What it's like to pretend to live on Mars for 8 months
NASA runs fake space missions on Earth. These simulations — called analog missions — allow scientists to study what a long space mission would be like for the crew. Some analog missions study the use...
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SpaceX has received permission from the US government to launch Elon Musk's...
SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket— the biggest in the company's history — for the first time on Tuesday.The company's founder, Elon Musk, is putting his Tesla Roadster on top as a test...
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Elon Musk plans to launch a Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit this week — and a...
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6.The initial launch payload is a Tesla Roadster — and Elon Musk posted an Instagram photo of the car with a dummy driver, called...
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SpaceX just released a new animation of its huge Falcon Heavy rocket launch,...
On February 6, Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to launch the Falcon Heavy rocket, carrying a Tesla Roadster.An animation that SpaceX uploaded to YouTube on Monday shows the ideal sequence of events, all set...
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Elon Musk: 'If we are successful in this, it is game over for all the other...
SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket system on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET, though a lot could still change before then.If it's a success, Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful and cheapest way...
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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch was an incredible success — here are the best...
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket into space on Tuesday.So far, everything has gone according to plan — two of the three boosters have landed back in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and...
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The Tesla Roadster that SpaceX launched to Mars orbit is equipped with...
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday afternoon.Instead of carrying steel or concrete to test the rocket's capabilities, it launched a Tesla...
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A car ad in space finally brought the country together
SpaceX launched a Tesla into space atop its Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday.The video feed of the event was the second most viewed YouTube livestream of all time.For a moment, the excitement was a...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster will eventually crash in space — and scientists...
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, recently launched the world's largest operational rocket on February 6.Falcon Heavy's launch sent Musk's personal 2008 red Tesla Roadster on a voyage toward Mars orbit...
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Trump's commerce secretary wants to turn the moon into a 'gas station for...
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said one of the Trump administration's goals is to turn the moon "into a kind of gas station for outer space." The idea has been floated before, with a recent study...
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Tiny organisms discovered in Earth's driest desert raise hopes that life...
The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth and is comparable to the dry surface of Mars.Researchers recently discovered that when it rains in the Atacama, microbial communities...
View ArticleThe surprising reason why NASA hasn't sent humans to Mars yet
We could have been on Mars 30 years ago. At the peak of the Apollo era in the early '70s, NASA was already planning its next step into the unknown.Its plans included building multiple space stations,...
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A 'planet parade' is coming Thursday morning, when Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and...
Before dawn on Thursday, March 8, stargazers will be able to catch a "planet parade" in the early morning sky.Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Pluto will all line up, with the moon between Jupiter and...
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SpaceX rocket launches are getting boring — and that's an incredible success...
SpaceX, founded by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, is achieving major milestones in 2018.The aerospace company launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket on March 6, and is on track for a record-breaking 30...
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Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars with SpaceX — here's what he said it will be...
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, wants to put 1 million people on Mars.During a Q&A at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Musk revealed what he thinks life will be like for the...
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Elon Musk explains why he launched a car toward Mars — and the reasons are...
In February, SpaceX launched an electric car toward Mars using its newest rocket, called Falcon Heavy.Many people, especially scientists, questioned the choice of payload and destination.Elon Musk...
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Elon Musk plans to build Mars spaceships in Los Angeles — here are the...
Elon Musk is working on something out-of-this-world in Los Angeles.The founder of SpaceX has spokenfor years about building the Big Falcon Rocket: a giant reusable launch system designed to get people...
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Elon Musk has published a new study about his ambitious plans to colonize...
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has authored a second academic study, published this month in the journal New Space.The paper describes SpaceX's current plans for starting a Mars colony with a fully reusable...
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NASA is sending a new solar-powered lander to Mars to check out what's been...
NASA is sending a mission to Mars this year. But don't get your space suit zipped up just yet: The trip is for a solar-powered lander, not people.The NASA inspection kit is named InSight, and it's a...
View ArticleAnimated map of Mars reveals where humans should build the first Martian cities
Elon Musk wants to send humans to Mars to establish the first Martian cities. But Mars is big. It's a planet, after all. So where should we put the first cities? The North or South poles? How about at...
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