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Space & Missions
Launches, spacecraft, satellites, exploration programs and the engineering that carries people and instruments beyond Earth.
NASA's lunar outpost will manage traffic in a gravity trap between Earth and Moon
NASA's tiny helicopter spun its blades at 2,400 rpm to fly on Mars
Moon formed in hours, not from slow debris disk, new simulation shows
Mars's mantle is far hotter beneath its southern highlands than scientists expected
Mars winters transform atmospheric gas into snow and frost across the planet
Mars volcanoes cycle 150,000 tonnes of water daily through paper-thin frost
Crewed Mars mission could cost hundreds of billions, far more than robotic Perseverance
Moon dust could hold cosmic history 10 times deeper than ocean cores
Hollywood underestimates how weak Martian storms actually are
Nonprofit plans to send spacecraft to Alpha Centauri for under $15 million
