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Why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper to search for aliens near Jupiter

NASA's Europa Clipper will take off on a long journey to Jupiter's moon Europa. The icy moon could potentially host alien life — and there's only one way to find out.

Flying · 6h

NASA Awaits ‘All-Clear’ for Mission to Search for Life on Jupiter’s Moon

NASA’s Europa Clipper probe will spend about four years exploring whether Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, could support life.

Space on MSN · 19h

SpaceX, NASA stand down from Oct. 10 Europa Clipper launch due to Hurricane Milton

SpaceX and NASA are standing down from the Oct. 10 launch of the Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated effects of Hurricane Milton. A new target date has not been announced.

Earth, European Space Agency and NASA

The Associated Press on MSN · 7h

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it’s the second part of a planetary defense test that could one day help save the planet.

Ars Technica · 2h

European mission departs Earth to investigate an asteroid wrecked by NASA

Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could one day prove useful to deflect an object off a collision course with Earth.

BBC · 4h

Spacecraft launches to investigate asteroid threats to Earth

The European Space Agency will probe a harmless asteroid Nasa hit in 2022 as part of a "planetary defence test".

Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission

Gizmodo · 3h

Can Rocket Lab Save NASA’s Mission to Bring Pieces of Mars to Earth?

NASA is in desperate need of an alternative plan for its Mars Sample Return, and is hoping the private industry can salvage its ambitious mission.

AOL · 9h

Rocket Lab Wins NASA Study Contract For Mars Mission: Details

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares are trading higher premarket on Monday. The company disclosed that NASA has selected the company to conduct a study on retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth.

TMCnet · 12h

Rocket Lab Awarded NASA Study Contract to Explore Bringing Rock Samples from Mars to Earth for the First Time

NASA's Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return solicits industry proposals to carry out rapid studies of mission designs and mission elements capable of delivering samples collected by the Mars Perseverance rover from the surface of Mars to Earth.

NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...

PC Magazine on MSN3h

NASA Spacecraft Sends Laser Signal From 290 Million Miles Away

The Psyche spacecraft beams data over a distance comparable to the space between Mars and Earth when the two planets are ...

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Massive galaxies make a happy face in NASA telescope image

Sometimes when you smile at the universe, it smiles back. Or so, that's what a telescope image recently shared by NASA would ...

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NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2.

On its way the pair of near-Earth asteroids, Hera will swing by Mars in 2025 to help propel the spacecraft forward to its ...

Blue rocks on Mars? NASA's stunning discovery sparks questions about the Red Planet's ancient past

NASA's latest images from Mars have ignited a wave of excitement and curiosity after revealing an unexpected and mysterious ...

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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar ...

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NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

Before sending humans to Mars, NASA will first return humans to the Moon’s surface to test its technology and train ...

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Nasa mission to probe possibility of life on Europa

The Europa Clipper is the largest planetary explorer Nasa has ever built and its mission is to conduct 44 fly-bys of the moon ...

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NASA releases photo of ocean world. It shows why NASA's going there.

NASA's about to launch a huge spacecraft to a world harboring voluminous seas.

Hurricane Milton’s Imminent Landfall Officially Delays NASA Mission to Jupiter

NASA’s Europa Clipper, a mission set to probe Jupiter’s icy moon, will no longer launch on Thursday due to a Category 5 ...

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