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The last week of January includes an annual observance to remember those who lost their lives in pursuing a goal of human spaceflight. President Obama
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The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has issued a grant to John Mankins of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions for a study of space solar
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NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The larger of the two awards has gone to NASA’s “Ride the Light” concept which
High definition versions of this video are available on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory website.
NASA announced the following on their website September 14 (no costs were provided): NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space
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