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VIPER back from the dead? NASA asks US companies to partner on ice-hunting moon rover

By Mike Wall published

NASA is asking U.S. companies for proposals to move forward with the ice-hunting VIPER moon rover, a $450 million project the agency canceled last summer.

Moon Rovers
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Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Whether President Donald Trump still supports returning astronauts to the lunar surface remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain: the moon no longer has a place in his White House.

Apollo
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Magnificent communication: Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin tests Verizon satellite service in new ad

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin has teamed up with Verizon to help promote the company's satellite-based solution to cell service "dead zones" in a new commercial.

Apollo
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NASA's Juno spacecraft watches most powerful volcanic event ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

By Robert Lea published

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon Io.

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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't

By Monisha Ravisetti published

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.

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NASA astronauts free stuck radio unit, collect microbes and set record on station spacewalk

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting spacewalk on Thursday (Jan. 30).

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Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)

By Josh Dinner published

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.

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Trump administration's funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending

By Brett Tingley published

A memo issued by the Trump administration has frozen $1.2 billion in funding for NASA programs ranging from science to space operations.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

By Robert Lea last updated

Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

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Webb Space Telescope's 'big sky images' issued on stamps in Big Sky, Montana

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The unobstructed skies that gave Big Sky, Montana its name made for an appropriate setting for the release of two postage stamps depicting vistas visible to the James Webb Space Telescope.

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