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Perseverance Mars rover finds 'one-of-a-kind treasure' on Red Planet's Silver Mountain
The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.
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NASA’s powerful moon mining robot could dig 10,000 kg of soil in a single lunar day
Its key task would be to efficiently mine and transport lunar regolith – the loose rocky material covering the Moon's surface ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Griffin's upcoming debut will be the second lunar mission for Astrobotic. The company's smaller Peregrine moon lander launched in January 2024 on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance's ...
Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national ...
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
DeRidder Junior High team one of NASA’s challenge winners
Many teams submitted their work for NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge, and DeRidder Junior High School team is one of 60 ...
Space Robotics Leader Says Humans Will Soon Join Robots On Moon, Mars
A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...
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NASA plans to build a Moon base using 3D printing and robots
Explore how 3D printing, robotics, and AI are paving the way for sustainable moon bases amid unique challenges.
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Scientists find life-friendly molecules in NASA’s asteroid samples
The asteroid Bennu, visited by a NASA robotic probe five years ago, contained many of the basic building blocks for life as we know it, including amino acids, according to long-awaited research ...
Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 minutes
The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power ...