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Archive for April, 2021

Replay: NASA update on Mars helicopter test flights

April 30th, 2021 by

NASA will hold a live press conference today (April 30) to give an update on its Mars helicopter Ingenuity, after a glitch prevented the chopper from making its fourth flight on the Red Planet this week.

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Watch live: NASA update on Mars helicopter test flights

April 30th, 2021 by

NASA will hold a live press conference today (April 30) to give an update on its Mars helicopter Ingenuity, after a glitch prevented the chopper from making its fourth flight on the Red Planet this week.

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SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts’ return to Earth delayed again due to weather

April 30th, 2021 by

NASA and SpaceX have again delayed the return to Earth for four astronauts on the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station due to bad weather.

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On This Day in Space! April 30, 2015: MESSENGER spacecraft crashes into Mercury

April 30th, 2021 by

On April 30, 2015, NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury intentionally crashed into the planet. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy

April 30th, 2021 by

What’s the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.

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Fighting aliens with ‘Space Force’ and clovers at HI-SEAS — Commander’s report: lunar day 6

April 30th, 2021 by

Commander Musilova describes how the Selene IV crew uses lots of imagination, involving aliens and a heroic Space Force, to fight frustrations from their confinement inside the HI-SEAS habitat.

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International Space Station to go on tour with VR exhibit ‘The Infinite’

April 30th, 2021 by

The International Space Station will soon open its hatches to a continuous (virtual) flow of over 100 people, and you can join them in “The INFINITE: Living Among the Stars.”

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Senate unanimously confirms Bill Nelson as the next NASA chief

April 30th, 2021 by

Former U.S. senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) was officially and unanimously confirmed by the Senate to be the agency’s new administrator Thursday (April 29).

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