It’s May 3, 2024 – Happy National Space Day!
Celebrated the first Friday in May, National Space Day celebrates e extraordinary achievements, benefits, and opportunities in the exploration and use of space and space travel.
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Category: Space Exploration
NASA Recruiting New Astronauts for 2024
Ever thought you had the right stuff to be a NASA astronaut? Now’s your chance to apply.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Finally Grounded on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has been permanently grounded on the surface of another planet due to rotor damage.
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Japan’s Lunar Lander SLIM Survives, But Its Solar Panels Have Failed
Now entirely dependent on its batteries, Japan’s SLIM moon mission will be a lot shorter than planned.
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2024 To See A Comet and Solar Eclipse Meet
This year, there will be a special visitor: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will appear not far from the eclipsing sun.
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Embark on a Cosmic Journey: Your Name Aboard Europa Clipper
Earth’s first mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa and its underground ocean launches on Oct. 6, 2024
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Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman Passes Away at 95
Colonel Frank Borman, USAF, commander of the NASA Apollo 8 mission in 1968 has died.
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Astronaut Ken Mattingly, Hero of Apollo 13, Dead at 87
When an explosion crippled the spacecraft during its flight to the moon, Commander Mattingly—then the best trained man to fly the command module — went to work at Mission Control devising procedures that the astronauts used to help them return to the earth safely.
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