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NASA reaches landmark 60th anniversary

NASA, America's Space Agency, started operating exactly 60 years ago today - 1st October, 1958. And little over a decade after its founding, it put men on the moon for the first time.

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Meet Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi, two super smart UAE siblings

Emirati brother and sister Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi are two of the UAE’s child prodigies. At just fourteen-years-old, Adeeb, who was named this year as one of world’s smartest teenagers, has already applied for seven scientific patents.

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The UAE launches its first NASA space camp for young scientists

The UAE is aiming to become a world leader in space technology by 2021 and the country is investing heavily in its young scientists.

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NASA using laser to map Earth's ice coverage

The U.S. has sent a satellite into space that will use laser technology to map the Earth's ice coverage and assess the impact of global warming

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NASA launches daring solar probe mission to ‘touch’ the sun

NASA Parker Solar Probe launched this morning after it was shut down Saturday following a red flag alarm in the final moments before lift-off.

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NASA delays solar probe launch due to last minute 'red alarm'

On Saturday morning, NASA put the brakes on the launch of a probe that will be launched towards the sun.

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Space Force: US announces plans for new branch of its armed forces

The White House has announced plans to extend US military dominance into space with the creation of a new, sixth branch of its armed forces, called the Space Force. The separate military department will bolster US defences and should be operational by 2020.

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Perseids meteor shower: When and where can we watch?

The annual Perseids meteor shower is expected to take place from July 17 to August 24, with peak times occurring during the night of August 12.

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Stunning pictures of Mars and Saturn are released

Stunning pictures of Mars and Saturn taken as the two planets were making their closest approach to Earth this year have been released.

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Ryan Gosling in 'First Man' opens this years Venice Film Festival

Damien Chazelle is the Director of the biopic of the pioneering astronaut Neil Armstrong. "First Man" follows Armstrong from 1961 to 1969 as NASA worked to land a man on the moon

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What's the risk from asteroids, and what's being done about it?

In partnership with ESA - The European Space Agency

What's the risk from asteroids, and what's being done about it? As #AsteroidDay approaches we meet some dinosaurs, meteorite specialists and asteroid hunters to find out.

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Mars dust storm throws Nasa rover into doubt

Most of Mars is engulfed in a dust storm the likes of which has not been seen for over a decade.

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Could this be a sign of life on Mars?

NASA's Curiosity rover finds organics and methane ‘cycle’ on red planet.

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Expedition 55 crew lands back on Earth after 168 days in space

The crew - Anton Shkaplerov of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle - parachuted safely into Kazakhstan.

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Is Pluto a giant comet? And does it really have dunes on its surface?

Scientists have detected a large field of dunes on the surface of the distant planet Pluto apparently made from lumps of ice.

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Alan Bean, 4th man on the moon, dies aged 86

Alan Bean, NASA astronaut and 4th man to walk on the moon, passed away, aged 86, on May 26, after a short illness, his family said in a press release.

USA

SpaceX makes successful launch of new Block 5 rocket

An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions for NASA, made its debut launch on Friday from Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying a communications satellite for Bangladesh into orbit.

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NASA launches mission to explore below Mars' surface

NASA's InSight mission to Mars was launched on an Atlas V-401 rocket from California in the early hours of Saturday morning and will take six months to reach the planet.

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Space X launches NASA planet hunter

New telescope will look further than before for new worlds capable of sustaining life, and compile catalogue for global astronomers to use.

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NASA to use 3D-printed parts for spacecraft for first time

As NASA prepares to send a spacecraft deeper into space than ever before, it will do so achieving yet another milestone: For the first time ever, some of the spacecraft's components will be 3D printed. An innovation that could speed up space exploration.