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Category: 2. Space
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Curiosity Looks Back Toward Its Landing Site
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a view of its tracks on July 26, 2025. The robotic scientist is now exploring a region of lower Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain. The pale peak of the mountain can be seen at top right; the…
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From boots to orbits: Army develops space skills amid growing battlefield reliance on satellites
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army will begin recruiting soldiers for its first dedicated enlisted specialty in space operations. This is part of a broader push by the service to build organic expertise as satellites become increasingly…
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Mississippi Attorney Nathan Jermyn Serves NASA and the Nation
Before Nathan Jermyn could dig into the legal frameworks at NASA, he had to answer a different call.
Jermyn participated in a one-day orientation in the summer of 2023 to begin work as an attorney-advisor supporting NASA’s Stennis Space Center…
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What’s required to advance DoD enterprise SATCOM
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) relies on satellite communications (SATCOM) for myriad operational needs worldwide. With a massive range of connected technologies, DoD officials have long aspired to create an “Enterprise…
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NASA revises plans for commercial space station development
WASHINGTON — NASA is changing course in its plans to support development of commercial space stations, a move that could also mean an end of a permanent human presence in low Earth orbit by the agency.
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NASA and Japan’s XRISM just found sulfur hiding between the stars
An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft.
Astronomers used X-rays from two binary…
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Ultraviolet light reveals the aftermath of rare star collision
A hot white dwarf merger remnant revealed by an ultraviolet detection of carbon.
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