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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft

December 16, 2021
. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the team never considered achievable. Its 18th flight is scheduled for no earlier than today. Loading Image Comparison… Ingenuity sits on a slightly inclined surface with about 6-degree tilt at the center…
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NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees

December 15, 2021
. NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees Among the several being recognized by the American Geophysical Union are three from JPL. Several individuals with NASA affiliations have been named 2021 Union honorees or fellows by…
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Five former SpaceX employees speak out about harassment at the company

December 14, 2021
A group of former SpaceX employees are coming forward about their experience working at the commercial rocket company, claiming that there is a culture of sexual harassment in the workplace and that managers and the human resources department handled complaints poorly. The individuals are speaking out in light of an essay published by one former employee, Ashley Kosak, who left SpaceX in November.
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NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022

December 14, 2021
. NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022 The missions, including two led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will help monitor our changing planet. Scientists will discuss them at the American…
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NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars

December 14, 2021
. NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in the coming decade. Testing has already begun on what would be the most sophisticated endeavor ever attempted at the…
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NASA’s ‘Eyes on Asteroids’ Reveals Our Near-Earth Object Neighborhood

December 11, 2021
. NASA’s ‘Eyes on Asteroids’ Reveals Our Near-Earth Object Neighborhood Learn more about the growing population of near-Earth objects with NASA’s new 3D real-time web-based application. Through a new 3D real-time visualization tool, you can now explore the asteroids and comets that approach Earth’s orbital neighborhood – and the spacecraft that…
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