

Big Pic: A Planet-Wide Map Of Martian Geology
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Big Pic: A Planet-Wide Map Of Martian Geology

By Francie Diep

How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon
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How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Finally, Really, You’re Invited to Help Name Distant Planets
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Finally, Really, You’re Invited to Help Name Distant Planets

By Rebecca Boyle

NASA’s VAB: a Garage for the Saturn V
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NASA’s VAB: a Garage for the Saturn V

By Amy Shira Teitel

Riding Rocket to the Battlefield
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Riding Rocket to the Battlefield

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Alberts, Spaceflight’s Unsung Heroes
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The Alberts, Spaceflight’s Unsung Heroes

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Jetliner For A Fuel-Starved Future
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A Jetliner For A Fuel-Starved Future

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How To Make A New Planet Home
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How To Make A New Planet Home

By Rebecca Boyle

Dueling Amerika Bombers
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Dueling Amerika Bombers

By Amy Shira Teitel

Eugen Sänger: Germany’s Other Rocket Genius
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Eugen Sänger: Germany’s Other Rocket Genius

By Amy Shira Teitel

DIY Space Suit Chosen For Suborbital And Supersonic Flights
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DIY Space Suit Chosen For Suborbital And Supersonic Flights

By Ina Yang

Inside The New Dragon Spacecraft
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Inside The New Dragon Spacecraft

By Sophie Bushwick

Crowdfunding Is Good For Science. Selling Space Is Not.
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Crowdfunding Is Good For Science. Selling Space Is Not.

By Rebecca Boyle

The Many Lives of ISEE-3
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The Many Lives of ISEE-3

By Amy Shira Teitel

Ask Anything: Could You Build A Spaceship Out Of Wood?
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Ask Anything: Could You Build A Spaceship Out Of Wood?

By Daniel Engber

Next Summer Is Already Better Than This Summer
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Next Summer Is Already Better Than This Summer

By Katie Peek

Ask Anything: What Would People Eat In A Permanent Space Colony?
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Ask Anything: What Would People Eat In A Permanent Space Colony?

By Daniel Engber

Blog Post Questions Recent Big Bang Discovery
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Blog Post Questions Recent Big Bang Discovery

By Francie Diep

Want to Relive the Excitement of Apollo 10?
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Want to Relive the Excitement of Apollo 10?

By Amy Shira Teitel

How We’re Finding Asteroids Before They Find Us
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How We’re Finding Asteroids Before They Find Us

By James Vlahos

How Mountains In Our Solar System Compare [Infographic]
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How Mountains In Our Solar System Compare [Infographic]

By Lillian Steenblik Hwang

Rocketing Through (Simulated) Space with Jet Shoes
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Rocketing Through (Simulated) Space with Jet Shoes

By Amy Shira Teitel

To The Moon With C-1s Or Bust!
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To The Moon With C-1s Or Bust!

By Amy Shira Teitel

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Remembering John Houbolt, NASA’s Voice in the Wilderness

By Amy Shira Teitel

Found: The Most Potentially Life-Friendly Exoplanet So Far
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Found: The Most Potentially Life-Friendly Exoplanet So Far

By Francie Diep

How Carl Sagan Described Death To His Young Daughter
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How Carl Sagan Described Death To His Young Daughter

By Francie Diep

Cherry Trees That Flew To Space Bloom Six Years Early
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Cherry Trees That Flew To Space Bloom Six Years Early

By Douglas Main

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