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Category: 2. Space
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Quad Cities Airport Aims to Become Midwest Spaceport
The Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Michigan is aiming to possibly become one of America’s spaceports. According to an announcement from the Airport’s director, Ben Leischner, they’re beginning the […]
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NASA Will Leave Mars Samples in Orbit Following “Orderly Shutdown” of Sample Return Program
NASA has begun reducing work related to its Mars Sample Return (MSR) program due to uncertainties about mission funding for next year. That includes an “orderly shutdown” of the Capture, […]
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NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low
Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.
NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25,…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey.
Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012,…
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Possible traces of protoplanet found in Earth’s mantle
In a study of the Earth’s mantle, scientists have identified two compositionally distinct continent-sized anomalies which could be traces of a protoplanet which impacted with Earth during its early formation.
This protoplanet is commonly known…
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NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map
The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring.
Buried ice will be a vital resource for the first people to set foot on Mars,…
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The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought
According to the giant-impact hypothesis (also known as the Theia Impact), the moon was formed when a giant object such as a protoplanet crashed into the Earth when the solar system was still young.
This celestial object is often referred to as…
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