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Athena: ESA's Big X-ray Telescope
February 14, 2017 | ReferenceAthena is a planned mission to launch a space observatory that will explore black holes and galactic structure formation.
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JUICE: Exploring Jupiter's Moons
February 13, 2017 | ReferenceThe European Space Agency is planning a 2022 mission to explore three of Jupiter's moons.
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BepiColombo: Joint Mission to Mercury
February 10, 2017 | ReferenceBepiColombo is a planned European-Japanese mission to Mercury. It is set to launch in 2018.
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Guion Bluford: First African-American in Space
February 08, 2017 | ReferenceGuion "Guy" Bluford is a former NASA astronaut who was the first African-American to fly into space. He flew four shuttle missions.
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How Did the Solar System Form?
January 31, 2017 | ReferenceThe solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists have developed three models of how it happened.
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NASA's Real 'Hidden Figures'
January 23, 2017 | ReferenceThe book and movie "Hidden Figures" celebrate the contributions of African-American "human computers" who performed mathematical equations and calculations in the early days of the U.S. space program.
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NASA's Moonwalking Apollo Astronauts: Where Are They Now?
January 16, 2017 | ReferenceA look at the 18 men who flew on manned moon landing missions.
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Eugene Cernan: Last Man on the Moon
January 16, 2017 | ReferenceEugene Cernan, the last Apollo astronaut to walk on the moon, left something behind: his daughter's initials in the dust.
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Luna 9: 1st Soft Landing on the Moon
December 21, 2016 | ReferenceLuna 9 was the first soft landing mission on the moon. The Soviet spacecraft arrived three years before the first humans stepped out on the surface.
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Red Dwarfs: The Most Common and Longest-Lived Stars
December 21, 2016 | ReferenceMost of the star nearest to Earth are red dwarfs, but they are too dim to be seen with the naked eye.
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