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Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to pick Blue Origin’s lunar lander in last-minute plea

July 26, 2021
Jeff Bezos is offering NASA a discount of at least $2 billion for the agency to give his space company a lucrative human lunar landing system contract that his rival, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, won earlier this year. Bezos’ new offer is the latest in an escalating string of efforts to win the contract for Blue Origin. In a Monday morning letter to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, Bezos said he’d…
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NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy

July 23, 2021
NASA’s Europa Clipper will start its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket built by SpaceX. NASA will pay SpaceX $178 million to launch the vehicle in October 2024. The Europa Clipper got the green light from NASA in 2015. It will fly by the moon 45…
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This Galaxy is 10 Billion Light Years Away, Visible Through a Cosmic Lens

July 23, 2021
Hubble, which just came back online after being down for a month, has captured this stunning photo of a galaxy that exists a staggering 10 billion light-years away. The telescope can see and focus this vast distance by leveraging the power of gravity. This photo of MRG-M0138, what NASA describes as a “slumbering giant” which has run out of the gas that is required to form new stars, is framed…
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NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars

July 23, 2021
. NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars Three papers published today share new details on the crust, mantle, and molten core of the Red Planet. Before NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars in 2018, the…
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Dead Space is getting a remake on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X

July 22, 2021
One of survivor horror’s most iconic games is getting a next-gen facelift. At its EA Play Live event, Electronic Arts revealed that a remake of the original Dead Space is in development and will be launching on the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. The publisher says…
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NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample

July 22, 2021
. NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample The six-wheeler’s science campaign has laid the groundwork for the mission’s next major milestone. NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to…
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An on-the-ground look at Blue Origin’s motley crew

July 21, 2021
Today, Wally Funk, 81, and Oliver Daemen, 18, made history as the oldest and youngest people ever to go to space. They hitched a ride with Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, aboard the New Shepard, a rocket made by Bezos’ company, Blue Origin. Blue Origin will eventually…
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Journey to the Center of Mars With the InSight Lander Team

July 21, 2021
. Journey to the Center of Mars With the InSight Lander Team Scientists will talk about new findings in a question-and-answer session with the news media and public. Scientists working with NASA’s InSight Mars lander will share new results in a virtual discussion at 9 a.m. PDT (12 p.m. EDT) on July 23. Since InSight landed on Mars in November 2018 its…
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