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NASA proposes new radiation exposure limits to allow women to spend more time in space

There’s a difference between ‘equity and ‘equality.’ One of the best visual representations we’ve seen of this concept was created by Angus Maguire for the Interaction Institute...

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What does it take to land a rover on Mars? Let’s meet some of the people who made it happen

The Mars 2020 Perseverance team represents a diverse team of scientists and engineers from a wide range of disciplines -- encompassing everything from geology, to planetary science, to computer programming, to robotics.

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Space

Meet Caleb Anderson, a 12-year-old accepted into Georgia Tech with plans to study aerospace engineering

Caleb hopes to be the first person to visit Mars.

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Space

Puerto Rico’s beloved Arecibo telescope collapses

The crash occurred less than two weeks after the National Science Foundation announced the site was to be decommissioned. The massive telescope, which had been in ser

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Space

‘Not just another telescope’: Puerto Rico’s beloved Arecibo Observatory to be decommissioned

"In addition to being the most powerful planetary radar on the planet and a uniquely versatile science instrument, the Arecibo Observatory is a very important institution of Puerto Rican science, society, and culture."

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Politics Space

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly flips senate seat in Arizona

Kelly joins a growing line of former astronauts who have served in U.S. congress.

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Physics Space

Andrea Ghez wins 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for her work on black holes

Ghez is the fourth woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics, joining Marie Curie in 1903, Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963, and Donna Strickland in 2018.

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Space

There’s still time to sign up for NASA’s Space Apps hackathon

During the 48 hour event, participants will form virtual teams across the globe and access NASA's Earth observation data to develop solutions to real problems on Earth and in space.

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Space

NASA’s Jeanette Epps to become 1st Black woman to join long-term ISS crew

Epps was selected as a member of the astronaut class in 2009.

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Space STEM pioneers

NASA names headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, space agency’s first Black female engineer

On Wednesday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, NASA’s first Black...

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Space STEM pioneers

New NASA telescope will be named after space agency’s first chief astronomer

Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA’s first chief astronomer, is known as the ‘Mother of Hubble.’ In a time when women were discouraged from studying...

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Rest in peace: NASA legend Katherine Johnson dies at 101

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Credit: NASA Groundbreaking mathematician and NASA legend...

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