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NASA

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

Space

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

NASA’s push to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor could create a faster, lighter spaceship and cut the trip to Mars down to four months

News

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

News

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

News

Mission control

Space

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

Analysis

Parker probe

Space

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

Comment

SpaceX

Space

SpaceX launches first reused Dragon capsule full of research

News

Mars strata

Life

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

News

Amazing pictures show cyclones swirling above Jupiter’s poles

Space

Amazing pictures show cyclones swirling above Jupiter’s poles

The best close-up images ever of Jupiter reveal surprising cyclones and ammonia patches that are forcing a rethink of our understanding of the planet

News

Space

No crew planned for NASA's first Space Launch System mission

News

Space

Watch Cassini's first two dives between Saturn and its rings

News

Space

NASA might run out of space suits before it quits the ISS

News

Space

Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

News

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