NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

The U.S. space agency has fallen silent amid the federal government shutdown, but it's about to slingshot a pair of robotic ...
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NASA's new Mars mission: These twin satellites could reveal how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere

Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...

Trump’s NASA pick has the space community buzzing with a leaked plan for the agency

A 62-page document written by billionaire Jared Isaacman outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for the space agency.
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NASA equips new telescope with powerful solar shields

NASA installs two solar shields on the Roman telescope at Goddard: they will protect the instruments from heat and light.

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

The ESCAPADE mission, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, is the first dual-satellite mission to ...

Trump renominates billionaire Jared Isaacman to be new NASA head

Two-time space traveler and billionaire Jared Isaacman had been on the cusp of becoming NASA’s next administrator last May ...