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SpaceX is about to send its first crew of private citizens to space

September 14, 2021
Four people are set to launch to space Wednesday night aboard a SpaceX capsule, and none of them are professional astronauts. Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, booked the Crew Dragon capsule last year and picked three normal folks to ride with him. It will be the first completely private mission to orbit. Dubbed Inspiration 4, the mission is a multimillion-dollar…
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Mars Perseverance Team Members to Be Recognized at Hispanic Heritage Awards

September 9, 2021
. Mars Perseverance Team Members to Be Recognized at Hispanic Heritage Awards The three award recipients – Diana Trujillo, Christina Hernandez, and Clara O’Farrell – are engineers from the NASA rover team. Three Latina engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are the 2021 recipients of STEM Awards from the Hispanic…
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NASA sets new date for James Webb Space Telescope launch

September 8, 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope, humanity’s next big space-bound eye on the cosmos, has a new launch date of December 18th, NASA announced on Wednesday. It’s the latest among dozens of other delays for a telescope that was originally planned to go to space as early as…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample

September 7, 2021
. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample The rock core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, and will be available for retrieval in the future. NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than…
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Improving Food Security Through Capacity Building

September 2, 2021
. Improving Food Security Through Capacity Building Millions of people suffer from food insecurity around the globe. With the help of Earth-observing satellites, the NASA-USAID SERVIR project is hoping to reduce that number. Food security – the consistent availability and affordability of food – is a basic human need, yet it remains elusive for…
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