NASA’s Newest Astronauts Ready For Space Station, Moon And Mars Missions

January 12, 2020 – NASA welcomed 11 new astronauts to its ranks Friday, increasing the number of those eligible for spaceflight assignments that will expand humanity’s horizons in space for generations to come. The new astronauts successfully completed more than two years of required basic training and are the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program. Read More
SwRI-Led Lucy Mission Now Has A New Destination

January 9, 2020 – Less than two years before launch, scientists associated with NASA’s Lucy mission, led by Southwest Research Institute, have discovered an additional small asteroid that will be visited by the Lucy spacecraft. Set to launch in 2021, its 12-year journey of almost 4 billion miles will explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of ancient small bodies that share an orbit with Jupiter. Read More
New Technique May Give NASA’s Webb Telescope A Way To Quickly Identify Planets With Oxygen

January 8, 2020 – Researchers may have found a way that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope can quickly identify nearby planets that could be promising for our search for life, as well as worlds that are uninhabitable because their oceans have vaporized. Read More
NASA’s Astronaut Candidates With Ties To Colorado To Graduate With Eye On Artemis Missions

January 8, 2020 – Four astronaut candidates with ties to Colorado, including two that call Colorado home, will be honored as part of the first class of astronaut candidates to graduate under the Artemis program Friday, January 10, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read More
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Source: Parabolic Arc
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Source: Parabolic Arc
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Source: Arizona State University
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Source: University of Colorado Boulder
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Source: SpaceNews
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Source: SpacePolicyOnline.com
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Source: Aerospace America
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Source: NASA
Braun Awarded 2020 Durand Lecture For Public Service
Source: University of Colorado Boulder
NASA Loses Contact With Tiny Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite
Source: Space.com
A Fast Radio Burst Tracked Down To A Nearby Galaxy
Source: McGill University
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Source: SpaceNews