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NASA confirms private American spacecraft has landed on the moon

A U.S. commercial spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon, confirming a major advance in the partnership between NASA and the private space sector. The achievement marks a new phase in lunar ...
MIT Technology Review

NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?

The agency wants to fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Parker Solar Probe Changed How We See the Universe. Now, Their Models Have Found a Home at the Smithsonian

Imagine an enormous telescope with a sun shield the size of a tennis court that sends back proof of a lemon-shaped exoplanet raining diamonds. Then, picture a flying object that can hurtle toward the ...
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?

NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the ...