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'An oasis in the desert': NASA's Curiosity rover finds pure sulfur in Martian rocks

"Finding a field of stones made of pure sulfur is like finding an oasis in the desert," Ashwin Vasavada, who is the mission's project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said in the statement. "It shouldn't be there, so now we have to explain it."

Futurism on MSN · 10h

NASA Scientists Startled When Mars Rover Drives Over Rock, Cracking It and Revealing Glinting Crystals Within

Martian Pop Rocks NASA's Curiosity Mars rover accidentally crushed a rock while exploring a sulfates-rich area — and revealed a treasure of glinting, yellow crystals. And according to the space agency,

Live Science on MSN · 6h

NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally reveals ultra-rare sulfur crystals after crushing a rock on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover revealed an 'oasis' of rare elemental sulfur on Mars after accidentally crushing a rock with its tires. The yellow crystals have never been spotted on the Red Planet before.

NASA, SpaceX and ISS

Space on MSN · 5h

NASA delays ISS spacewalks indefinitely to investigate spacesuit coolant leak

NASA says its next spacewalk will be delayed indefinitely until engineers understand more about what caused a coolant leak on June 24. Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut, had a brief spacesuit leak a month ago while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS).

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SpaceX Reveals its Plan to Crash the ISS Into Earth’s Atmosphere at The End of Its Mission

In 2031 the International Space Station will be shuttered, and a big, souped-up SpaceX space capsule has been chosen to rocket it to a fiery end -- in a controlled, careful way. There's a lot to learn from this smart contract.

EconoTimes · 21h

NASA and SpaceX Reveal $843M Plan to Deorbit ISS Safely in 2031

NASA and SpaceX have unveiled plans to deorbit the International Space Station by 2031. The $843 million contract awarded to SpaceX includes designing and constructing a deorbit vehicle to guide the ISS to its

NASA, VIPER

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 4h

NASA Cancels VIPER Moon Mission After Spending $450 Million to Build a Rover

The car-sized VIPER rover was in the middle of environmental testing when it got shut down. NASA says other lunar missions will carry out its goal of searching for ice in the shaded craters on the moon’s south pole.

Popular Science · 1d

NASA’s VIPER rover won’t be going to the moon after all

The cancellation of VIPER represents the latest chapter in the rocky history of NASA’s attempts to survey the moon’s polar resources. VIPER was originally planned as a replacement for the Resource Prospector rover,

The New York Times · 2d

NASA Spent $450 Million on a Moon Rover. Now It’s Canceling the Mission.

Delays and concerns about NASA’s future budgets doomed the VIPER mission, which aimed to search for ice near the moon’s south pole.

NASA, Missy Elliott

Space on MSN · 7h

NASA just beamed a Missy Elliott song to Venus

It's not every day that NASA approaches an artist and asks which planet they'd like to beam their art to. Recently, NASA collaborated with Grammy-winning rapper, singer, and songwriter Missy Elliott to send her song "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to Venus,

Houston Chronicle · 13h

NASA transmits Missy Elliott lyrics to Venus ahead of 'Out of This World' show in the Space City

NASA transmitted the lyrics of rapper and singer Missy Elliott's song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus via its Deep Space Network.

Axios Richmond on MSN · 6h

Missy Elliott's song becomes first hip-hop song transmitted to space

NASA transmitted one of Missy Elliott's songs all the way to Venus (yes, the planet) earlier this month. Why it matters: A Virginia native has gone universal. Fun fact: The only other song NASA has shot into space was "Across the Universe" by The Beatles back in 2008,

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'Space can unite a troubled country in troubled times': NASA chief calls for unity 55 years after Apollo 11 moon landing

NASA administrator Bill Nelson is calling for unity among both major U.S. political parties amid the 55th anniversary of the ...

One of the Top Candidates to Replace Biden Is a Former NASA Astronaut

When and if President Joe Biden decides to bow out of the presidential race, there will need to be a new candidate — and one ...

What it was like to spend a year in NASA’s Mars base simulation

Most humans nowadays do not know what it’s like to live like that. They don’t know what it’s like to live offline.' ...

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NASA cancels its moon rover mission, citing cost overruns and launch delays

This photo provided by NASA shows the Viper (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration) vehicle at the Johnson Space Center ...

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NASA map captures extent of punishing heat in U.S.

The U.S. has contended with unrelenting temperatures this summer, and a map from NASA paints a dire picture of the scale of ...

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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission rocket core stage on way to KSC

The biggest piece of the puzzle to send humans on a trip around the moon for the first time in more than half a century is on ...

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Learn about Space with these awesome NASA education videos

If you're looking for some great STEM education ideas, this collection of videos and experiments from NASA will blow your ...

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NASA honors 'Hidden Figures' math hero Dorothy Vaughan, recognizes trailblazing women in space

NASA will conduct a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston to rename Building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of ...

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