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‘The Second World’ shows how humanity makes mistakes in futuristic society – Space
‘The Second World’ shows how humanity makes mistakes in futuristic society News By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, published November 22, 2025 Jake Korell’s debut novel ‘The Second World’ envisions a newly independent Mars shaped by real space-policy debates, near-future technology, and the very human absurdities we’ll bring with us when we leave Earth. Comments (2) What happens…
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For too long, colonial language has dominated space exploration. There is a better way – Space.com
How we talk about space exploration shapes the futures we imagine and build.
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New Yorkers can start 2025 with a meteor shower and great views of Mars – Gothamist
Stargazers can celebrate the new year by looking up at one of the briefest meteor showers of the year.On the first five days of 2025, the Quadrantid meteor shower will streak across the sky with a peak of 40 shooting stars per hour. But January’s headliner is Mars, which will be at its biggest and…
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How to watch Artemis 1 lift off on a lunar journey and what to expect – CNN
By Ashley Strickland, CNN, Updated 10:08 AM ET, Wed August 24, 2022 (CNN) For the first time in 50 years, a spacecraft is preparing to launch on a journey to the moon. The uncrewed Artemis I mission, including the Space Launch System Rocket and Orion spacecraft, is targeting liftoff on August 29 between 8:33 a.m.…
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TIME: Is There Life on Mars? A New Study Offers Tantalizing Clues
By Jeffrey Kluger, January 20, 2022 11:54 AM EST Mars is both a wonderful and a terrible place to go looking for life. On the one hand, the planet is a wasteland, where wintertime temperatures plunge to -153º C (-225º F), and the atmosphere—such as it is—is just 1% the density of Earth’s and composed…
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Scientists Just ‘Looked’ Inside Mars. Here’s What They Found | WIRED
InSight and Perseverance have sent back unprecedented data on everything from marsquakes to the Red Planet’s inner layers. By Katrina Miller Matt Simon, Science, 07.22.2021 02:00 PM While humans have been struggling to control the Covid-19 pandemic, baking in record heat, and trying to figure out how not to run out of water, our spacecraft…
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NASA Expands Plans For Helicopter On Mars : NPR
By ELENA MOORE, May 1, 20216:47 PM ET NASA is allotting additional time to test the operational capabilities of its groundbreaking Ingenuity helicopter, which completed its first powered flight on Mars less than two weeks ago. Since then, the device has completed a total of four flights. If all goes well following its fifth voyage,…
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight | PRESS RELEASE |NASA
Apr 19, 2021, RELEASE 21-039 Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter via NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover at 6:46 a.m.…
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NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity touches down on the Red Planet | Space
The Perseverance rover dropped the helicopter on April 4, 2021. By Tariq Malik 3 days ago The first helicopter on Mars is officially on Martian soil. NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity touched down on the surface of the Red Planet after being dropped by its mother ship, the Perseverance rover, the space agency announced late Saturday…
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Take Math to Mars and Beyond With NASA’s Pi Day Challenge – Teachable Moments | NASA/JPL Edu
Teachable Moments| March 5, 2021 By Lyle Tavernier Learn about pi and the history of Pi Day before exploring some of the ways the number is used at NASA. Then, try the math for yourself in our Pi Day Challenge. Source: Take Math to Mars and Beyond With NASA’s Pi Day Challenge – Teachable Moments…
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What’s Up – March 2021| Skywatching tips from nasa
Mar 03, 2021 What are some skywatching highlights in March 2021? Look for Mars close to the Pleiades in the first couple of weeks of March. Then wake up early to observe the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn, which return as morning planets this month. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s…
