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NASA’s $2.7 Billion Perseverance Almost Lost a Critical Tool on Mars — Here’s What Saved It

NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a tense situation on Mars when its drill bit became lodged in a layer of rock, delaying its ...

NASA technology hiding in plain sight

NASA technology has helped the world with discoveries used for dustbusters, cellphones and lifesaving COVID-19 equipment ...

A call for Trump to help end shutdown and Musk picks a fight with NASA's chief: Morning Rundown

As the government shutdown crosses the three-week mark, Democrats are increasingly calling on President Donald Trump to get ...
Scientific American

NASA’s Moon Race Looks like a Losing Bet

Former NASA officials warn that the U.S. looks poised to lose its self-declared race to beat China to the moon ...
MIT Technology Review

Inside the archives of the NASA Ames Research Center

The center hosts the world’s largest wind tunnel and a rich history of aerospace innovation, preserved in a striking visual ...

Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget: How NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off

Humanity's drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers' wheels ...

So much for NASA’s ‘space race’ back to the moon.

The US is falling behind China, according to former space agency officials. [Link: NASA’s Moon Mission Is a Mess, and It May ...

NASA’s Artemis reboot aborts SpaceX and boosts China’s lunar ambitions

SpaceX’s delays forced NASA to reopen its moon lander contract. Rivals are circling, Artemis is wobbling, and China’s steady ...

NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’—and might have accidentally sent it to Mars

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.