A team of middle school students is designing a medical experiment that will be launched into space this fall.
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NASA’s new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror.
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NASA’s new space telescope reaches its final stop – a million miles out
The telescope will enable astronomers to peer back further in time than ever before, all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.
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NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched James Webb space telescope
NASA has aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court.
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Citing debris threat, NASA abruptly calls off a spacewalk
The notice came just two weeks after Russia fired a missile that destroyed a dead satellite polluting low Earth orbit with more than 1,500 pieces of debris.
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Maine astronaut Chris Cassidy retiring after 28 years of public service
Cassidy returned to Earth from the International Space Station in October 2020.
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Biden doubling emergency spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms, climate change
2021 has already had significant winter storms that caused a deadly blackout in Texas and other states and underscore the damage caused by climate change.
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NASA’s new chief hedges on 2024 moon landing
Former Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida says tackling climate change is a top issue, and he also wants to diversify the space agency’s workforce so it reflects America.
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Watch: Maine Voices Live with Chris Cassidy
Join us on Tuesday, June 15, at 7 p.m. for a conversation with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy.
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Mars helicopter aces fourth flight, gets extra month of flying
The 4-pound Ingenuity will tackle tough new terrain and serve as a scout for its companion rover, Perseverance.