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After crashing on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years
By Brett Tingley published
Ingenuity may never fly above the surface of Mars again, but the downed helicopter is otherwise healthy and could serve as a weather station for decades, JPL says.
Seismometers track atmospheric shock waves from incoming space debris
By Farah Aziz Annesha published
Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming Space Debris
NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-57 jet
By Brett Tingley published
NASA has developed special probes that will fly aboard F-15B jets trailing closely behind its X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet in order to measure the shock waves it produces.
On this day in space! Dec. 11, 1972: Apollo 17 astronauts land on the moon
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to land humans on the moon.
Rocket Lab's secretive launch last month was a hypersonic test for the US military (photos)
By Mike Wall published
Rocket Lab's pioneering suborbital launch last month conducted hypersonic tests for the U.S. military, the company has revealed.
SpaceX rocket launch tops the Christmas tree at Vandenberg Space Force Base (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminated the Christmas tree during the holiday lighting ceremony that coincided with a Starlink satellite launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 4.
How the 'Great Filter' could explain why we haven't found intelligent aliens
By Paul Sutter published
One possible reason why we haven't found any intelligent life in the cosmos the Great Filter argument, which says that very few civilizations make it to the advanced spacefaring stage.
100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to 'small men' on the internet: 'I should have expected this.'
By Pandora Dewan published
The astronaut and MIT engineer's monumental milestone was marred by misogyny: "Instead of being on cloud nine, I’m crying in my seat."
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