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The bright spot in the distance was photographed days before the rover detected a possible sign of life on the Red Planet.
The agency is trying to raise money so they can send astronauts to the Moon in 2024.
Who needs a beach holiday when you can have a space holiday?
Fifty years ago this week, 'Snoopy' and 'Charlie Brown' paved the way for the first lunar landing.
Monitoring devices placed on the moon by Apollo missions 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16 were able to record seismic activity between 1969 and 1977. Combined with new location data, scientists at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum have determined that the moon is experiencing quakes as it cools and shrinks, meaning it’s a tectonically active world.
Humankind has been dreaming of the stars since legends began, and the mystery of space exploration has cemented itself in popular culture. From the pioneering astronauts in the 1950s to our first glimpse of a black hole this year, we continue to make discoveries that were once the stuff of science fiction.
Simply making women adopt male uniforms does not equate to equality, and entrenches the idea that those women are working in an environment where they do not belong
Astronaut Anne McClain is being replaced by male colleague Nick Hague, NASA said.
The only passenger is a life-size test dummy, named Ripley.
After no sign of life from the robotic explorer since June 2018, NASA has called it a day on Opportunity's Martian mission. Intended to last only three months, the Mars Opportunity Rover provided data on the red planet for almost 15 years.