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Watch live 1 pm ET: NASA Perseverance rover update from Mars

February 19th, 2021 by

NASA will hold a press conference today, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) to give an update on the Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars on Thursday.

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Watch live at 11 am ET: NASA previews Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship launch

February 19th, 2021 by

NASA will hold a press conference today, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) to discuss the upcoming launch of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship to the International Space Station.

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What’s next for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing success?

February 19th, 2021 by

Great photos are just around the corner, but it’ll likely be a few months before Perseverance really starts sinking its teeth into its science work.

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On This Day in Space! Feb. 19, 1986: Russia’s Mir space station launched into orbit

February 19th, 2021 by

On Feb. 19, 1986, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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We did it: Celebrating a Mars rover landing in the time of COVID-19

February 19th, 2021 by

After a year of seemingly endless obstacles and challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, something good finally happened: NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars.

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Widespread Texas power outages delay Boeing’s second Starliner spacecraft test flight to April

February 19th, 2021 by

NASA’s commercial crew program hit another delay in getting a second spacecraft ready to ferry astronauts to space.

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Scientists revisit the 1st black hole they ever discovered and realize it’s bigger than they thought

February 19th, 2021 by

New evidence suggests the first known black hole is bigger than previously thought, which may force scientists to reconsider their understanding of how giant stars give rise to black holes.

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‘For All Mankind’ Season 2 blasts off with nods to NASA’s space shuttle past

February 19th, 2021 by

On May 21, 1983, it had been more than a decade since astronauts had walked on the moon. In the alternate history of “For All Mankind,” though, humans were still on the lunar surface.

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