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NASA fires Voyager 1's engines for the first time in 37 years

Space

NASA fires Voyager 1's engines for the first time in 37 years

By firing a set of thrusters that have been gathering dust for more than 3 decades, NASA has extended the lifetime of the Voyager 1 mission by a few years

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NASA telescope

Space

Cuts likely for one of NASA's next big space-based telescopes

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Space

Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space

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Mars pic

Space

NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can't afford to

Insight

Solar eclipse

Space

Solar eclipse will reveal the roiling fog of plasma we call home

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Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

Space

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

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A NASA spacecraft

Earth

NASA’s planetary protection officer will defend Mars, not Earth

Analysis

Drone

Technology

Buzz of drones is more annoying than any other kind of vehicle

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First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

Space

First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

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telescope

Space

Kepler finds 219 new exoplanets and 10 are rocky and Earth-like

NASA’s Kepler team has released its latest batch of planet candidates and they fall into two kinds: ones like Earth and those like mini-Neptunes

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Space

The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk’s Mars dream

Analysis

Space

NASA is right to pay homage to the living for the first time

Comment

Space

SpaceX launches first reused Dragon capsule full of research

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Life

Mars rover sees signs of microbe-friendly layers in ancient lake

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